Murder in Canada is at its highest level in 15 years

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News ID: 54727
Publish Date: 8:31 - 26 November 2021
Friday, 26 November 2021 (YJC)_ According to official statistics, the homicide rate in Canada in 2020 reached its highest level in 15 years.

Murder in Canada is at its highest level in 15 yearsThe homicide rate in Canada reached its highest level since 2005 in 2005.

According to statistics, quarantine in the country due to the Corona virus has increased stress in this country.

Canadian police statistics for 2020 show that 743 people have been killed this year. This statistic for 2019 is reported as six hundred and eighty-seven people.

The homicide rate for last year was 1.95 percent per 100,000 people, which is the highest rate in the last 15 years. The figure for 2019 was 1.83 percent per 100,000 people.

The highest figure was in 1991, when it was 2.69 percent per 100,000 people, and has been declining every year since.

Of course, this figure was much higher in the United States in 2020, and according to the Federal Police, it was 6.5 percent per 100,000 people.

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