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Table 3
Homicides involving firearms, by type of firearm, Canada, 2001 to 2011

Table 3
Homicides involving firearms, by type of firearm, Canada, 2001 to 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of homicides involving firearms. The information is grouped by year (appearing as row headers), type of firearm, handgun, rifle or shotgun, sawed-off rifle or shotgun and fully automatic firearm, calculated using number of victims and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year	Type of firearm
	Handgun		Rifle or shotgun		Sawed-off rifle or shotgun		Fully automatic firearm
	number of victims	percent^{Note 2}	number of victims	percent^{Note 2}	number of victims	percent^{Note 2}	number of victims	percent^{Note 2}
2001	110	65.5	46	27.4	7	4.2	3	1.8
2002	98	66.7	40	27.2	6	4.1	3	2.0
2003	110	70.1	32	20.4	13	8.3	2	1.3
2004	112	67.5	37	22.3	15	9.0	2	1.2
2005	130	62.5	59	28.4	11	5.3	7	3.4
2006	110	62.2	38	21.5	25	14.1	2	1.1
2007^{Note r: revised}	126	70.8	32	18.0	17	9.6	2	1.1
2008^{Note r: revised}	124	68.5	35	19.3	17	9.4	4	2.2
2009^{Note r: revised}	113	68.1	32	19.3	14	8.4	6	3.6
2010^{Note r: revised}	101	63.9	36	22.8	14	8.9	5	3.2
2011	94	65.7	30	21.0	15	10.5	2	1.4
^r revised 1. Firearm-like weapons include, for example, nail gun, pellet gun, etc. 2. Percent of homicides involving a firearm (excluding homicides where type of firearm is unknown). 3. Incidents with an unknown cause of death were excluded from the total for the calculation of percentages. Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. Estimates prior to 2011 may differ from previously published figures due to ongoing updates to the data files as new information becomes available. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.

Table 3 (continued)
Homicides involving firearms, by type of firearm, Canada, 2001 to 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of homicides involving firearms. The information is grouped by year (appearing as row headers), type of firearm, firearm-like weapons, unknown and total, calculated using number of victims, percent and homicides involving firearms as a percent of total homicides units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year	Type of firearm
	Firearm-like weapons^{Table 3 continued, Note 1}		Unknown		Total
	number of victims	percent^{Table 3 continued, Note 2}	number of victims	percent^{Table 3 continued, Note 2}	number of victims	Homicides involving firearms as a percent of total homicides^{Table 3 continued, Note 3}
2001	2	1.2	3	Note ...: not applicable	171	31.4
2002	0	0.0	5	Note ...: not applicable	152	27.1
2003	0	0.0	4	Note ...: not applicable	161	30.6
2004	0	0.0	7	Note ...: not applicable	173	28.3
2005	1	0.5	15	Note ...: not applicable	223	34.4
2006	2	1.1	13	Note ...: not applicable	190	32.0
2007^{Note r: revised}	1	0.6	10	Note ...: not applicable	188	32.9
2008^{Note r: revised}	1	0.6	20	Note ...: not applicable	201	33.7
2009^{Note r: revised}	1	0.6	16	Note ...: not applicable	182	30.5
2010^{Note r: revised}	2	1.3	13	Note ...: not applicable	171	32.0
2011	2	1.4	15	Note ...: not applicable	158	27.4
… not applicable ^r revised 1. Firearm-like weapons include, for example, nail gun, pellet gun, etc. 2. Percent of homicides involving a firearm (excluding homicides where type of firearm is unknown). 3. Incidents with an unknown cause of death were excluded from the total for the calculation of percentages. Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. Estimates prior to 2011 may differ from previously published figures due to ongoing updates to the data files as new information becomes available. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.