Table 2
Victims of violent crime committed with a knife, by selected offences, by province or territory, 2008
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| Province or territory | Robbery with a knife1 | Assault2 with a knife1 | Total victims of violent crime with a knife1 | |||
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| number | percent of total robberies | number | percent of total assaults1 | number | percent of total victims | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 44 | 52.4 | 195 | 4.7 | 274 | 4.4 |
| Prince Edward Island | 5 | 38.5 | 24 | 3.1 | 34 | 2.9 |
| Nova Scotia | 100 | 23.3 | 415 | 5.2 | 647 | 4.9 |
| New Brunswick | 44 | 32.4 | 282 | 5.0 | 420 | 4.6 |
| Quebec | 1,183 | 17.8 | 2,769 | 6.9 | 4,622 | 6.0 |
| Ontario | 1,751 | 16.0 | 4,349 | 6.4 | 7,111 | 5.8 |
| Manitoba | 420 | 24.5 | 1,141 | 8.2 | 1,737 | 8.5 |
| Saskatchewan | 262 | 24.0 | 1,276 | 7.8 | 1,681 | 7.2 |
| Alberta | 759 | 23.3 | 2,221 | 7.2 | 3,370 | 7.3 |
| British Columbia | 914 | 22.9 | 1,936 | 5.8 | 3,248 | 6.0 |
| Yukon | 2 | 16.7 | 55 | 6.6 | 65 | 6.1 |
| Northwest Territories | 4 | 21.1 | 115 | 4.5 | 151 | 4.7 |
| Nunavut | 1 | 9.1 | 102 | 4.8 | 121 | 4.4 |
| Canada | 5,489 | 19.4 | 14,880 | 6.6 | 23,481 | 6.2 |
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1. Includes all piercing and cutting instruments in addition to knives, e.g. broken bottle, screwdriver, scissors. 2. Includes assault (level 1), assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (level 2) and aggravated assault (level 3). Note: Data reflect victim counts from the UCR2 survey and, in total, represent 98% of the population of Canada. Coverage for each province/territory exceeds 95% except for British Columbia (92%). Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR2) Survey. |
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