r/canadaguns • u/rastamasta45 • Mar 17 '26

News / Politics / Activism 3 suspects sought in Vaughan break-in, homeowner who fired gun at them not being charged

https://www.cp24.com/local/york/2026/03/17/3-suspects-sought-in-vaughan-break-in-homeowner-who-fired-gun-at-them-not-being-charged/
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u/NSH-93 Mar 17 '26

I mean… the way it should be is not making a safe country unsafe in the first place. But yeah good to hear a law abiding citizen didn’t get charged similar to any other nonsense in this country….

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u/bung_musk Mar 18 '26

crime is at a 50 year low in Canada.

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u/outdoorsaddix Mar 18 '26

Property crime is.

Violet crime is not. It is nearly double the 1970s rate up to the most recent year I can see. And it’s been getting uncomfortably close to the early 90s peak.

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u/Tarnsy Mar 25 '26

What stats are you viewing? I see the high for violent crime was 3.02 per 100k in 1975, peak low was 2018 (1.79 per 100k), and currently it's a touch higher than 2018 at 1.91 per 100k. Looks like it went up from 2018 to 2024 but declined again since. Fairly negligible stats in the first place, and the difference between them even at peaks is fairly negligible.

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u/outdoorsaddix Mar 25 '26

That sounds like the murder rate?

Data is here, per 100K

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/240725/cg-b002-eng.htm

50 years ago was 1976, rate was 584 per 100K

Most recent year here is 2023 at 967 per 100K

Peak in 1992 was 1084 per 100K