Firearm Statistics: Updated Table

PART I: NATIONAL DATA

Table 12. Gender of Victims of Firearm Homicide, 1974-2004
Number ^[1] and Percentage of All Homicides by Gender
YEAR	All Homicides		Firearm Homicides		Firearm as % of All Homicides
YEAR	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
1974	376	224	196	87	52.1	38.8
1975	465	236	208	84	44.7	35.6
1976	436	232	181	77	41.5	33.2
1977	480	230	186	74	38.8	32.2
1978	446	215	186	64	41.7	29.8
1979	404	227	148	59	36.6	26.0
1980	386	206	138	57	35.8	27.7
1981	402	245	141	58	35.1	23.7
1982	447	220	168	80	37.6	36.4
1983	440	242	159	65	36.1	26.9
1984	435	232	163	65	37.5	28.0
1985	451	253	155	67	34.4	26.5
1986	364	203	111	64	30.5	31.5
1987	417	226	134	68	32.1	30.1
1988	374	202	123	46	32.9	22.8
1989	410	246	144	74	35.1	30.1
1990	423	237	150	46	35.5	19.4
1991	484	270	186	85	38.4	31.4
1992	487	245	178	69	36.6	28.2
1993	419	208	150	45	35.8	21.5
1994	396	199	157	39	39.6	19.6
1995	393	195	133	43	33.8	22.1
1996	434	199	150	61	34.6	30.7
1997	381	205	142	51	37.2	24.8
1998	379	176	119	32	31.4	18.2
1999	365	173	121	44	33.2	25.4
2000	394	148	152	31	38.6	20.9
2001	393	161	139	32	35.4	19.9
2002	376	206	122	30	32.4	14.6
2003	391	158	133	28	34.0	17.7
2004 ^[2]	424	198	140	32	33.0	16.2

SOURCE: Statistics Canada: Homicide Survey (unpublished tables)

[1] The total numbers for males and females may not add up to the total number of homicide victims in Table 10, because the gender of the victim may be unknown in some cases.
[2] Example for the above data: In 2004, there were 424 male homicide victims; 140 of these were victims of firearm homicide, accounting for 33.0% of all male homicide victims.