Statistical Material and Charts
Last
revised:
January 2006
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Rate of Violent Crimes in Canada
by provinces, 1976-2004
Province or Territory |
1976 |
1985 |
2004* |
| Newfoundland & Labrador |
441 |
609 |
917 |
| Prince Edward Island |
292 |
490 |
799 |
| Nova Scotia |
494 |
591 |
1190 |
| New Brunswick |
386 |
545 |
937 |
| Quebec |
431 |
514 |
726 |
| Ontario |
619 |
742 |
755 |
| Manitoba |
553 |
994 |
1602 |
| Saskatchewan |
720 |
805 |
2006 |
| Alberta |
818 |
882 |
1087 |
| British Columbia |
807 |
1136 |
1195 |
| Yukon |
2305 |
3713 |
3236 |
| North West Territories |
3956 |
4288 |
6865 |
| Nunavut |
- |
- |
7884 |
| Canada |
596 |
749 |
946 |
The 2004 rate includes categories of crimes that were not included in 1976 and 1985. Rates are claculated per 100,000 people.
Source: Statistics Canada (http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/050721/d050721a.htm) and Montreal Gazette, December 3, 1986, p. B1.
© 2006 Claude Bélanger, Marianopolis College
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