The number of homicides in Canada rose to 598 in 2011, 44 more than the previous year, marking the first increase in three years, according to data released today.
Statistics Canada reported Tuesday that the homicide rate has stayed "relatively stable over the past decade." Prior to that, it had been declining since the mid-1970s.
However, deaths related to firearms aren't nearly as common, the federal agency said.
"The rate of firearm homicides per 100,000 population has generally been declining since the mid-1970s and, in 2011, reached its lowest point in almost 50 years."
The Canadian murder weapon of choice is now the blade.
"An increase in stabbings accounted for virtually the entire increase in homicides in 2011," the federal data agency said.
It said there were 39 more stabbings in 2011 compared to 2010. Overall, stabbings accounted for 35 per cent of homicides, firearms for 27 per cent, beatings for 22 per cent and strangulation for seven per cent.
Overall, the homicide rate was 1.73 per 100,000 population in 2011, seven per cent higher than in 2010, Statistics Canada said.
Metropolitan Winnipeg had the highest number of homicides at 39, the highest rate among major cities, followed by Halifax and Edmonton.
The rates in Winnipeg and Halifax were the highest in those cities since data became available in 1981, Statistics Canada said.
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