British Columbia had 25 more homicides in 2021 than in 2020.
British Columbia's homicide rate spiked again, according to new data released by Statistics Canada Monday.
The homicide uptick in B.C. and Ontario contributed to the country's overall homicide rate. There were 788 homicides in Canada in 2021, up three per cent from 2020.“It should be noted that the observed decline in Nova Scotia follows an unusually high homicide count in 2020 because of a mass shooting in the province.”
The new data shows Canada had the highest number of gang-related homicides in 16 years, since 2005. According to the report, there were 184 gang-related homicides in 2021, which accounts for nearly one-quarter of all the homicides. Gang-related homicides continued to be in urban areas; in 2021, Vancouver and Montreal had the largest increase among metropolitan areas in the number of homicides involving gangs compared to the previous year. Statistics Canada notes homicides remain rare and account for less than 0.2 per cent of all police-reported crimes in 2021.
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