Violent crime involving firearms down five per cent: Statistics Canada
Dec 12, 2022 | 10:49 AM
OTTAWA — Newly released statistics show violent crime involving firearms dropped five per cent in Canada between 2020 and 2021.
According to Statistics Canada, violent crime in general went up four per cent, but a decrease in firearm-related crime in urban areas, including Toronto, led to the drop in violent crime with guns.
In Toronto, the rate of firearm-related crime was 22 per cent lower in 2021 than the year prior.
However, across the country the rate of firearm-related violent crime was 25 per cent higher than 10 years earlier.
