StatsCan Table 35-10-0071-01 — Homicide victims, Edmonton CMA

Original source: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510007101 Bulk CSV: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/tbl/csv/35100071-eng.zip (file 35100071.csv, released 2025-07-22) Retrieved: 2026-07-04 Geography: Edmonton, Alberta [48835] — Census Metropolitan Area (includes St. Albert, Sherwood Park/Strathcona County, Leduc, Spruce Grove, etc.; larger than the City of Edmonton alone).

Number of homicide victims (Edmonton CMA), extracted from CSV: | Year | Count | Rate /100k | |------|-------|-----------| | 2014 | 40 | 3.03 | | 2015 | 38 | 2.83 | | 2016 | 47 | 3.43 | | 2017 | 49 | 3.51 | | 2018 | 38 | 2.68 | | 2019 | 32 | 2.21 | | 2020 | 49 | 3.34 | | 2021 | 51 | 3.45 | | 2022 | 36 | 2.39 | | 2023 | 48 | 3.07 | | 2024 | 36 | 2.20 |

Earlier reference points from same series: 2005 = 44; 2011 = 53 (long-standing CMA peak).

Reading: the CMA homicide rate is volatile, not monotonically rising. It spiked in the pandemic years 2020 (49) and 2021 (51) — the highest counts of the Janz/Knack tenure — then fell to 36 in 2024 (rate 2.20, tied among the decade's lowest). The count series peaked historically at 53 in 2011. Honest framing: violence surged mid-tenure and the carceral budget grew on autopilot regardless of which way the homicide line moved; the rate did NOT climb steadily across 2014–2024.