[Canada] Homicides 2005 / CanStat, 8 Nov 2006

http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/061108/d061108b.htm
"The national homicide rate increased for the second consecutive year in 2005 to its highest point in nearly a decade, after reaching a 30-year low in 2003. The number of homicides committed with a firearm rose for the third year in a row.
Police services reported 658 homicides last year, 34 more than in 2004. Of these, 222 were committed with a firearm, up from 173 in 2004."