Table 6
Police-reported crime for selected offences, by province and territory, 2015

Table 6
Police-reported crime for selected offences, by province and territory, 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported crime for selected offences. The information is grouped by Province and territory (appearing as row headers), Homicide, Attempted murder, Major assault
(levels 2 and 3) and Robbery, calculated using number, rate and percent change in rate 2014 to 2015 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province and territory Homicide Attempted murder Major assault
(levels 2 and 3)Note 1		 Robbery
number rate percent change in rate 2014 to 2015Note 2 number rate percent change in rate 2014 to 2015Note 2 number rate percent change in rate 2014 to 2015 number rate percent change in rate 2014 to 2015
Newfoundland and
Labrador		 3 0.57 Note ...: not applicable 4 0.76 Note ...: not applicable 643 122 -2 186 35 17
Prince Edward Island 1 0.68 Note ...: not applicable 3 2.05 Note ...: not applicable 92 63 -5 16 11 -43
Nova Scotia 12 1.27 100 33 3.50 -42 1,119 119 -3 318 34 13
New Brunswick 11 1.46 10 17 2.26 89 817 108 -4 154 20 4
Quebec 77 0.93 9 212 2.57 29 9,617 116 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 4,030 49 -1
Ontario 174 1.26 11 247 1.79 21 13,292 96 3 7,636 55 -1
Manitoba 47 3.63 3 30 2.32 56 4,394 340 6 1,642 127 6
Saskatchewan 43 3.79 77 28 2.47 -21 4,207 371 6 978 86 5
Alberta 133 3.17 23 63 1.50 44 8,112 193 9 3,404 81 23
British Columbia 95 2.03 6 129 2.75 39 7,171 153 2 3,651 78 7
Yukon 1 2.67 Note ...: not applicable 4 10.69 Note ...: not applicable 178 476 -14 20 53 -24
Northwest Territories 5 11.34 Note ...: not applicable 3 6.80 Note ...: not applicable 393 891 7 26 59 30
Nunavut 2 5.42 Note ...: not applicable 1 2.71 Note ...: not applicable 370 1,002 -9 19 51 -2
Canada 604 1.68 15 774 2.16 22 50,405 141 3 22,080 62 5
Province and territory Sexual assault
(levels 1, 2 and 3)		 Sexual violations against childrenNote 3 Breaking and entering Motor vehicle theft
number rate percent change in rate 2014 to 2015 number rate percent change in rate 2014 to 2015 number rate percent change in rate 2014 to 2015 number rate percent change in rate 2014 to 2015
Newfoundland and Labrador 365 69 21 90 17 -12 2,558 485 1 472 89 -3
Prince Edward Island 73 50 23 19 13 5 502 343 2 95 65 19
Nova Scotia 635 67 3 141 15 6 3,202 340 -13 930 99 -14
New Brunswick 438 58 1 136 18 9 3,346 444 19 932 124 -8
Quebec 3,981 48 9 1,636 20 6 32,665 395 -8 13,123 159 -14
Ontario 7,628 55 1 894 6 -7 39,736 288 -1 16,851 122 5
Manitoba 1,356 105 -6 189 15 -10 8,842 684 17 4,108 318 7
Saskatchewan 1,146 101 2 281 25 17 9,407 830 9 4,840 427 10
Alberta 2,880 69 1 463 11 -4 27,517 656 34 22,330 532 32
British Columbia 2,426 52 6 602 13 -13 30,133 643 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 14,697 314 -3
Yukon 90 240 13 16 43 -17 300 802 40 140 374 25
Northwest Territories 172 390 14 25 57 47 527 1,195 14 233 528 18
Nunavut 172 466 -12 40 108 15 603 1,633 -2 98 265 2
Canada 21,362 60 3 4,532 13 -1 159,338 444 4 78,849 220 6
Province and territory Impaired drivingNote 4 CannabisNote 5 CocaineNote 5 Other drugsNote 5, Note 6
number rate percent change in rate 2014 to 2015 number rate percent change in rate 2014 to 2015 number rate percent change in rate 2014 to 2015Note 2 number rate percent change in rate 2014 to 2015
Newfoundland and Labrador 1,376 261 -12 689 131 -18 159 30 4 232 44 11
Prince Edward Island 386 264 -6 153 104 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 22 15 -42 61 42 -9
Nova Scotia 2,653 281 -7 1,919 203 -18 340 36 -4 483 51 5
New Brunswick 1,795 238 5 1,070 142 -6 188 25 -8 324 43 10
Quebec 15,199 184 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 13,566 164 -12 2,151 26 -1 5,352 65 10
Ontario 15,280 111 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 16,955 123 -16 4,427 32 -2 6,000 44 1
Manitoba 2,811 217 0sNote: value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 1,557 120 -20 920 71 -4 533 41 9
Saskatchewan 6,519 575 -5 2,046 180 -18 730 64 4 784 69 56
Alberta 13,189 314 -9 6,543 156 -16 2,922 70 -12 3,181 76 30
British Columbia 11,652 249 -9 13,420 287 -17 3,117 67 -17 5,619 120 21
Yukon 453 1,210 -10 126 337 -21 53 142 -42 9 24 -36
Northwest Territories 534 1,211 -8 346 785 -3 112 254 4 21 48 -32
Nunavut 192 520 -7 269 729 9 2 5 Note ...: not applicable 22 60 169
Canada 72,039 201 -4 58,659 164 -15 15,143 42 -7 22,621 63 14
... not applicable
0s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded
Note 1.

Excludes assaults against peace officers.

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Note 2.

Due to the variability in small numbers, percent changes have not been calculated when the number of offences is below 5 in any given year.

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Note 3.

Includes sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, sexual exploitation, luring a child via a computer/agreement or arrangement, and making sexually explicit material available to a child for the purpose of facilitating sexual offences against children/youth, and, as of December 2014, the offences of parent or guardian procuring sexual activity (Criminal Code, s. 170), and householder permitting prohibited sexual activity (Criminal Code, s. 171). Incidents of child pornography are not included in the category of sexual violations against children. The offence of “Child Pornography” includes offences under section 163.1 of the Criminal Code which makes it illegal to access, possess, make, print, or distribute child pornography. When the actual victim is not identified, this offence is reported to the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey with the most serious offence being “Child Pornography” which falls under the larger crime category of “Other Criminal Code”. In cases where an actual victim is identified, police will report the most serious offence as sexual assault, sexual exploitation or other sexual violations against children, which falls under the category of “Violent Violations”, and child pornography may be reported as a secondary violation.

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Note 4.

Includes alcohol and/or drug impaired operation of a vehicle, alcohol and/or drug impaired operation of a vehicle causing death or bodily harm, failure or refusal to comply with testing for the presence of alcohol or drugs and failure or refusal to provide a breath or blood sample. In some jurisdictions, including British Columbia, impaired driving incidents that meet the elements of the Criminal Code may be handled using a provincial statute. Collection of these incidents is within the scope of the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.

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Note 5.

Includes possession, trafficking, production or distribution.

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Note 6.

Includes heroin, methamphetamines (e.g., crystal meth), methylenedioxyamphetamine (e.g., ecstasy) and all other drugs listed under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, as well as possession of precursors and equipment.

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Note: Additional data are available on CANSIM (Table 252-0051). Police-reported statistics may be affected by differences in the way police services deal with offences. In some instances, police or municipalities might choose to deal with some offences using municipal by-laws or provincial provisions rather than Criminal Code provisions. Counts are based on the most serious violation in the incident. One incident may involve multiple violations. Data for specific types of crime are available, in most cases, from 1977. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Percent changes are based on unrounded rates. Populations are based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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