Table C-1: Firearm deaths in Canada

Table C-1: Firearm deaths in Canada, by cause and gender, 2000-2008

Nature of death	2000			2001			2002			2003			2004			2005			2006			2007			2008
	All	M	F	All	M	F	All	M	F	All	M	F	All	M	F	All	M	F	All	M	F	All	M	F	All	M	F
Accidental	20	20	0	28	27	1	31	27	4	27	26	1	23	21	2	17	15	2	17	17	0	17	14	3	17	17	0
Homicide	156	126	30	148	119	29	137	110	27	138	112	26	149	125	24	202	170	32	166	133	33	167	141	26	181	161	20
Undetermined	9	9	0	10	10	0	11	11	0	7	7	0	3	3	0	6	3	3	5	5	0	5	5	0	8	6	2
Suicide	685	648	37	651	616	35	633	615	18	618	585	33	568	541	27	593	567	26	586	567	19	534	513	21	485	467	18
Total	870	803	67	837	772	65	812	763	49	790	730	60	743	690	53	818	755	63	774	722	52	723	673	50	702	661	41
suicides %	78.7	80.7	55.2	77.7	79.8	53.8	78	80.6	36.7	78.2	80.1	55.0	76.4	78.4	50.9	72.5	75.1	41.2	75.7	78.5	36.5	73.8	76.2	42	69.1	70.7	43.9
The average annual portion of gun deaths that are suicides is 75.7% overall; 77.9% for males, 46.8% for females. (Additional analysis can be found here)

This table describes the rate and nature of firearm related deaths in Canada and should be kept as up-to-date as possible, with the following caveat: Because this table may be used to keep stats uniformly up-to-date across multiple pages, it should NOT be updated in ANY way unless verifiable sources can be cited. The last thing we need is for gun grabbers to point to some erroneous data in an effort to make it look as though we're lying as much as they are.

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Expanded data

The following table is compiled from StatsCan's Table 102-0540 - Deaths, by cause, Chapter XX: External causes of morbidity and mortality, which DOES NOT MATCH the numbers supplied in Table 102-0551. No idea why that is.

Firearm deaths in Canada, by cause and gender, 2000-2008

Nature of death		Accidental		Suicide		Homicide		Undetermined		Police action	Totals
		Long gun	Other	Long gun	Other	Long gun	Other	Long gun	Other		All	Suicides
2000	All	1	18	131	538	15	134	1	7	8	853	78.4%
	M	1	18	127	505	10	110	1	7	8	787	80.3%
	F	0	0	4	33	5	24	0	0	0	66	56.1%
2001	All	3	24	123	513	8	134	1	9	5	820	77.6%
	M	3	23	118	484	6	107	1	9	5	756	79.6%
	F	0	1	5	29	2	27	0	0	0	64	53.1%
2002	All	6	25	127	491	16	119	2	9	4	799	77.3%
	M	5	22	125	475	10	98	2	9	4	750	80.0%
	F	1	3	2	16	6	21	0	0	0	49	36.7%
2003	All	6	20	107	491	13	115	1	5	2	760	78.7%
	M	6	19	102	464	8	96	1	5	2	703	80.5%
	F	0	1	5	27	5	19	0	0	0	57	56.1%
2004	All	5	18	125	425	12	127	0	3	11	726	75.8%
	M	5	16	118	405	9	106	0	3	11	673	77.7%
	F	0	2	7	20	3	21	0	0	0	53	50.9%
2005	All	4	12	120	460	20	177	4	2	14	813	71.3%
	M	4	10	115	441	14	152	2	1	14	753	73.8%
	F	0	2	5	19	6	25	2	1	0	60	40.0%
2006	All	8	9	129	432	16	132	1	4	7	738	76.0%
	M	8	9	127	417	11	108	1	4	6	691	78.7%
	F	0	0	2	15	5	24	0	0	1	47	36.2%
2007	All	7	9	125	396	17	140	1	3	10	708	73.6%
	M	5	8	121	380	15	118	1	3	10	661	75.8%
	F	2	1	4	16	2	22	0	0	0	47	42.6%
2008	All	8	9	243	242	25	156	3	5	11	702	69.1%
	M	8	9	232	235	19	142	3	3	10	661	70.7%
	F	0	0	11	7	6	14	0	2	1	41	43.9%

Conclusions

From a simple examination of the numbers in the table above (the one at the very top), we can come to a few definite conclusions about gun-related deaths in Canada from 2000 to 2008:

1. Firearms accounted for 7069 deaths; 6569 males and 500 females.
2. Males are over 13 times more likely to die from firearms than females.
3. 1444 homicides by firearm accounted for the deaths of 1197 males and 247 females.
4. Males are 4.85 times more likely to be murdered with a gun.
5. Of 5353 suicides by firearm, 5119 were males and 234 females.
6. Men are 21.88 times more likely to commit suicide with a firearm.
7. 184 males and 13 females died in 197 gun-related accidents.
8. Men are 14.15 times more likely to die in gun-related accidents.

See also

• Table C-2: Spousal homicide in Canada

Data sources

Number Crunching

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