Table 5
Homicides, by shootings and stabbings, by selected census metropolitan areas, 2012

Table 5
Homicides by shootings and stabbings, by selected census metropolitan areas, 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of homicides by shootings and stabbings. The information is grouped by census metropolitan area (appearing as row headers), shootings, 2012 and average 2002 to 2011, calculated using number, rate, percent of total homicides, average number and annual average rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Census metropolitan areaNote 1 Shootings
2012 Average 2002 to 2011
number rateNote 2 percent of total homicidesNote 3 average number annual average rateNote 2 percent of total homicidesNote 3
Halifax 8 1.93 66.7 3 0.82 36.4
Edmonton 14 1.14 43.8 11 1.00 32.1
Vancouver 20 0.81 58.8 21 0.93 43.5
Toronto 38 0.65 48.1 44 0.82 46.9
Winnipeg 5 0.62 16.1 7 0.90 24.4
Montréal 20 0.50 42.6 19 0.51 35.3
Calgary 5 0.38 27.8 6 0.50 26.3
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo 2 0.37 50.0 0 0.08 9.1
OttawaNote 4 3 0.31 42.9 3 0.33 28.6
Québec 2 0.26 33.3 0 0.03 4.9
Hamilton 2 0.27 28.6 2 0.21 16.3
Table 5 (continued)
Table summary
This table displays the results of table 6 (continued). The information is grouped by census metropolitan area (appearing as row headers), stabbings, 2012 and average 2002 to 2011, calculated using number, rate, percent of total homicides, average number and annual average rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Census metropolitan areaNote 1 Stabbings
2012 Average 2002 to 2011
number rateNote 2 percent of total homicidesNote 3 average number annual average rateNote 2 percent of total homicidesNote 3
Thunder Bay 3 2.49 42.9 1 0.48 27.3
Winnipeg 16 1.98 51.6 10 1.33 36.3
Edmonton 10 0.81 31.3 13 1.22 39.1
Calgary 6 0.46 33.3 8 0.73 38.2
Toronto 20 0.34 25.3 25 0.46 26.3
Vancouver 8 0.32 23.5 13 0.56 26.2
Montréal 11 0.28 23.4 17 0.46 32.3
Hamilton 2 0.27 28.6 4 0.50 38.0
OttawaNote 4 2 0.21 28.6 3 0.36 30.5
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo 1 0.19 25.0 2 0.36 40.9
Québec 1 0.13 16.7 2 0.25 43.9
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.

Homicides where the cause of death was unknown were excluded from the calculation of percentages.

Note 4.

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

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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