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
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.
2. Attempted murder and total violent crime data reflect victim counts from the UCR2 Survey representing 90% of the population of Canada.
3. Robbery data reflect incident counts from the UCR Aggregate Survey representing 100% of the national volume of robberies. 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.
4. Rates are calculated per 100,000 population.
5. Data for attempted murder and total violent crime from British Columbia represent 34% of the population and are not provincially representative. Data for homicide and robbery represent 100% coverage.

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