The number of homicides in Toronto decreased to *** incidents since the previous year. Nevertheless, the last two years recorded a significant higher number than the preceding years.
Number and rate (per 100,000 population) of homicide victims, Canada and Census Metropolitan Areas, 1981 to 2023.
The homicide rate in Toronto decreased by *** incidents (-***** percent) in 2023 in comparison to the previous year. Nevertheless, the last two years recorded a significant higher homicide rate than the preceding years.
Number of homicide victims, by method used to commit the homicide (total methods used; shooting; stabbing; beating; strangulation; fire (burns or suffocation); other methods used; methods used unknown), Canada, 1974 to 2023.
In 2022, the total number of homicides by shooting in Canada increased by 45 numbers (+15.1 percent) since 2021. With 343 numbers, the total number thereby reached its highest value in the observed period.
The Toronto’s Police Service Annual Statistical Report (ASR) is a comprehensive overview of police related statistics including reported crimes, victims of crime, search of persons, firearms, traffic collisions, personnel, budget, communications, public complaints, regulated interactions and other administrative information. This dataset includes all shooting occurrences from 2014 to 2019 by occurred date aggregated by Division. This data includes all shooting-related events reported to the Toronto Police Service, including, but not limited to, those that may have been deemed unfounded after investigation. Data is accurate as of the date and time of reporting. In accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, the Toronto Police Service has taken the necessary measures to protect the privacy of individuals involved in the reported occurrences. No personal information related to any of the parties involved in the occurrence will be released as open data. The data has been aggregated by year, category, subtype and geographic division. As there is no criminal offence code for shootings, a shooting occurrence number may also be present in other data sets including, but not limited to, assault and robbery. Note: The further breakdown of this information at the event level will be made available in the future releases of the Shootings open data. Shootings in this data set include both firearm discharges and shooting events, which are defined as follows: Shooting Event/Occurrence: Any incident in which a projectile is discharged from a firearm (as defined under the Criminal Code of Canada) and injures a person. This excludes events such as suicide and police involved firearm discharges. Firearm Discharge: Any incident where evidence exists that a projectile was discharged from a firearm (as defined under the Criminal Code of Canada) including accidental discharge (non-police), celebratory fire, drive-by etc. Persons Injured (previously classified as “victims”): A person who was struck by a bullet(s) as a result of the discharge of a firearm (as defined under the Criminal Code of Canada). This excludes events such as suicide, police-involved event or where the weapon used was not a real firearm (such as pellet gun, air pistol, “sim-munition” etc.) Injury Levels
This dataset contains all shooting-related occurrences reported to the Toronto Police Service since 2004, including, but not limited to, those that may have been deemed unfounded after investigation.Shootings & Firearm Discharges Dashboard
Download DocumentationShooting incidents in this dataset include both firearm discharges and shooting events, which are defined below. In 2014, the Toronto Police Service changed records management systems. For occurrences prior to this date, coordinates are limited, therefore for some events with NULL coordinates the neighbourhood will be identified as ‘NSA’ to indicate ‘Not Specified Area.’The downloadable datasets display the OCC_DATE fields in UTC timezone.Shooting Event/OccurrenceAny incident in which a projectile is discharged from a firearm (as defined under the Criminal Code of Canada) and injures a person. This excludes firearm discharges, suicide, and police involved firearm discharges.Firearm DischargeAny incident where evidence exists that a projectile was discharged from a firearm (as defined under the Criminal Code of Canada) including accidental discharge (non-police), celebratory fire, drive-by etc. Events categorized as firearm discharges do not include any events where a person’s injuries were sustained from a bullet(s).Persons Injured (previously classified as “victims”):A person who was struck by a bullet(s) as a result of the discharge of a firearm (as defined under the Criminal Code of Canada). This excludes events such as suicide, police-involved event or where the weapon used was not a real firearm (such as pellet gun, air pistol, “sim-munition” etc.).Injury Levels – DeathWhere the injured person (as defined above) has died as a result of injuries sustained from a bullet(s). These events are counted as shootings.Injury Levels – InjuriesWhere the injured person (as defined above) has non-fatal physical injuries as a result of a bullet(s). These events are counted as shootings. The dataset is intended to provide communities with information regarding public safety and awareness. The data supplied to the Toronto Police Service by the reporting parties is preliminary and may not have been fully verified at the time of publishing the dataset.The location of crime occurrences have been deliberately offset to the nearest road intersection node to protect the privacy of parties involved in the occurrence. All location data must be considered as an approximate location of the occurrence and users are advised not to interpret any of these locations as related to a specific address or individual.NOTE: Due to the offset of occurrence location, the numbers by Division and Neighbourhood may not reflect the exact count of occurrences reported within these geographies. Therefore, the Toronto Police Service does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, timeliness of the data and it should not be compared to any other source of crime data.By accessing these datasets, the user agrees to full acknowledgement of the Open Government Licence - Ontario.In accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, the Toronto Police Service has taken the necessary measures to protect the privacy of individuals involved in the reported occurrences. No personal information related to any of the parties involved in the occurrence will be released as open data.
