The report comes after a slew of mass shootings in the U.S., leading to public outcry for better gun control
The report looking at trends in gun crime in Canada between 2009 and 2020 was released Friday.
An earlier Statistics Canada report said the use of guns in violent crime increased 81 per cent from 2009 to 2019. “Of particular concern, there is currently little information available to determine the source of firearms used in crime: for example, whether a gun used in a crime was stolen, illegally purchased or smuggled into the country. This information is sometimes not recorded by police services, recorded inconsistently or, in some cases, the information is simply not available.
“While rates of handgun-related crimes were generally higher in urban areas than in rural areas, the highest rates of handgun-related crime in Canada were reported in northern Saskatchewan, which is all rural, and the Northwest Territories,” it said. Men made up 67 per cent of those afflicted by gun violence although women were more affected in rural areas, it said. Most of the victims were between the ages of 18 and 24, it added.
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