Table 2
Homicides, by census metropolitan area, 2015 and 2016

Table 2
Homicides, by census metropolitan area, 2015 and 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Homicides. The information is grouped by Census metropolitan area (appearing as row headers), 2016 population count, 2016, 2015, Difference from 2015 and Average 2006 to 2015, calculated using number, number of victims, rate and percent change in rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Census metropolitan areaTable 2 Note 1 2016 population count 2016 2015Note r: revised Difference from 2015 Average 2006 to 2015
number number of victims rateTable 2 Note 2 number of victims rateTable 2 Note 2 number of victims percent change in rate number of victims rateTable 2 Note 2
Thunder Bay 120,520 8 6.64 3 2.48 5 167.7 4 3.53
Edmonton 1,387,281 47 3.39 38 2.80 9 20.9 37 3.03
Regina 247,634 8 3.23 9 3.72 -1 -13.1 7 3.35
Abbotsford–Mission 186,274 6 3.22 3 1.63 3 97.3 4 2.31
Winnipeg 795,643 25 3.14 22 2.72 3 15.6 29 3.69
Saskatoon 320,527 10 3.12 10 3.21 0 -2.8 7 2.67
Halifax 426,083 12 2.82 8 1.91 4 47.1 9 2.32
Brantford 146,557 4 2.73 0 0.00 4 Note ...: not applicable 1 0.78
Kelowna 196,940 5 2.54 4 2.06 1 23.0 3 1.82
OttawaTable 2 Note 3 1,013,615 24 2.37 7 0.70 17 237.2 11 1.11
Saint John 127,930 3 2.35 3 2.35 0 -0.4 2 1.55
Calgary 1,474,624 33 2.24 40 2.78 -7 -19.4 27 2.10
St. John's 207,695 4 1.93 2 0.97 2 98.2 2 0.77
Peterborough 123,555 2 1.62 1 0.81 1 98.9 1 0.99
Vancouver 2,551,096 41 1.61 47 1.87 -6 -14.2 48 2.03
Hamilton 760,381 12 1.58 7 0.93 5 69.2 9 1.24
Toronto 6,184,845 96 1.55 82 1.35 14 14.7 89 1.57
London 515,409 8 1.55 8 1.57 0 -1.3 6 1.30
Saguenay 167,054 2 1.20 1 0.60 1 100.4 1 0.70
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo 548,936 6 1.09 6 1.11 0 -1.2 5 0.96
Montréal 4,102,619 42 1.02 47 1.16 -5 -11.6 48 1.25
Sherbrooke 199,344 2 1.00 1 0.51 1 97.9 1 0.42
Oshawa 429,978 4 0.93 2 0.46 2 100.1 3 0.75
Barrie 216,661 2 0.92 3 1.40 -1 -34.3 2 1.04
GatineauTable 2 Note 4 331,114 3 0.91 1 0.31 2 196.5 4 1.29
Windsor 334,859 3 0.90 6 1.81 -3 -50.4 4 1.09
Guelph 132,350 1 0.76 2 1.53 -1 -50.6 1 0.88
Moncton 157,321 1 0.64 2 1.28 -1 -50.5 1 0.93
Victoria 371,057 1 0.27 8 2.18 -7 -87.7 4 1.22
St. Catharines–Niagara 453,817 1 0.22 7 1.55 -6 -85.8 5 1.01
Québec 800,570 1 0.12 2 0.25 -1 -50.4 4 0.55
Trois-Rivières 156,649 0 0.00 2 1.28 -2 -100.0 2 1.12
Kingston 167,773 0 0.00 3 1.81 -3 -100.0 2 0.93
Greater Sudbury 165,154 0 0.00 2 1.21 -2 -100.0 2 1.27
CMA totalTable 2 Note 5 25,521,865 417 1.63 389 1.55 28.00 5.6 385 1.62
Non-CMA totalTable 2 Note 6 10,764,560 194 1.80 220 2.06 -26.00 -12.4 193 1.84
Canada 36,286,425 611 1.68 609 1.70 2.00 -0.9 578 1.69
... not applicable
r revised
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.

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Note 2

Rates are calculated per 100,000 population using revised July 1st population estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division.

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Note 3

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

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Note 4

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

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Note 5

Includes six homicides committed in a correctional institution in 2016.

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Note 6

Includes five homicides committed in a correctional institution in 2015 and 2016.

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Note: There may be a small number of homicides included in a given year's total that occurred in previous years. Homicides are counted according to the year in which they are reported to Statistics Canada. Numbers may not add up to totals due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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