Table 1 
Police-reported firearm-related violent crime incidents, by province or territory, urban and rural areas, and Provincial South and North, Canada, 2022 

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Police-reported firearm-related violent crime incidents, by province or territory, urban and rural areas, and Provincial South and North, Canada, 2022
  2022 2022 2022 2022 2021 2021
  number % rate1 % change in rate from 2021 number rate1
Newfoundland and Labrador 120 1.3 22.8 -8.7 130 25.0
Urban areas - South 88 1.8 29.4 18.8 73 24.8
Rural areas - South 25 0.9 12.6 -36.2 39 19.7
Rural areas - North 7 0.4 25.1 -61.3 18 64.8
Prince Edward Island 17 0.7 10.0 9.4 15 9.1
Urban areas - South 8 0.5 7.2 28.5 6 5.6
Rural areas - South 9 1.2 15.1 -3.2 9 15.6
Nova Scotia 291 1.8 28.7 -3.1 292 29.6
Urban areas - South 201 2.0 29.7 -7.1 209 32.0
Rural areas - South 90 1.5 26.6 6.7 83 24.9
New Brunswick2 300 2.3 40.6 23.7 236 32.8
Urban areas - South 163 2.2 35.8 32.7 119 27.0
Rural areas - South 137 2.5 48.2 14.8 117 42.0
Quebec3 1,994 2.1 24.8 -1.3 1,999 25.1
Urban areas - South 1,620 2.2 25.8 1.2 1,586 25.5
Urban areas - North 52 1.1 16.6 -26.2 70 22.5
Rural areas - South 291 1.9 21.2 -9.1 315 23.3
Rural areas - North 31 1.9 43.4 10.4 28 39.3
Ontario 4,791 3.3 32.1 24.4 3,775 25.8
Urban areas - South 4,342 3.6 33.3 27.6 3,332 26.1
Urban areas - North 205 2.0 39.0 1.1 201 38.6
Rural areas - South 156 1.8 13.9 -2.9 158 14.3
Rural areas - North 88 1.6 34.8 3.3 84 33.7
Manitoba 961 2.9 70.5 0.1 948 70.4
Urban areas - South 506 3.2 52.9 -10.3 556 58.9
Urban areas - North 27 1.4 197.0 297.0 7 49.6
Rural areas - South 156 3.2 50.9 -12.0 175 57.8
Rural areas - North 272 2.8 318.5 29.0 210 246.9
Saskatchewan 1,282 4.4 109.6 -7.0 1,363 117.9
Urban areas - South 634 4.8 83.0 -6.7 670 89.0
Rural areas - South 339 3.7 92.6 -17.9 410 112.8
Rural areas - North 309 4.4 766.3 8.1 283 708.9
Alberta 2,481 3.6 54.5 5.9 2,292 51.5
Urban areas - South 1,546 3.4 42.4 8.5 1,388 39.1
Urban areas - North 105 2.3 65.8 2.7 102 64.1
Rural areas - South 341 3.7 69.1 1.7 333 67.9
Rural areas - North 489 5.5 194.4 3.4 469 188.0
British Columbia 1,488 1.8 28.0 12.5 1,294 24.9
Urban areas - South 1,175 1.9 26.0 20.2 954 21.6
Urban areas - North 122 1.8 53.0 -6.5 130 56.6
Rural areas - South 127 1.8 28.5 -2.8 129 29.3
Rural areas - North 64 1.7 54.9 -21.3 81 69.8
Yukon 33 1.5 75.1 4.6 31 71.8
Northwest Territories 105 1.9 230.2 8.2 97 212.7
Nunavut 74 1.5 182.6 -22.9 94 236.7
Canada 13,937 2.8 36.7 8.9 12,566 33.7
Urban areas - South 10,283 2.9 33.5 13.4 8,893 29.5
Urban areas - North 511 1.8 41.1 -0.4 510 41.3
Rural areas - South 1,671 2.4 33.5 -6.8 1,768 35.9
Rural areas - North 1,260 3.3 148.9 6.5 1,173 139.8
Territories 212 1.6 163.0 -5.7 222 172.8
Note(s):
Rural police services are those where the majority of the population lives outside of a census metropolitan area (CMA) or census agglomeration (CA). Urban police services are those where the majority of the population lives within a CMA or CA. Provincial North encompasses the northern regions of Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia (North and South ― Variant of Standard Geographical Classification 2021).
Source(s):
Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (3302).

Table note 1

Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations are based upon July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography.

Table note 2

Excludes data from the Saint John Police Service.

Table note 3

In Quebec, the information management system used by a majority of police services generates a relatively high proportion of unknown values for the variable "most dangerous weapon present in the incident". Although firearm-related crimes are likely correctly recorded in the vast majority of cases, undercounting remains possible. Therefore, caution should be used when comparing data from Quebec to data from other provinces or territories. Excludes data from the Québec City Police Service.
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