Canada’s Highest Homicide-Rate Provinces (2020)

Per Statistics Canada (homicides per 100,000):

1. Saskatchewan – 5.58
2. Manitoba – 4.26
3. British Columbia – 3.42
4. Nova Scotia – 3.37
5. New Brunswick – 2.51
6. Newfoundland & Labrador – 2.27
7. Ontario – 2.04
8. Prince Edward Island – 1.27
9. Quebec – 1.04
10. Alberta – 0.99

Rates fluctuate yearly; context (population, urbanization, reporting) matters.