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Table 3
Homicides by census metropolitan area (CMA)

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  500,000 and over population
20071 2006r, 2 Average 1997 to 2006
Census metropolitan area (CMA)5 Population3 Victims rate4 Population3 Victims rate4 Victims rate4
number number number
Note: Due to rounding, the sum of the averages may not add up to the total.
1. A total of 17 homicides were reported and included in 2007 but occurred in previous years: 1 in Montréal; 1 in Toronto; 1 in Greater Sudbury; 1 in Saskatoon; 1 in Edmonton; 7 in Vancouver; and 5 in areas less than 100,000 population.
2. A total of 15 homicides were reported and included in 2006 but occurred in previous years: 1 in Montréal; 1 in Toronto; 2 in Regina; 1 in Saskatoon; 1 in Edmonton; and 9 in areas less than 100,000 population.
3. The population estimates come from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Populations as of July 1st: updated postcensal estimates for 2006 and preliminary postcensal estimates for 2007.
4. Rates are calculated per 100,000 population.
5. Note that a CMA usually comprises more than one police force.
6. Ottawa refers to the Ontario part of the Ottawa-Gatineau CMA.
7. Gatineau refers to the Quebec part of the Ottawa-Gatineau CMA.
8. Includes 1 homicide that occurred in a correctional institution in 2006.
9. Abbotsford and Kingston became CMAs in 2001. Average number and rate are calculated from 2001 to 2006.
10. Includes 4 homicides that occurred in correctional institutions in 2006.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
Toronto 5,510,424 111 2.01 5,433,967 99 1.82 86 1.74
Montréal 3,729,820 59 1.58 3,710,947 52 1.40 65 1.84
Vancouver 2,286,517 55 2.41 2,257,866 55 2.44 53 2.52
Calgary 1,145,924 36 3.14 1,104,692 25 2.26 17 1.69
Edmonton 1,095,968 36 3.28 1,061,721 39 3.67 28 2.86
Ottawa6 890,013 14 1.57 888,572 16 1.80 9 1.09
Québec 732,452 0 0.00 726,062 7 0.96 8 1.06
Winnipeg 732,048 26 3.55 726,772 22 3.03 21 3.11
Hamilton 707,333 11 1.56 703,217 7 1.00 11 1.57
Total 16,830,499 348 2.07 16,613,816 322 1.94 297 1.92
Census metropolitan area (CMA)5 100,000 to less than 500,000 population
Kitchener 496,370 7 1.41 491,382 2 0.41 5 0.98
London 476,640 6 1.26 474,515 5 1.05 6 1.27
St. Catharines-Niagara 433,946 3 0.69 434,563 4 0.92 7 1.52
Halifax 385,457 7 1.82 383,281 6 1.57 8 2.05
Oshawa 345,305 5 1.45 339,598 3 0.88 3 0.81
Victoria 338,747 4 1.18 335,286 4 1.19 6 1.72
Windsor 332,710 4 1.20 332,968 5 1.50 6 1.93
Gatineau7, 8 292,720 2 0.68 289,681 9 3.11 4 1.36
Saskatoon 250,269 9 3.60 245,615 9 3.66 7 2.91
Regina 203,453 5 2.46 200,917 11 5.47 7 3.60
St. John's 182,605 1 0.55 181,297 1 0.55 2 0.91
Abbotsford9 169,084 2 1.18 165,869 3 1.81 4 2.71
Greater Sudbury 162,438 4 2.46 162,145 2 1.23 2 1.35
Kingston9 152,833 1 0.65 153,795 2 1.30 3 1.85
Sherbrooke 149,875 2 1.33 149,145 1 0.67 1 0.89
Trois-Rivières 146,740 4 2.73 145,887 0 0.00 1 0.68
Saguenay 144,924 1 0.69 144,989 0 0.00 1 0.77
Thunder Bay 122,540 2 1.63 122,867 2 1.63 2 1.67
Saint John 101,429 2 1.97 98,745 1 1.01 1 0.83
Total 4,888,085 71 1.45 4,852,545 70 1.44 71 1.55
CMA totals 21,718,585 419 1.93 21,466,361 392 1.83 368 1.84
Less than 100,000 population10 11,257,441 175 1.55 11,183,121 214 1.91 212 1.90
Canada 32,976,026 594 1.80 32,649,482 606 1.86 581 1.86
Date Modified: 2008-11-27

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