Table 5a
Homicides, by gang-related status and province and territory, 2017 and 2018


Table 5a
Homicides, by gang-related status and province and territory, 2017 and 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Homicides. The information is grouped by Province and territory (appearing as row headers), Gang-related, 2018 and 2017, calculated using number, percent, rate and number of
total homicides units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory Gang-relatedTable 5a Note 1
2018 2017Note r: revised
number percentTable 5a Note 2 rateTable 5a Note 3 number of
total homicides		 number percentTable 5a Note 2 rateTable 5a Note 3 number of
total homicides
Newfoundland and Labrador 1 50.0 0.19 2 0 0.0 0.00 4
Prince Edward Island 0 Note ...: not applicable 0.00 0 0 0.0 0.00 2
Nova Scotia 2 18.2 0.21 11 1 4.8 0.11 21
New Brunswick 1 7.7 0.13 13 3 30.0 0.39 10
Quebec 32 38.6 0.38 83 15 16.1 0.18 93
Ontario 51 19.2 0.36 266 48 24.4 0.34 197
Manitoba 7 12.7 0.52 55 13 27.7 0.97 47
Saskatchewan 8 23.5 0.69 34 5 13.2 0.43 38
Alberta 22 27.2 0.51 81 31 26.1 0.73 119
British Columbia 33 37.1 0.66 89 45 37.8 0.91 119
Yukon 0 0.0 0.00 3 2 25.0 5.05 8
Northwest Territories 0 0.0 0.00 6 0 0.0 0.00 2
Nunavut 0 0.0 0.00 8 0 0.0 0.00 6
Canada 157 24.1 0.42 651 163 24.5 0.45 666
... not applicable
r revised
Note 1

A homicide is classified as gang-related when police confirm or suspect that the accused person and/or victim involved in the homicide was either a member, or a prospective member, of an organized crime group or street gang or was somehow associated with an organized crime group or street gang, and the homicide was carried out as a result of this association.

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Note 2

Excludes homicides where the gang-related status was reported as unknown.

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Note 3

Rates are calculated per 100,000 population using revised July 1st, 2018 population estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division.

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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.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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