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Data table for chart 6

Use of firearms declines in 2009
Year Total firearms Rifles or shotguns1 Handguns
rate per 100,000 population
1979 0.86 0.56 0.22
1980 0.80 0.49 0.25
1981 0.80 0.50 0.24
1982 0.99 0.58 0.35
1983 0.88 0.50 0.31
1984 0.89 0.55 0.26
1985 0.86 0.51 0.28
1986 0.67 0.44 0.15
1987 0.76 0.41 0.22
1988 0.63 0.35 0.18
1989 0.80 0.48 0.20
1990 0.71 0.36 0.25
1991 0.97 0.37 0.48
1992 0.87 0.32 0.45
1993 0.68 0.26 0.32
1994 0.68 0.23 0.31
1995 0.60 0.22 0.32
1996 0.72 0.27 0.36
1997 0.65 0.26 0.33
1998 0.50 0.17 0.23
1999 0.54 0.19 0.29
2000 0.60 0.19 0.35
2001 0.55 0.15 0.35
2002 0.48 0.13 0.31
2003 0.51 0.10 0.35
2004 0.54 0.12 0.35
2005 0.69 0.18 0.40
2006 0.58 0.11 0.34
2007 0.57 0.10 0.38
2008 0.60 0.10 0.37
2009 0.53 0.09 0.33
1. Excludes sawed-off rifles or shotguns.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.