Research & reports
Live data snapshot
Generated on October 13, 2026 from the Observatory’s database. Every figure below is a count of records actually held, and each links to the view it came from.
209
Verified events
Single documented events, officially recorded or corroborated
120,663
Police-recorded offences
Published monthly counts by area, not individual events
7 / 13
Jurisdictions covered
Provinces and territories with at least one record
How to read the figures. Every count below is a number of records held, within the filter named by the section. Proportions are of the records in that section, not of all incidents in Canada, and police-recorded offences (published monthly counts) are never combined with documented individual events.
By region
By evidence level
What each level means is set out in the methodology.
By type of violence
By recorded motive
By year
Working with the data
The full record is available as JSON at /api/incidents and as CSV at /api/incidents/export. Both accept the same filters as the search page. Researchers wanting a tailored extract can contact us.