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Homicides

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rate per 100,000 population 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.2 1966 1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016
Note(s):
Excludes 329 victims killed in the Air India incident in 1985. Populations are based upon July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division.
Source(s):
Data on homicide are available back to 1961 in CANSIM table 253-0001.

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Homicides
  rate per 100,000 population
1966 1.25
1967 1.66
1968 1.81
1969 1.86
1970 2.19
1971 2.15
1972 2.34
1973 2.43
1974 2.62
1975 3.02
1976 2.84
1977 3.00
1978 2.76
1979 2.61
1980 2.41
1981 2.61
1982 2.66
1983 2.69
1984 2.60
1985 2.72
1986 2.17
1987 2.43
1988 2.15
1989 2.40
1990 2.37
1991 2.69
1992 2.58
1993 2.18
1994 2.06
1995 2.00
1996 2.14
1997 1.96
1998 1.85
1999 1.77
2000 1.78
2001 1.78
2002 1.86
2003 1.74
2004 1.96
2005 2.06
2006 1.87
2007 1.82
2008 1.85
2009 1.81
2010 1.64
2011 1.76
2012 1.58
2013 1.45
2014 1.47
2015 1.70
2016 1.68
Note(s):
Excludes 329 victims killed in the Air India incident in 1985. Populations are based upon July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division.
Source(s):
Data on homicide are available back to 1961 in CANSIM table 253-0001.
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