Table 3
Homicides, by census metropolitan area, 2011 and 2012

Table 3
Homicides, by census metropolitan area, 2011 and 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of homicides. The information is grouped by census metropolitan area (appearing as row headers), 2012, 2011 and average 2002 to 2011, calculated using population number, number of victims and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Census metropolitan areaNote 1 2012 2011 Average 2002 to 2011
population number number of victims rateNote 2 number of victims rateNote 2 number of victims rateNote 2
Thunder BayNote 3 120,405 7 5.81 4 3.32 2 1.94
Winnipeg 806,821 33 4.09 39 4.92 27 3.73
Regina 228,599 7 3.06 7 3.15 8 3.62
Halifax 413,512 12 2.90 18 4.40 9 2.29
Saguenay 146,048 4 2.74 1 0.69 1 0.75
EdmontonNote 4 1,229,672 33 2.68 50 4.17 35 3.23
Abbotsford-MissionNote 5 178,869 4 2.24 1 0.56 5 3.01
SaskatoonNote 3 288,697 6 2.08 6 2.16 8 3.03
GatineauNote 6 315,817 6 1.90 5 1.60 4 1.24
PeterboroughNote 7 121,282 2 1.65 3 2.47 1 1.11
KelownaNote 7 183,755 3 1.63 2 1.10 3 1.90
London 502,384 8 1.59 9 1.81 7 1.35
VancouverNote 3 2,464,189 37 1.50 43 1.77 54 2.40
Calgary 1,311,481 19 1.45 14 1.10 22 1.92
Saint John 147,046 2 1.36 3 2.04 1 0.90
Toronto 5,885,871 80 1.36 86 1.48 95 1.77
Trois-Rivières 151,340 2 1.32 1 0.67 1 0.82
MontréalNote 3 3,965,452 47 1.19 54 1.38 54 1.45
Victoria 363,041 4 1.10 6 1.66 4 1.23
Oshawa 402,078 4 0.99 0 0.00 3 0.82
BarrieNote 7 202,118 2 0.99 1 0.50 2 0.94
Hamilton 744,257 7 0.94 7 0.95 9 1.33
Windsor 331,671 3 0.90 1 0.30 5 1.42
Québec 767,789 6 0.78 3 0.39 4 0.59
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo 536,793 4 0.75 7 1.32 5 0.90
OttawaNote 8 956,719 7 0.73 11 1.16 12 1.28
St. Catharines-NiagaraNote 5 446,676 3 0.67 2 0.45 6 1.34
Greater Sudbury 163,880 1 0.61 0 0.00 2 1.29
Sherbrooke 193,352 1 0.52 1 0.52 1 0.41
St. John's 190,560 0 0.00 4 2.11 2 0.82
MonctonNote 7 140,146 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 1.00
Kingston 162,321 0 0.00 0 0.00 2 1.53
BrantfordNote 7 141,128 0 0.00 2 1.42 2 1.21
GuelphNote 7 127,068 0 0.00 1 0.79 1 0.68
CMA total 24,330,837 354 1.45 392 1.63 393 1.77
Non-CMA totalNote 3, Note 9 10,549,654 189 1.79 206 1.96 206 1.93
Canada 34,880,491 543 1.56 598 1.73 599 1.82
Note 1.

A census metropolitan area (CMA) consists of one or more neighbouring municipalities situated around a major urban core. A CMA must have a total population of at least 100,000 of which 50,000 or more live in the urban core. To be included in the CMA, other adjacent municipalities must have a high degree of integration with the central urban area, as measured by commuting flows derived from census data. A CMA typically comprises more than one police service.

Note 2.

Rates are calculated per 100,000 population using revised July 1st population estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division.

Note 3.

Includes one homicide committed in a correctional institution in 2012.

Note 4.

Includes three homicides committed in a correctional institution in 2011.

Note 5.

Includes one homicide committed in a correctional institution in 2011.

Note 6.

Gatineau refers to the Quebec part of the Ottawa–Gatineau CMA.

Note 7.

Moncton, Kelowna, Peterborough, Barrie, Brantford and Guelph became CMAs in 2006. As such, the average number and rate are calculated from 2006 to 2011.

Note 8.

Ottawa refers to the Ontario part of the Ottawa–Gatineau CMA.

Note 9.

Includes four homicides committed in a correctional institution in 2011.

Note: There may be a small number of homicides included in a given year's total that occurred in previous years. Homicides are counted according to the year in which they become known to police and are reported to Statistics Canada.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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