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Homicide* Statistics - 1999 to 2005
BC CORONERS SERVICE
Chief Coroner of British Columbia
Metrotower II Suite 800
4720 Kingsway
Burnaby, B.C. V5H 4N2
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|
Age Category |
2005 | 2004 |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
|
12 years and under |
0 | 2 |
2 |
10 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
|
13 - 19 years |
0 | 6 |
9 |
4 |
4 |
10 |
7 |
|
20 - 29 years |
0 | 34 |
21 |
28 |
28 |
28 |
31 |
|
30 - 39 years |
0 | 16 |
19 |
19 |
15 |
12 |
29 |
|
40 - 49 years |
0 | 22 |
14 |
22 |
21 |
14 |
19 |
|
50 - 59 years |
0 | 11 |
5 |
14 |
8 |
6 |
8 |
|
60 - 69 years |
0 | 7 |
6 |
9 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
70 - 79 years |
0 | 4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
|
80 years and over |
0 | 1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
|
Age unknown |
102 | 0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
TOTAL |
102 | 103 |
80 |
112 |
81 |
86 |
112 |
|
Gender |
2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
|
Female |
0 | 23 |
21 |
33 |
24 |
23 |
34 |
|
Male |
0 | 80 |
57 |
78 |
57 |
63 |
78 |
|
Unknown |
102 | 0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
102 | 103 |
80 |
112 |
81 |
86 |
112 |
|
Method |
2005 | 2004 |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
|
Firearms |
0 | 39 |
30 |
29 |
20 |
31 |
36 |
|
Stabbing / Incised Injury |
0 | 20 |
10 |
22 |
19 |
18 |
24 |
|
Beating |
0 | 14 |
7 |
15 |
10 |
14 |
16 |
|
Blunt Injuries |
0 | 7 |
6 |
9 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
|
Strangulation / Choking |
0 | 4 |
2 |
8 |
3 |
5 |
8 |
|
Burns / Heat / Fire |
0 | 0 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Drowning |
0 | 0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
Fall |
0 | 1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Motor Vehicle Incident |
0 | 1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Child Maltreatment |
0 | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
Poisoning |
0 | 2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Other |
0 | 0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
Undetermined |
102 | 15 |
21 |
18 |
20 |
6 |
17 |
|
TOTAL |
102 | 103 |
80 |
112 |
81 |
86 |
112 |
|
Ethnicity |
2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
|
First Nations |
0 | 7 |
2 |
8 |
12 |
8 |
7 |
|
Non-First Nations |
0 | 96 |
78 |
104 |
69 |
78 |
105 |
|
TOTAL |
102 | 103 |
80 |
112 |
81 |
86 |
112 |
|
Region |
2005 | 2004 |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
|
Fraser |
42 | 25 |
26 |
44 |
30 |
31 |
41 |
|
Interior |
16 | 19 |
10 |
15 |
14 |
10 |
19 |
|
Island |
9 | 10 |
10 |
17 |
15 |
13 |
14 |
|
Metro |
26 | 35 |
28 |
22 |
14 |
18 |
29 |
|
North |
9 | 14 |
6 |
14 |
8 |
14 |
9 |
|
TOTAL |
102 | 103 |
80 |
112 |
81 |
86 |
112 |
|
Town/City |
2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
|
Abbotsford |
0 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
Agassiz |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Alert Bay |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Alexis Creek |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Anahim Lake |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Armstrong |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Ashcroft |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Avola |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Blind Bay |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Brentwood Bay |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Burnaby |
0 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
2 |
4 |
10 |
|
Burns Lake |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Cache Creek |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Castlegar |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Cawston |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Charlie Lake |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Chilliwack |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
Comox |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Coos Bay |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Coquitlam |
0 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
|
Courtenay |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Creston |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Crofton |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Dawson Creek |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Delta |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
Deroche |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Duncan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Enderby |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
Fairmont Hot Springs |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Falkland |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Fort Nelson |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Fort St James |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Fort St John |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
Fort Ware (Kwadacha) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Fraser Lake |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Gillies Bay |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Grand Forks |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Granisle |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Harrison Mills |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Hope |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
Houston |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Kamloops |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
|
Kelowna |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
Kimberley |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Ladysmith |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Lake Country |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Langdale |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Langley |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
|
Lillooet |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Maple Ridge |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
Massett |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Merritt |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Mission |
0 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Moricetown |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Mount Currie |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Nanaimo |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
|
Nanoose Bay |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
New Westminster |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
|
North Vancouver |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Nukko Lake |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Peachland |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Pemberton |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Penticton |
0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
Pitt Meadows |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Port Alberni |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
Port Coquitlam |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Port Moody |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Pouce Coupe |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Prince George |
0 |
6 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Prince Rupert |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Qualicum Beach |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Quatsino |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Quesnel |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
Richmond |
0 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
|
Rock Creek |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Rossland |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Saanich |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Salmon Arm |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Scotch Creek |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Sechelt |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Shawnigan Lake |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Sidney |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Smithers |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Sooke |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Spuzzum |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Squamish |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Surrey |
0 |
11 |
4 |
11 |
10 |
10 |
8 |
|
Tachie |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Terrace |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Tofino |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Trail |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Tumbler Ridge |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Van Anda |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Vancouver |
0 |
26 |
21 |
13 |
13 |
16 |
26 |
|
Vanderhoof |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
Vernon |
0 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
Victoria |
0 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
8 |
|
West Vancouver |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Westbank |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
Westbridge |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Whistler |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
White Rock |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Williams Lake |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Winfield |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
Wycliffe |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
not stated |
102 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
TOTAL |
102 |
103 |
80 |
112 |
81 |
86 |
112 |
* - A homicide is defined as a death due to injury intentionally inflicted by the action of another person. Homicide is a neutral term that does not imply fault or blame.
| Homicides according to | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 |
| Statistics Canada | 93 | 126 | 85 | 85 | 110 |