Table 6
Gang-related homicides, by region, 1997 to 2007
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| Year | Atlantic | Quebec | Ontario | Manitoba | Saskatchewan | Alberta | British Columbia | Territories | Canada | Victims of gang-related homicides as a percent of all homicides |
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Note: Previous to 2005, police were asked if the homicide was "gang-related". Beginning 2005, the question was amended to give police the option of specifying whether the homicide was: (a) confirmed as gang-related or (b) "suspected" as being gang-related. While it is unknown if "suspected" gang-related incidents were included in these numbers prior to 2005, indications from police officers are that they would have been in the majority of cases. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey. |
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| 1997 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 4.8 |
| 1998 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 51 | 9.1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 8.4 |
| 2000 | 4 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 72 | 13.2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 61 | 11.0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 46 | 7.9 |
| 2003 | 1 | 15 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 84 | 15.3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 75 | 12.0 |
| 2005r | 1 | 24 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 105 | 15.8 |
| 2006r | 1 | 23 | 27 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 101 | 16.7 |
| 2007 | 2 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 1 | 117 | 19.7 |
| Average 1997 to 2006 | 1 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 67 | 11.5 |
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