Table 1b
Rate of homicides, by province or territory, 1984 to 2014

Table summary
This table displays the results of Rate of homicides. The information is grouped by Year (appearing as row headers), Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Canada and Percent change in rate for Canada from previous year, calculated using rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year N.L. P.E.I. N.S. N.B. Que. Ont. Man. Sask. Alta. B.C.Note 1 Y.T. N.W.T.Note 2 Nvt. Canada Percent change in rate
for Canada
from previous year
rateNote 3
1984 1.03 0.00 1.71 1.94 2.99 2.08 4.01 2.95 2.22 3.73 8.36 9.51 Note ...: not applicable 2.60 Note ...: not applicable
1985Note 4 0.86 0.78 2.94 1.93 3.29 2.08 2.40 2.73 2.62 3.80 24.63 18.38 Note ...: not applicable 2.72 4.6
1986 0.69 0.00 1.69 1.65 2.31 1.47 4.31 2.53 2.63 2.93 12.26 25.60 Note ...: not applicable 2.17 -20.3
1987 0.87 0.00 1.57 2.75 2.57 2.12 4.01 2.90 3.00 2.56 0.00 3.63 Note ...: not applicable 2.43 12.1
1988 1.22 0.77 1.23 1.10 2.25 1.89 2.72 2.24 2.69 2.57 3.76 14.37 Note ...: not applicable 2.15 -11.9
1989 0.87 0.77 1.77 2.58 3.07 1.73 3.81 2.16 2.69 2.66 7.38 12.27 Note ...: not applicable 2.40 11.7
1990 0.00 0.77 0.88 1.49 2.63 1.77 3.44 3.57 2.91 3.34 3.60 20.37 Note ...: not applicable 2.37 -1.0
1991 1.73 1.53 2.29 2.28 2.55 2.35 3.79 2.09 3.20 3.82 0.00 4.92 Note ...: not applicable 2.69 13.2
1992 0.34 0.00 2.28 1.47 2.34 2.29 2.61 3.19 3.49 3.52 6.64 20.86 Note ...: not applicable 2.58 -3.9
1993 1.21 1.51 2.06 1.47 2.22 1.80 2.77 2.98 1.84 3.34 0.00 11.04 Note ...: not applicable 2.18 -15.4
1994 0.70 0.75 2.05 1.87 1.75 1.77 2.58 2.38 2.44 3.07 10.10 6.15 Note ...: not applicable 2.05 -6.0
1995 0.88 0.74 1.83 1.73 1.87 1.65 2.30 2.07 2.19 3.20 13.14 4.52 Note ...: not applicable 2.00 -2.4
1996 1.25 0.74 1.93 1.20 2.13 1.69 3.97 3.14 1.84 3.23 0.00 5.93 Note ...: not applicable 2.14 6.7
1997 1.27 0.00 2.57 1.06 1.80 1.59 2.73 2.46 2.16 2.94 3.15 4.44 Note ...: not applicable 1.96 -8.5
1998 1.30 0.74 2.58 0.67 1.88 1.37 2.90 3.24 2.21 2.26 9.63 7.44 Note ...: not applicable 1.85 -5.4
1999 0.37 0.73 1.50 1.20 1.87 1.41 2.28 1.28 2.07 2.74 3.25 2.46 7.46 1.77 -4.2
2000 1.14 2.20 1.71 1.33 2.00 1.34 2.61 2.58 1.96 2.10 6.57 2.47 10.91 1.77 0.0
2001 0.19 1.46 0.97 1.07 1.89 1.43 2.95 2.60 2.26 2.06 3.32 9.79 10.66 1.78 0.2
2002 0.38 0.73 1.07 1.20 1.57 1.47 3.11 2.71 2.24 3.07 0.00 9.60 6.94 1.86 4.5
2003 0.96 0.73 0.85 1.07 1.35 1.45 3.78 4.11 1.98 2.28 3.23 9.40 10.23 1.74 -6.2
2004 0.39 0.00 1.49 0.93 1.47 1.51 4.26 3.91 2.65 2.72 22.24 9.24 13.40 1.95 12.2
2005 2.14 0.00 2.24 1.34 1.32 1.75 4.16 4.23 3.25 2.41 3.13 0.00 6.59 2.06 5.4
2006 1.37 0.73 1.71 0.94 1.22 1.54 3.30 4.23 2.78 2.57 0.00 0.00 6.49 1.86 -9.6
2007 0.59 0.00 1.39 1.07 1.18 1.57 5.21 2.99 2.50 2.03 6.14 4.61 22.30 1.81 -2.9
2008 0.98 1.44 1.28 0.40 1.19 1.37 4.51 2.95 3.06 2.69 9.07 6.92 12.54 1.84 1.8
2009 0.19 0.00 1.60 1.60 1.11 1.38 4.72 3.48 2.61 2.65 5.93 4.64 18.40 1.81 -1.3
2010 0.77 0.00 2.34 1.20 1.07 1.44 3.69 3.14 2.04 1.86 2.89 2.31 17.99 1.63 -10.2
2011 0.76 0.69 2.33 1.06 1.31 1.21 4.30 3.56 2.95 1.96 0.00 6.90 20.47 1.75 7.6
2012 0.57 0.00 1.80 0.79 1.34 1.22 4.24 2.67 2.21 1.56 0.00 11.46 14.40 1.57 -10.4
2013 1.33 0.69 1.38 0.93 0.86 1.24 4.03 2.80 2.05 1.66 0.00 4.56 11.29 1.46 -7.3
2014 0.38 2.05 0.64 1.19 0.86 1.13 3.43 2.13 2.52 1.90 8.22 6.88 10.93 1.45 -0.3
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