Table 1
Violent crime by selected offence and type of weapon, Canada, 2006

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Table 1A
Type of offence Firearm Knife1 instrument Other weapon2 Total weapon
number percentage number percentage number percentage number percentage number percentage
Homicide3 190 31.4 209 34.5 50 8.3 39 6.4 488 80.7
Attempted murder4 276 36.0 268 34.9 27 3.5 64 8.3 635 82.8
Robbery4,5 3,948 13.9 5,375 18.9 1,068 3.8 1,208 4.2 11,599 40.8
Forcible confinement4,6 417 10.2 456 11.1 113 2.8 230 5.6 1,216 29.7
Sexual assault4,7 65 0.3 211 1.1 51 0.3 273 1.4 600 3.1
Assault4 2,388 1.1 12,681 6.0 8,349 3.9 17,878 8.4 41,296 19.4
Uttering threats4 757 1.5 1,423 2.9 453 0.9 821 1.7 3,454 7.0
Criminal harassment4 41 0.2 55 0.3 30 0.2 386 2.3 512 3.1
Total4 8,105 2.4 20,707 6.2 10,163 3.0 21,243 6.3 60,218 17.9
Table 1B
  Physical force weapon Total no weapon Unknown Total
number percentage number percentage number percentage number percentage number percentage
Homicide3 86 14.2 1 0.2 87 14.4 30 5.0 605 100.0
Attempted murder4 30 3.9 66 8.6 96 12.5 36 4.7 767 100.0
Robbery4,5 12,373 43.5 847 3.0 13,220 46.5 3,611 12.7 28,430 100.0
Forcible confinement4,6 2,249 54.9 95 2.3 2,344 57.2 537 13.1 4,097 100.0
Sexual assault4,7 15,442 80.7 101 0.5 15,543 81.3 2,984 15.6 19,127 100.0
Assault4 159,701 74.9 835 0.4 160,536 75.3 11,272 5.3 213,104 100.0
Uttering threats4 5,496 11.2 36,392 74.2 41,888 85.4 3,713 7.6 49,055 100.0
Criminal harassment4 1,948 11.8 12,150 73.7 14,098 85.5 1,879 11.4 16,489 100.0
Total4 198,947 59.2 51,968 15.5 250,915 74.7 24,754 7.4 335,887 100.0

1. Knife includes other piercing and cutting instruments such as hatchets and razor blades.
2. Other weapon includes all weapons that do not belong in another category such as fire, explosives and poison.
3. Homicide data reflect victim counts from the Homicide Survey representing 100% of the national volume of homicides.
4. Attempted murder, robbery, forcible confinement, sexual assault, assault, uttering threats, criminal harassment and total violent crime data reflect victim counts from the UCR2 Survey representing 90% of the population of Canada.
5. Total firearm-related robbery counts presented in Tables 1 and 3 represent victim counts from the UCR2 Survey whereas Tables 2, 4 and 5 represent incident counts from the UCR Aggregate Survey. Victim counts are greater than incident counts as there can be multiple victims associated with the same incident.
6. Forcible confinement includes kidnapping.
7. Sexual assault includes levels 1, 2 and 3. This category does not include other sexual offences such as invitation to sexual touching, sexual exploitation or incest.

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey and Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR2) Survey.