Table 4
Firearm-related violent crime for selected offences by province and territory, 2006
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Province/territory | Firearm-related homicide1 | Firearm-related attempted murder2 | Firearm-related robbery3 | Total frearm-related violent crime2 | ||||||||
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Number | Rate4 | % of all homicides | Number | Rate4 | % of all attempted murders | Number | Rate4 | % of all robberies | Number | Rate4 | % of total violent crime | |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 4 | 0.8 | 57.1 | 2 | 0.4 | 28.6 | 11 | 2.2 | 9.2 | 58 | 11.4 | 1.1 |
Prince Edward Island | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 12.3 | 1.3 |
Nova Scotia | 5 | 0.5 | 31.3 | 5 | 0.5 | 12.2 | 133 | 14.2 | 16.8 | 242 | 25.9 | 1.8 |
New Brunswick | 2 | 0.3 | 28.6 | 3 | 0.4 | 37.5 | 31 | 4.1 | 14 | 106 | 15.6 | 1.6 |
Quebec | 34 | 0.4 | 36.6 | 49 | 0.6 | 20 | 781 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 1,775 | 23.3 | 2.2 |
Ontario | 66 | 0.5 | 33.7 | 148 | 1.2 | 48.8 | 1,609 | 12.7 | 14.6 | 3,455 | 27.5 | 2.9 |
Manitoba | 8 | 0.7 | 20.5 | 6 | 0.5 | 27.3 | 134 | 11.4 | 6.2 | 425 | 37.7 | 2 |
Saskatchewan | 10 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 1.3 | 28.3 | 93 | 9.4 | 6.3 | 379 | 38.5 | 1.7 |
Alberta | 32 | 0.9 | 33.3 | 37 | 1.1 | 56.1 | 352 | 10.4 | 11.2 | 1,071 | 32.1 | 2.6 |
British Columbia5 | 29 | 0.7 | 26.9 | 10 | 0.7 | 41.7 | 523 | 12.1 | 11 | 497 | 33.9 | 2.8 |
Yukon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.2 | 5.6 | 9 | 28.8 | 0.9 |
Northwest Territories | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.4 | 6.7 | 35 | 83.6 | 1.2 |
Nunavut | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9.7 | 75 | 2 | 6.5 | 16.7 | 36 | 117 | 1.5 |
Canada | 190 | 0.6 | 31.4 | 276 | 0.9 | 36 | 3,671 | 11.3 | 12 | 8,105 | 27.5 | 2.4 |
1. Homicide data reflect victim counts from the Homicide Survey representing 100% of the national volume of homicides. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey and Uniform Crime Reporting (Aggregate and UCR2) Survey. |
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