Bill C-19: An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act

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1 Bill C-19: An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act Presentation to the Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs By Julie McAuley Director, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics

2 Victims of violent crime committed with a firearm, Canada, by type of firearm, 2 to 21 rate per 1, population Total firearms Handgun Rifle/shotgun Sawed-off rifle/shotgun Note: Data are based upon a subset of police services which, in 21, covered 58% of the population of Canada.

3 Victims of violent crime committed with a firearm, by province and territory, Canada, 21 Province or territory Number Rate 1 Province or territory Number Rate 1 Newfoundland and Labrador Saskatchewan Prince Edward Island Alberta 1, Nova Scotia British Columbia 1, New Brunswick Yukon Quebec 2, Northwest Territories Ontario 2, Nunavut Manitoba CANADA 8, Rates are calculated on the basis of 1, population. 3

4 Victims of violent crime committed with a firearm, by census metropolitan area, Canada, 21 Census metropolitan area No. rate¹ Census metropolitan area No. rate¹ Census metropolitan area St. John s Peterborough Thunder Bay Halifax Toronto 1, Winnipeg Moncton Hamilton Regina Saint John St. Catharines-Niagara Saskatoon No. rate¹ Saguenay Kitchener-Cambridge- Waterloo Calgary Québec Brantford Edmonton Trois-Rivières Guelph Kelowna Montréal 1, London Abbotsford-Mission Gatineau² Windsor Vancouver Ottawa³ Barrie Victoria Kingston Greater Sudbury CANADA 8, Rates are calculated on the basis of 1, population. Census metropolitan area (CMA) populations have been adjusted to follow policing boundaries. 2. Gatineau refers to the Quebec part of the Ottawa Gatineau CMA. 3. Ottawa refers to the Ontario part of the Ottawa Gatineau CMA. Note: The Oshawa CMA is excluded due to the incongruity between the police service jurisdictional boundaries and the CMA boundaries. The Sherbrooke CMA is excluded due to the unavailability of data in 21. 4

5 Victims of violent crime, by type of weapon, Canada, 21 percentage of victims of violent crime Physical force No weapon/threats 5.2 Knives Club/blunt instrument Firearm 6.3 Other (e.g. fire, explosives) 5

6 Victims of violent crime by selected offence and type of weapon, Canada, 21 percentage of total victims Firearms Knives Homicide Attempted murder 14. Robbery Forcible confinement Assault 2.8 Uttering threats Sexual assault 2.2 Total 5.8 Note: Percentages are calculated excluding cases where the weapon was reported by police as unknown. 6

7 Victims of homicide, by cause of death, Canada, 198 to 21 rate per 1, population Shootings Stabbings Beatings Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey. 7

8 Victims of homicide committed with a firearm, Canada, by type of firearm, 198 to 21 rate per 1, population Rifle/shotgun Handgun Sawed-off rifle/shotgun Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey. 8

9 Registration of recovered firearms used to commit homicide, Canada, 25 to 21 percentage of recovered firearms that were registered Note: Based upon the number of homicides committed with a firearm that was recovered by police. Between 25 and 21, police reported that 36% of firearms used to commit homicide were recovered. Of these, 34% were owned by the accused person, 5% by the victim and 28% by another person. The ownership of the remaining 32% was unknown. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey. 9

10 Victims of homicide, by motive and type of weapon, Canada, 2 to 21 percentage of homicides Firearm-related 3 Non-firearm-related Settling of accounts Argument or quarrel Frustration, anger, or despair Financial gain Revenge Jealousy No apparent motive Other motives Note: Between 2 and 21, 84% of all firearm-related homicides motivated by settling of accounts were gang-related. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey. 1

11 Victims of robbery, by type of weapon, Canada, 198 to 21 rate per 1, population 7 6 Robbery no weapon Robbery other weapon Robbery firearms Note: Revisions have been applied to robbery back to As such, there is a break in the data series between 1997 and 1998 and any comparisons between the two time series should be made with caution. 11

12 Firearm-related offences, Canada, 2 to 21 rate per 1, population Pointing a firearm Using firearm in commission of offence Discharge firearm with intent

13 Persons accused of violent crime committed with a firearm, by age, Canada, 21 rate per 1, population

14 Suicide, by type of weapon, Canada, 198 to 28 rate per 1, population Total Suicide - non - firearm Suicide - firearm Source: Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division, Canadian Vital Statistics, Death Database. 14