Table 2
Victims of police-reported violent crime where a firearm was present, by type of firearm, Canada, 2012

Table 2
Victims of police-reported violent crime where a firearm was present, by type of firearm, Canada, 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of police-reported violent crime where a firearm was present. The information is grouped by Offence (appearing as row headers), Handgun, Rifle/shotgun, Other firearm, Firearm-like weapon and Total, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Offence Handgun Rifle/shotgun Other firearmNote 1 Firearm-like weaponNote 2 Total
number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent
Total violent Criminal Code offences 3,166 56.8 908 16.3 237 4.3 1,264 22.7 5,575 100
HomicideNote 3 89 65.0 33 24.1 10 7.3 5 3.6 137 100
Other violations causing deathNote 4 1 25.0 2 50.0 0 0.0 1 25.0 4 100
Attempted murder 129 67.9 42 22.1 10 5.3 9 4.7 190 100
Sexual assault, level 3, aggravated 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ...
Sexual assault, level 2, weapon or bodily harm 12 60.0 5 25.0 0 0.0 3 15.0 20 100
Sexual assault, level 1 6 25.0 12 50.0 3 12.5 3 12.5 24 100
Sexual violations against childrenNote 5, Note 6 0 0.0 1 33.3 0 0.0 2 66.7 3 100
Assault, level 3, aggravated 62 55.9 26 23.4 4 3.6 19 17.1 111 100
Assault, level 2, weapon or bodily harm 343 29.6 172 14.9 16 1.4 627 54.1 1,158 100
Assault, level 1 65 27.5 91 38.6 13 5.5 67 28.4 236 100
Assaults against a peace officer 22 51.2 9 20.9 1 2.3 11 25.6 43 100
Other assaults 3 27.3 2 18.2 1 9.1 5 45.5 11 100
Firearms; use of, discharge, pointing 247 36.5 200 29.5 42 6.2 188 27.8 677 100
Robbery 1,957 82.6 145 6.1 62 2.6 204 8.6 2,368 100
Forcible confinement or kidnapping 53 67.1 8 10.1 9 11.4 9 11.4 79 100
Abduction 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ...
Extortion 7 63.6 1 9.1 0 0.0 3 27.3 11 100
Criminal harassment 7 36.8 4 21.1 4 21.1 4 21.1 19 100
Uttering threats 157 33.7 145 31.1 62 13.3 102 21.9 466 100
Indecent or harassing phone calls 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ... 0 ...
Other violent violations 6 33.3 10 55.6 0 0.0 2 11.1 18 100
... not applicable
Note 1.

Includes sawed-off rifles and/or shotguns and fully automatic weapons.

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Note 2.

Includes all weapons that are capable of propelling any object through a barrel by means of gunpowder, CO2 (compressed carbon dioxide), or pumped air, such as flare guns, pellet guns, or starter's pistols. For UCR data, this category also includes all unknown types of firearms.

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Note 3.

The number for homicides in this table will not match numbers published in other Juristats or in Tables 3 and 7 of this report, as data from Quebec is excluded (see notes at the end of this table). Specific analysis of homicide is based on data from the Homicide Survey, which represents 100% of the population of Canada.

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Note 4.

Includes, for example, criminal negligence causing death.

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Note 5.

In August 2012, legislation came into effect making it an offence to make sexually explicit material available to a child for the purpose of facilitating sexual offences against children/youth. The UCR Survey introduced a new violation code to collect this information.

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Note 6.

Includes, for example, sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, sexual exploitation, luring a child via a computer, and (as of 2012) making sexually explicit material available to a child for the purpose of facilitating sexual offences against children/youth.

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Note: Percentages are calculated excluding unknowns. Offence represents only the most serious offence in an incident. Excludes Quebec due to a large proportion of incidents where the most serious weapon present was reported as unknown.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey and Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR2) Survey.
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