| 1 | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | homicides, by firearm-related status and province or territory, 2016 and 2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | province or territory | firearm-related |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 4 |  | 2017 |  |  |  | 2016r |  |  |  |
| 5 |  | number | percent | rate | number of total homicides | number | percent | rate | number of total homicides |
| 6 | newfoundland and labrador | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 7 |
| 7 | prince edward island | .. | .. | .. | 0 | .. | .. | .. | 0 |
| 8 | nova scotia | 8 | 40.0 | 0.84 | 21 | 9 | 75.0 | 0.95 | 13 |
| 9 | new brunswick | 5 | 55.6 | 0.66 | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 0.40 | 11 |
| 10 | quebec | 35 | 39.3 | 0.42 | 93 | 27 | 40.9 | 0.32 | 67 |
| 11 | ontario | 84 | 44.0 | 0.59 | 196 | 82 | 42.5 | 0.59 | 206 |
| 12 | manitoba | 13 | 28.3 | 0.97 | 47 | 5 | 12.2 | 0.38 | 42 |
| 13 | saskatchewan | 10 | 27.0 | 0.86 | 37 | 17 | 33.3 | 1.48 | 54 |
| 14 | alberta | 51 | 45.1 | 1.19 | 118 | 44 | 37.9 | 1.04 | 116 |
| 15 | british columbia | 57 | 53.3 | 1.18 | 118 | 35 | 43.2 | 0.74 | 88 |
| 16 | yukon | 2 | 33.3 | 5.20 | 8 | 1 | 25.0 | 2.63 | 4 |
| 17 | northwest territories | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3 |
| 18 | nunavut | 1 | 20.0 | 2.63 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| 19 | canada | 266 | 42.4 | 0.72 | 660 | 223 | 38.1 | 0.61 | 612 |

Question: in 2017, how many firearm-related homicides reported in canada?
Answer: 266

Question: in 2017, there were 266 firearm-related homicides reported in canada, what was the difference in 2016?
Answer: 43

Question: what was the firearm-related homicide rate increased 18% from the previous year?
Answer: 0.72