Description for chart 7
Robbery, by type of weapon, Canada, 1982 to 2012

The title of the graph is "Chart 7 Robbery, by type of weapon, Canada, 1982 to 2012."
This is a line chart.
There are in total 31 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 70 with ticks every 10 points.
There are 6 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "rate per 100,000 population ."
The units of the horizontal axis are years from 1982 to 2012.
The title of series 1 is "No weapon1."
The minimum value is 39.7 occurring in 1986.
The maximum value is 62.2 occurring in 2006.
The title of series 2 is "Firearm."
The minimum value is 10.0 occurring in 2012.
The maximum value is 35.6 occurring in 1982.
The title of series 3 is "Other weapon2."
The minimum value is 21.6 occurring in 1985.
The maximum value is 38.5 occurring in 1999.

Data table for chart 7
  No weapon1 Firearm Other weapon2
1982 24.5 48.3 35.6
1983 22.8 43.3 29.6
1984 22.8 41.4 26.9
1985 21.6 40.2 26.3
1986 23.7 39.7 25.7
1987 21.8 40.8 22.5
1988 24.9 42.6 22.7
1989 27.4 43.3 23.6
1990 28.1 46.6 26.8
1991 33.7 52.8 32.1
1992 38.0 48.2 30.8
1993 33.9 42.5 28.0
1994 32.4 42.3 25.4
1995 34.6 46.1 22.8
1996 35.6 49.0 22.8
1997 33.3 47.3 18.3
1998 48.8 21.9 38.2
1999 47.7 21.0 38.5
2000 46.1 17.5 36.0
2001 46.9 15.3 36.9
2002 46.1 13.8 35.9
2003 50.8 15.2 35.5
2004 53.7 14.2 29.1
2005 57.4 13.6 29.6
2006 62.2 14.1 30.1
2007 58.6 13.8 31.4
2008 55.1 13.6 28.4
2009 53.2 14.3 28.7
2010 50.6 12.1 26.7
2011 48.4 11.3 26.7
2012 44.8 10.0 24.5
1.
Includes physical force.
2.
Includes all weapons other than firearms, such as knives, clubs or blunt instruments, poison, motor vehicles, ligature, or fire.
Note:
Revisions have been applied to robbery back to 1998. As such, there is a break in the data series between 1997 and 1998 and any comparisons between the two time series should be made with caution.
Source:
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR1 Aggregate) Survey.
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