Chart 1
Rate of homicides, Canada, 1971 to 2020

rate per 100,000 population 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.2 1971 1976 1981 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016
Note(s):
Populations are based upon July 1, 2020 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography. Excludes 329 victims killed in the Air India incident that occurred in 1985.
Source(s):
Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Homicide Survey (3315).

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Rate of homicides, Canada, 1971 to 2020
  rate per 100,000 population
1971 1.9
1972 2.2
1973 2.1
1974 2.6
1975 3.0
1976 2.8
1977 3.0
1978 2.8
1979 2.6
1980 2.4
1981 2.6
1982 2.7
1983 2.7
1984 2.6
1985 2.7
1986 2.2
1987 2.4
1988 2.1
1989 2.4
1990 2.4
1991 2.7
1992 2.6
1993 2.2
1994 2.1
1995 2.0
1996 2.1
1997 2.0
1998 1.9
1999 1.8
2000 1.8
2001 1.8
2002 1.9
2003 1.7
2004 2.0
2005 2.1
2006 1.9
2007 1.8
2008 1.8
2009 1.8
2010 1.6
2011 1.8
2012 1.6
2013 1.5
2014 1.5
2015 1.7
2016 1.7
2017 1.8
2018 1.8
2019 1.8
2020 2.0
Note(s):
Populations are based upon July 1, 2020 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography. Excludes 329 victims killed in the Air India incident that occurred in 1985.
Source(s):
Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Homicide Survey (3315).
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