This dataset contains all shooting-related occurrences reported to the Toronto Police Service. As there is no criminal offence code for shootings, a shooting occurrence number may also be present in other data sets including, but not limited to, assault and robbery. In 2014, the Toronto Police Service changed records management systems. For occurrences prior to this date, coordinates are limited, therefore for some events with NULL coordinates the neighbourhood will be identified as ‘NSA’ to indicate ‘Not Specified Area.’ Shooting incidents in this dataset include both firearm discharges and shooting events, which are defined below. Shooting Event/Occurrence Any incident in which a projectile is discharged from a firearm (as defined under the Criminal Code of Canada) and injures a person. This excludes events such as suicide and police involved firearm discharges. Firearm Discharge Any incident where evidence exists that a projectile was discharged from a firearm (as defined under the Criminal Code of Canada) including accidental discharge (non-police), celebratory fire, drive-by etc. Persons Injured (previously classified as “victims”) A person who was struck by a bullet(s) as a result of the discharge of a firearm (as defined under the Criminal Code of Canada). This excludes events such as suicide, police-involved event or where the weapon used was not a real firearm (such as pellet gun, air pistol, “sim-munition” etc.) Injury Levels: Death: Where the injured person (as defined above) has died as a result of injuries sustained from a bullet(s). Injuries: Where the injured person (as defined above) has non-fatal physical injuries as a result of a bullet(s). Note: Fields have been included for both the old 140 City of Toronto Neighbourhoods structure as well as the new 158 City of Toronto Neighbourhoods structure.
Number, percentage and rate (per 100,000 population) of persons accused of homicide, by racialized identity group (total, by racialized identity group; racialized identity group; South Asian; Chinese; Black; Filipino; Arab; Latin American; Southeast Asian; West Asian; Korean; Japanese; other racialized identity group; multiple racialized identity; racialized identity, but racialized identity group is unknown; rest of the population; unknown racialized identity group), gender (all genders; male; female; gender unknown) and region (Canada; Atlantic region; Quebec; Ontario; Prairies region; British Columbia; territories), 2019 to 2023.
Toronto Neighbourhoods Boundary File includes Crime Data by Neighbourhood. Counts are available at the offence and/or victim level for Assault, Auto Theft, Bike Theft, Break and Enter, Robbery, Theft Over, Homicide, Shootings and Theft from Motor Vehicle. Data also includes crime rates per 100,000 people by neighbourhood based on each year's Projected Population by Environics Analytics.This data does not include occurrences that have been deemed unfounded. The definition of unfounded according to Statistics Canada is: “It has been determined through police investigation that the offence reported did not occur, nor was it attempted” (Statistics Canada, 2020).**The dataset is intended to provide communities with information regarding public safety and awareness. The data supplied to the Toronto Police Service by the reporting parties is preliminary and may not have been fully verified at the time of publishing the dataset. The location of crime occurrences have been deliberately offset to the nearest road intersection node to protect the privacy of parties involved in the occurrence. All location data must be considered as an approximate location of the occurrence and users are advised not to interpret any of these locations as related to a specific address or individual.NOTE: Due to the offset of occurrence location, the numbers by Division and Neighbourhood may not reflect the exact count of occurrences reported within these geographies. Therefore, the Toronto Police Service does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, timeliness of the data and it should not be compared to any other source of crime data.By accessing these datasets, the user agrees to full acknowledgement of the Open Government Licence - Ontario..In accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, the Toronto Police Service has taken the necessary measures to protect the privacy of individuals involved in the reported occurrences. No personal information related to any of the parties involved in the occurrence will be released as open data. ** Statistics Canada. 2020. Uniform Crime Reporting Manual. Surveys and Statistical Programs. Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics.
