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Homicide offences, number and rate, by province and territory
(Homicide rate)
  2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
  rate per 100,000 population
Canada 1.86 1.73 1.95 2.05 1.85
Newfoundland and Labrador 0.39 0.96 0.39 2.14 1.37
Prince Edward Island 0.73 0.73 0.00 0.00 0.72
Nova Scotia 0.96 0.85 1.49 2.14 1.71
New Brunswick 1.20 1.06 0.93 1.20 0.93
Quebec 1.58 1.32 1.47 1.32 1.22
Ontario 1.47 1.45 1.51 1.74 1.54
Manitoba 3.12 3.70 4.27 4.17 3.31
Saskatchewan 2.71 4.12 3.92 4.34 4.06
Alberta 2.25 2.02 2.68 3.30 2.84
British Columbia 3.06 2.26 2.69 2.37 2.51
Yukon Territory 0.00 3.27 22.66 3.21 0.00
Northwest Territories 9.64 9.47 9.35 0.00 0.00
Nunavut 6.96 10.29 13.50 6.66 6.50

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