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This article was published 1/12/2014 (2121 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

Winnipeg has the second-highest homicide rate among Canada’s cities, but the rate has fallen significantly, with 3.24 victims per 100,000 people in 2013 versus 4.17 in 2012.

Manitoba, however, has the highest homicide rate among the provinces at 3.87 per 100,000 people. This is more than two points higher than the national average of 1.44.

The recently-released homicide numbers from Statistics Canada show that Regina is the country’s homicide capital, with 3.84 homicides per 100,000 people in 2013. There, the rate has increased from 3.07 in 2012. Thunder Bay, which had the highest homicide rate at 5.83 in 2012, has fallen significantly to 2.46 in 2013.

The homicide rate nationally is in decline as well, with a rate of 1.56 in 2012 dropping to 1.44 in 2013. This is the lowest rate for the country since 1966, and has been driven by a major reduction in homicides in Quebec. Sixty-eight people lost their lives to homicide in Quebec in 2013, compared with 108 in 2012.

In 2013, there were 26 homicides in Winnipeg, compared with 33 in 2012. Overall, 505 people in Canada died from homicide in 2013.