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Homicides by method

  1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
  homicides
All methods 538 546 553 582 548
Shooting 165 184 171 152 161
Stabbing 143 149 171 182 142
Beating 125 128 122 125 120
Strangulation 55 38 47 66 63
Fire (burns/suffocation) 11 4 8 8 12
Other methods 31 36 26 26 27
Not known 8 7 8 23 23
Note: Includes murder, manslaughter and infanticide.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 253-0002.
Last modified: 2004-11-18.

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