Table 3
Gang-related homicides, by region, 1999 to 2009
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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 | |||||||||
| 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 |
| 2006 | 1 | 23 | 27 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 102 | 16.8 |
| 2007 | 2 | 22 | 29 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 24 | 1 | 118 | 19.9 |
| 2008 | 1 | 21 | 31 | 14 | 2 | 35 | 34 | 0 | 138 | 22.6 |
| 2009 | 5 | 21 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 35 | 0 | 124 | 20.3 |
| Year | Atlantic | Quebec | Ontario | Manitoba | Saskatchewan | Alberta | British Columbia | Territories | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rate1 | |||||||||
| 1999 | 0.00 | 0.41 | 0.04 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.15 |
| 2000 | 0.17 | 0.52 | 0.09 | 0.26 | 0.10 | 0.17 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.23 |
| 2001 | 0.00 | 0.31 | 0.16 | 0.35 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.20 |
| 2002 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.16 | 0.35 | 0.00 | 0.29 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.15 |
| 2003 | 0.04 | 0.20 | 0.31 | 0.52 | 0.40 | 0.25 | 0.29 | 0.00 | 0.27 |
| 2004 | 0.00 | 0.24 | 0.14 | 0.43 | 0.40 | 0.46 | 0.39 | 0.00 | 0.23 |
| 2005 | 0.04 | 0.32 | 0.25 | 0.42 | 0.50 | 0.69 | 0.38 | 0.00 | 0.33 |
| 2006 | 0.04 | 0.30 | 0.21 | 0.59 | 0.91 | 0.64 | 0.31 | 0.00 | 0.31 |
| 2007 | 0.09 | 0.29 | 0.23 | 0.92 | 0.90 | 0.57 | 0.56 | 0.93 | 0.36 |
| 2008 | 0.04 | 0.27 | 0.24 | 1.16 | 0.20 | 0.97 | 0.78 | 0.00 | 0.41 |
| 2009 | 0.21 | 0.27 | 0.26 | 0.98 | 0.39 | 0.35 | 0.79 | 0.00 | 0.37 |
1. Rates are calculated per 100,000 population.
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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