Victims of gang-related homicides (total number of homicide victims; number of homicide victims - unknown gang-relation; number of homicide victims - known gang relation; number of gang-related homicide victims; percentage of gang-related homicide victims; rate (per 100,000 population) of gang-related homicide victims), Canada and regions, 1999 to 2023.
This statistic shows the homicide rate in Canada in 2023, distinguished by metropolitan areas. In 2023, the homicide rate was highest in Thunder Bay, with 5.39 victims per 100,000 population. During the same year, the national homicide rate was 1.94 per 100,000 population in Canada.
This dataset includes all Homicides since 2004. Divisional association to each homicide is based on current Police Divisional Boundary. Divisional Boundary changes took effect in 2011. The downloadable datasets display the OCC_DATE fields in UTC timezone. Homicide Dashboard Download Documentation The dataset is intended to provide communities with information regarding public safety and awareness. The data supplied to the Toronto Police Service by the reporting parties is preliminary and may not have been fully verified at the time of publishing the dataset. The location of crime occurrences have been deliberately offset to the nearest road intersection node to protect the privacy of parties involved in the occurrence. All location data must be considered as an approximate location of the occurrence and users are advised not to interpret any of these locations as related to a specific address or individual. NOTE: Due to the offset of occurrence location, the numbers by Division and Neighbourhood may not reflect the exact count of occurrences reported within these geographies. Therefore, the Toronto Police Service does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, timeliness of the data and it should not be compared to any other source of crime data. By accessing these datasets, the user agrees to full acknowledgement of the Open Government Licence - Ontario. In accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, the Toronto Police Service has taken the necessary measures to protect the privacy of individuals involved in the reported occurrences. No personal information related to any of the parties involved in the occurrence will be released as open data.
Number, percentage and rate (per 100,000 population) of homicide victims, by gender (all genders; male; female; gender unknown) and Indigenous identity (total; Indigenous identity; non-Indigenous identity; unknown Indigenous identity), Canada, provinces and territories, 2014 to 2020.
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<li>Canada crime rate per 100K population for 2020 was <strong>2.00</strong>, a <strong>9.1% increase</strong> from 2019.</li>
<li>Canada crime rate per 100K population for 2019 was <strong>1.84</strong>, a <strong>2.73% increase</strong> from 2018.</li>
<li>Canada crime rate per 100K population for 2018 was <strong>1.79</strong>, a <strong>1.74% decline</strong> from 2017.</li>
</ul>Intentional homicides are estimates of unlawful homicides purposely inflicted as a result of domestic disputes, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, intergang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas killing in armed conflict is usually committed by fairly cohesive groups of up to several hundred members and is thus usually excluded.
This statistic shows the rate of homicides in Canada and the United States from 2000 to 2023. There were 6.3 homicides in the U.S. in 2022 and 2.27 homicides in Canada per 100,000 residents in 2022.
This dataset includes all Homicides occurrences by occurred date. Note: Fields have been included for both the old 140 City of Toronto Neighbourhoods structure as well as the new 158 City of Toronto Neighbourhoods structure
This statistic shows the number of male and female homicide victims in Canada from 2000 to 2023. In 2023, there were 564 male and 205 female homicide victims.
Incident-based crime statistics (actual incidents, rate per 100,000 population, percentage change in rate, unfounded incidents, percent unfounded, total cleared, cleared by charge, cleared otherwise, persons charged, adults charged, youth charged / not charged), by detailed violations (violent, property, traffic, drugs, other Federal Statutes), police services in Ontario, 1998 to 2023.
Vector point file with names, locations, age and sex of victim, type of homicide and other details about homicides in the City of Toronto, for the years 1990 to 2014.
Files are available in comma separated value (.csv) format for individual years.
The number of homicides in Toronto decreased to *** incidents since the previous year. Nevertheless, the last two years recorded a significant higher number than the preceding years.