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Table 2 
Homicides, by census metropolitan area, 2012 and 2013

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Homicides, by census metropolitan area, 2012 and 2013
Number of victims – 2012rRate1 – 2012rNumber of victims – 2013Rate1 – 2013
Canada 543 1.56 505 1.44
Census metropolitan area, total 353 1.46 344 1.40
Non-census metropolitan area, total 190 1.80 161 1.52
Census metropolitan area2        
Regina 7 3.07 9 3.84
Winnipeg 33 4.17 26 3.24
Thunder Bay3 7 5.83 3 2.46
Edmonton4 33 2.65 27 2.09
Hamilton 6 0.83 15 2.04
London5 8 1.61 9 1.80
Calgary 19 1.45 24 1.75
Vancouver3 37 1.54 42 1.72
Abbotsford–Mission 4 2.27 3 1.69
Saskatoon3 6 2.08 5 1.67
Kelowna 3 1.62 3 1.62
Gatineau6 6 1.88 5 1.55
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo 4 0.76 8 1.50
St. John's 0 0.00 3 1.48
Halifax 12 2.95 6 1.47
Barrie6 2 0.97 3 1.44
Saint John 2 1.36 2 1.37
St.Catharines–Niagara 3 0.68 6 1.35
Toronto 81 1.39 79 1.34
Montréal3,5 47 1.19 43 1.08
Oshawa 3 0.76 4 0.97
Ottawa7 7 0.73 9 0.92
Brantford 0 0.00 1 0.70
Trois-Rivières 2 1.30 1 0.65
Kingston5 0 0.00 1 0.61
Greater Sudbury 1 0.61 1 0.61
Windsor 3 0.91 2 0.61
Québec 6 0.77 3 0.38
Victoria 4 1.13 1 0.28
Moncton 0 0.00 0 0.00
Saguenay 4 2.39 0 0.00
Sherbrooke 1 0.52 0 0.00
Peterborough 2 1.65 0 0.00
Guelph 0 0.00 0 0.00
r
revised
Note(s):
There may be a small number of homicides included in a given year's total that occurred in previous years. Homicides are counted according to the year in which they are reported to Statistics Canada.
Source(s):
CANSIM table 253-0004.

Table note 1

Rates are calculated per 100,000 population using revised July 1 population estimates from Statistics Canada.

Table note 2

A census metropolitan area (CMA) consists of one or more neighbouring municipalities situated around a major urban core. A CMA must have a total population of at least 100,000 of which 50,000 or more live in the urban core. To be included in the CMA, other adjacent municipalities must have a high degree of integration with the central urban area, as measured by commuting flows derived from census data. A CMA typically comprises more than one police service.

Table note 3

Includes one homicide committed in a correctional institution in 2012.

Table note 4

Includes two homicides committed in a correctional institution in 2013.

Table note 5

Includes one homicide committed in a correctional institution in 2013.

Table note 6

Gatineau refers to the Quebec part of the Ottawa–Gatineau CMA.

Table note 7

Ottawa refers to the Ontario part of the Ottawa–Gatineau CMA.
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