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Canada. 2015 ‘Homicide in Canada 1983 to 2014.’ Police-Reported Crime Statistics in Canada, 2014 - Homicide in Canada, 2013; Table 5, 6, 1a. Ottawa: Statistics Canada. 22 July
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Police-Reported Crime Statistics in Canada, 2014
Table 5: Police-Reported Crime for Selected Offences (including Homicides), Canada, 2013 and 2014
Year: Number of Deaths (Homicide)
2014: 516
2013: 512
Table 6: Police-Reported Crime for Selected Offences (including Homicides), by Province and Territory, 2014 - Canada Total
Year: Number of Deaths (Homicides) - Crude death rate per 100,000 population
2014: 516 - 1.45
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey
Homicide in Canada, 2013
Tables 1a and 1b: Number and Rate of Homicides, by Province or Territory, 1983 to 2013 - Canada Total
Year: Number of Deaths (Rate)
2013: 505 (1.44)
2012: 543 (1.56)
2011: 598 (1.74)
2010: 554 (1.63)
2009: 610 (1.81)
2008: 611 (1.84)
2007: 594 (1.81)
2006: 606 (1.86)
2005: 663 (2.06)
2004: 624 (1.95)
2003: 549 (1.74)
2002: 582 (1.86)
2001: 553 (1.78)
2000: 546 (1.78)
1999: 538 (1.77)
1998: 558 (1.85)
1997: 586 (1.96)
1996: 635 (2.14)
1995: 588 (2.01)
1994: 596 (2.06)
1993: 627 (2.19)
1992: 732 (2.58)
1991: 754 (2.69)
1990: 660 (2.38)
1989: 657 (2.41)
1988: 576 (2.15)
1987: 644 (2.43)
1986: 569 (2.18)
1985: 704 (2.72)
1984: 667 (2.60)
1983: 682 (2.69)
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey
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.
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