Winnipeg isn’t the murder capital of Canada, provided you’re willing to compare it to a much smaller city.

New data released by Statistics Canada on Wednesday revealed Winnipeg had the second highest homicide rate per capita in the country in 2014, behind Thunder Bay, a population of about 120,000 that reported an “unusually high” 11 homicides for the year. Amongst major cities, Winnipeg was first, with 26 homicides for the year — one less than in 2013.

Meanwhile, for the eighth straight year, Manitoba had the highest homicide rate amongst all Canadian provinces, despite seeing fewer of them, with Alberta and Saskatchewan well behind.

Overall, police services across the country reported 516 killings in 2014 — four more than in 2013. The tiny uptick, however, had no effect on the rate, which was the same as in 2013 and the lowest level since 1966. Guns were more frequently used — 156 times — but the overall rate of gun killings was at its second-lowest level in 40 years.Aboriginals accounted for almost one quarter of the victims despite comprising just 5% of the population. The new data show that aboriginal people were victims at a rate about six times higher than that of non-aboriginals, with First Nations men facing triple the risk faced by aboriginal females.

The numbers were even worse in Manitoba, where the murder rate was nine times higher for aboriginals than non-aboriginals. In total, 29 aboriginals were victims of homicide in Manitoba in 2014, compared to 15 for non-aboriginals.According to the data, the number of aboriginal female victims across the country has remained relatively stable in recent decades, while the number of non-aboriginal female victims has declined. The result is that, proportionately, victim rates for aboriginal women have increased sharply.Most homicides of aboriginals were solved. In fact, StatCan said, police were more likely to solve killings where aboriginals were victims than those involving non-aboriginal victims.Overall, when the crimes were solved, most victims — 83% — knew their killers, data shows, a situation that has long been the case.Acquaintances posed the biggest threat, followed by relatives. Current or ex-spouses were blamed in 83 cases or 16% of all homicides, with women four times more likely than men to die at the hands of partners.