Table 1a
Number of homicides, by province or territory, 1985 to 2015

Table 1a
Number of homicides, by province or territory, 1985 to 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Number of homicides. The information is grouped by Year (appearing as row headers), N.L., P.E.I., N.S., N.B., Que., Ont., Man., Sask., Alta., B.C., Y.T., N.W.T., Nvt., Canada and Difference in Canada number from previous year, calculated using number of victims units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year N.L. P.E.I. N.S. N.B. Que. Ont. Man. Sask. Alta. B.C.Table 1a Note 1 Y.T. N.W.T.Table 1a Note 2 Nvt. Canada Difference in Canada number
from previous year
number of victims
1985Table 1a Note 3 5 1 26 14 219 193 26 28 63 113 6 10 Note ...: not applicable 704 Note ...: not applicable
1986 4 0 15 12 155 139 47 26 64 88 3 14 Note ...: not applicable 567 -137
1987 5 0 14 20 174 204 44 30 73 78 0 2 Note ...: not applicable 644 77
1988 7 1 11 8 154 186 30 23 66 80 1 8 Note ...: not applicable 575 -69
1989 5 1 16 19 213 175 42 22 67 85 2 7 Note ...: not applicable 654 79
1990 0 1 8 11 184 182 38 36 74 110 1 12 Note ...: not applicable 657 3
1991 10 2 21 17 180 246 42 21 83 129 0 3 Note ...: not applicable 754 97
1992 2 0 21 11 166 243 29 32 92 122 2 13 Note ...: not applicable 733 -21
1993 7 2 19 11 159 192 31 30 49 119 0 7 Note ...: not applicable 626 -107
1994 4 1 19 14 126 193 29 24 66 113 3 4 Note ...: not applicable 596 -30
1995 5 1 17 13 135 181 26 21 60 121 4 3 Note ...: not applicable 587 -9
1996 7 1 18 9 154 188 45 32 51 125 0 4 Note ...: not applicable 634 47
1997 7 0 24 8 131 179 31 25 61 116 1 3 Note ...: not applicable 586 -48
1998 7 1 24 5 137 157 33 33 64 90 3 5 Note ...: not applicable 559 -27
1999 2 1 14 9 137 162 26 13 61 110 1 1 2 539 -20
2000 6 3 16 10 147 158 30 26 59 85 2 1 3 546 7
2001 1 2 9 8 140 171 34 26 69 85 1 4 3 553 7
2002 2 1 10 9 117 178 36 27 70 126 0 4 2 582 29
2003 5 1 8 8 101 178 44 41 63 94 1 4 3 551 -31
2004 2 0 14 7 111 188 50 39 86 113 7 4 4 625 74
2005 11 0 21 10 100 219 49 42 108 101 1 0 2 664 39
2006 7 1 16 7 93 195 40 42 95 109 0 0 2 607 -57
2007 3 0 13 8 91 202 62 30 88 87 2 2 7 595 -12
2008 5 2 12 3 92 176 54 30 110 117 3 3 4 611 16
2009 1 0 15 12 87 179 57 36 96 117 2 2 6 610 -1
2010 4 0 22 9 85 189 45 33 76 83 1 1 6 554 -56
2011 4 1 22 8 105 163 53 38 113 88 0 3 7 605 51
2012 3 0 17 6 108 163 54 29 87 71 0 5 5 548 -57
2013 7 1 13 7 70 168 51 31 81 74 0 2 4 509 -39
2014 2 3 6 10 70 156 45 24 106 89 3 3 4 521 12
2015 3 1 12 11 77 174 47 43 133 95 1 5 2 604 83
... not applicable
Note 1.

As a result of investigations in Port Coquitlam, B.C., there were 5 homicides reported in 2007, 5 reported in 2004, 7 reported in 2003, and 15 included in 2002 that occurred in previous years.

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Note 2.

Includes Nunavut prior to 1999.

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Note 3.

Excludes 329 victims in the Air India incident.

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Note: There may be a small number of homicides 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.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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