Canada’s soaring murder rate

Homicides in Canada jumped seven percent in 2017 to a near 10-year high, with gun-related deaths at their highest in 25 years

CANADA MURDERS (last 30 years, rate per 100,000 population)

3.0 2.5 2.0
1.0 0.5


Gangs increasingly using guns to settle disputes – weapons with larger capacity magazines can result in many random victims

Sharp rise

Homicides

Shootings 

Gang-related

01987 1997 2007 2013 2017



Sources: Statistics Canada, CBC, Reuters     © GRAPHIC NEWS