Table 6
Gang-related homicides, by region, 1998 to 2008

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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
number percent
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
2005 1 24 31 5 5 23 16 0 105 15.8
2006r 1 23 27 7 9 22 13 0 102 16.8
2007r 2 22 29 11 9 20 24 1 118 19.9
2008 1 21 31 14 2 35 34 0 138 22.6
Average 1998
to 2007
1 23 20 5 4 11 12 0 76 13.1
Note: Previous to 2005, police were asked if the homicide was "gang-related". Beginning in 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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