Last year saw highest rate of gang-related homicides in 16 years: Statistics Canada
Posted: Nov. 21, 2022 2:28PMPolice tape is shown in Toronto, Tuesday, May 2, 2017. New Statistics Canada data shows there was an increase in homicides in 2021 and nearly one-quarter of the killings were connected to gangs.
There were 788 homicides in the country last year – up three per cent from 2020. It marked the highest rate of homicides in Canada since 2005. Homicides remain relatively rare in Canada, said Statistics Canada, and accounted in 2021 for less than 0.2 per cent of all police-reported violent crimes.The data released Monday showed 184 of the homicides were gang-related. The agency said it’s the highest rate since data about gang killings was first collected 16 years ago.
The rate of Indigenous victims across the country remained disproportionately high — six times higher than non-Indigenous people. Statistics Canada said it is connected to the ongoing legacy of colonization of Indigenous people.Sign up for our newsletter to get breaking news and daily digests sent to your email.Forty-five Indigenous women were victims of homicides in 2021 — three more than the previous year.
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