Canada had the highest rate of gang-related murders last year

Statistics Canada data show that homicides will increase in 2021, with nearly a quarter of the homicides being gang-related.

There were 788 murders in the country last year, a 3% increase from 2020, 184 of which were gang-related.

This marks the highest rate of gang-related homicides since 2005.

Firearms were the most common weapon used in murders, according to the agency.

Saskatchewan has the highest murder rate, up 9% from 2020.

The proportion of indigenous victims across the country remained disproportionately high at six times that of non-indigenous peoples.

Blacks and South Asians were also more likely to be murder victims.