Ottawa-Gatineau homicide rate up 45% in one year

Ottawa-Gatineau homicide rate up 45% in one year

Data from Statistics Canada shows that the Ottawa-Gatineau area is above the country-wide homicide rate in 2024. According to the report, Canada’s homicide rate is 1.91, and Ottawa-Gatineau’s is 2.10 per 100,000 people. Between the two cities, there were 27 homicides per 1.2 million people. Between 2023 and 2024, StatCan notes this is a 45.20 […]