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Table 5
Homicides involving firearms, by type of firearm, Canada, 1997 to 2007

Year	Type of firearm
	Handgun		Rifle or shotgun		Fully automatic firearm		Sawed-off rifle or shotgun		Firearm-like weapons¹		Unknown type		Total
	number of victims	percent of firearm homicides	number of victims	percent of firearm homicides	number of victims	percent of firearm homicides	number of victims	percent of firearm homicides	number of victims	percent of firearm homicides	number of victims	percent of firearm homicides	number of victims	Homicides involving firearms as a percent of total homicides
1. Firearm-like weapons include (nail gun, pellet gun, etc.). Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
1997	99	51.3	77	39.9	2	1.0	10	5.2	0	0.0	5	2.6	193	32.9
1998	70	46.4	51	33.8	12	7.9	14	9.3	0	0.0	4	2.6	151	27.1
1999	89	53.9	58	35.2	6	3.6	6	3.6	2	1.2	4	2.4	165	30.7
2000	107	58.2	58	31.5	4	2.2	11	6.0	0	0.0	4	2.2	184	33.7
2001	110	64.3	46	26.9	3	1.8	7	4.1	2	1.2	3	1.8	171	30.9
2002	98	64.5	40	26.3	3	2.0	6	3.9	0	0.0	5	3.3	152	26.1
2003	110	68.3	32	19.9	2	1.2	13	8.1	0	0.0	4	2.5	161	29.3
2004	112	64.7	37	21.4	2	1.2	15	8.7	0	0.0	7	4.0	173	27.7
2005^r	130	58.3	59	26.5	7	3.1	11	4.9	1	0.4	15	6.7	223	33.6
2006^r	110	57.9	37	19.5	2	1.1	25	13.2	2	1.1	14	7.4	190	31.4
2007	126	67.0	32	17.0	2	1.1	17	9.0	1	0.5	10	5.3	188	31.6
Average 1997 to 2006	104	58.7	50	28.1	4	2.4	12	6.7	1	0.4	7	3.7	176	30.4