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Dec 12, 2022 · Highlights. Firearm-related violent crime declined in 2021, while overall violent crime increased. Firearm-related violent crime down in urban areas and the rural South, but up in the rural North. Firearm-related violent crime rates highest in the Territories and Prairie provinces.
Jan 30, 2024 · This Juristat article examines the nature and prevalence of firearm-related violent crime in Canada. Recent trends in firearm-related violent crime are presented at the national, provincial/territorial and census metropolitan area levels as well as for urban and rural regions.
- Samuel Perreault
Jan 31, 2024 · Canada is seeing a rise in firearm-related violent crime, new data from Statistics Canada shows, with the rate of incidents per 100,000 people has risen by 8.9 per cent in 2022 compared to...
Sep 7, 2021 · An upward trajectory. Criminal gun violence has risen in Canada — and by a fairly significant margin, according to Statistics Canada. From 2009 to 2019 criminal use of firearms increased 81 per...
Feb 16, 2021 · The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced the introduction of new legislation to amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act to make communities safer while respecting law-abiding gun owners.
We are strengthening Canada’s gun laws with legislation that prioritizes public safety and effective police work, while respecting law-abiding firearms owners. Changes to the Criminal Code and Firearms act impact background checks, transfer and transport.
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As of May 1, 2020 the Government of Canada has prohibited over 1,500 models of assault-style firearms and certain components of some newly prohibited firearms (the upper receivers of M16, AR-10, AR-15, and M4 patterns of firearms).