Statistics Canada Published 2014 Homicide Data today. Some takeaways:
Firearm-Related Homicides
"Police reported 156 firearm-related homicides in 2014, 21 more than in 2013, representing a 14% increase in the rate of firearm-related homicides," Statistics Canada said today. "Despite this increase, the rate of firearm-related homicide was the second lowest recorded since data became available in 1974."
"Handguns remain the most frequently used type of firearm and were involved in approximately two-thirds of firearm-related homicides in 2014."
2014 Homicide by Method
- Shooting: 156
- Stabbing: 189
- Beating: 95
- Strangulation: 31
Data Table on Method of Homicide:
CANSIM - 253-0002 - Homicide survey, primary methods used to commit homicide, Canada
Full PDF report here:
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-.../14244-eng.pdf