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| 2 | homicides, by census metropolitan area, 2015 and 2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | census metropolitan area | 2016 population count | 2016 |  | 2015r |  | difference from 2015 |  | average 2006 to 2015 |  |
| 4 |  | number | number of victims | rate | number of victims | rate | number of victims | percent change in rate | number of victims | rate |
| 5 | thunder bay | 120,520 | 8 | 6.64 | 3 | 2.48 | 5 | 167.7 | 4 | 3.53 |
| 6 | edmonton | 1,387,281 | 47 | 3.39 | 38 | 2.80 | 9 | 20.9 | 37 | 3.03 |
| 7 | regina | 247,634 | 8 | 3.23 | 9 | 3.72 | -1 | -13.1 | 7 | 3.35 |
| 8 | abbotsford-mission | 186,274 | 6 | 3.22 | 3 | 1.63 | 3 | 97.3 | 4 | 2.31 |
| 9 | winnipeg | 795,643 | 25 | 3.14 | 22 | 2.72 | 3 | 15.6 | 29 | 3.69 |
| 10 | saskatoon | 320,527 | 10 | 3.12 | 10 | 3.21 | 0 | -2.8 | 7 | 2.67 |
| 11 | halifax | 426,083 | 12 | 2.82 | 8 | 1.91 | 4 | 47.1 | 9 | 2.32 |
| 12 | brantford | 146,557 | 4 | 2.73 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | .. | 1 | 0.78 |
| 13 | kelowna | 196,940 | 5 | 2.54 | 4 | 2.06 | 1 | 23.0 | 3 | 1.82 |
| 14 | ottawa | 1,013,615 | 24 | 2.37 | 7 | 0.70 | 17 | 237.2 | 11 | 1.11 |
| 15 | saint john | 127,930 | 3 | 2.35 | 3 | 2.35 | 0 | -0.4 | 2 | 1.55 |
| 16 | calgary | 1,474,624 | 33 | 2.24 | 40 | 2.78 | -7 | -19.4 | 27 | 2.10 |
| 17 | st. john's | 207,695 | 4 | 1.93 | 2 | 0.97 | 2 | 98.2 | 2 | 0.77 |
| 18 | peterborough | 123,555 | 2 | 1.62 | 1 | 0.81 | 1 | 98.9 | 1 | 0.99 |
| 19 | vancouver | 2,551,096 | 41 | 1.61 | 47 | 1.87 | -6 | -14.2 | 48 | 2.03 |
| 20 | hamilton | 760,381 | 12 | 1.58 | 7 | 0.93 | 5 | 69.2 | 9 | 1.24 |
| 21 | toronto | 6,184,845 | 96 | 1.55 | 82 | 1.35 | 14 | 14.7 | 89 | 1.57 |
| 22 | london | 515,409 | 8 | 1.55 | 8 | 1.57 | 0 | -1.3 | 6 | 1.30 |
| 23 | saguenay | 167,054 | 2 | 1.20 | 1 | 0.60 | 1 | 100.4 | 1 | 0.70 |
| 24 | kitchener-cambridge-waterloo | 548,936 | 6 | 1.09 | 6 | 1.11 | 0 | -1.2 | 5 | 0.96 |
| 25 | montreal | 4,102,619 | 42 | 1.02 | 47 | 1.16 | -5 | -11.6 | 48 | 1.25 |
| 26 | sherbrooke | 199,344 | 2 | 1.00 | 1 | 0.51 | 1 | 97.9 | 1 | 0.42 |
| 27 | oshawa | 429,978 | 4 | 0.93 | 2 | 0.46 | 2 | 100.1 | 3 | 0.75 |
| 28 | barrie | 216,661 | 2 | 0.92 | 3 | 1.40 | -1 | -34.3 | 2 | 1.04 |
| 29 | gatineau | 331,114 | 3 | 0.91 | 1 | 0.31 | 2 | 196.5 | 4 | 1.29 |
| 30 | windsor | 334,859 | 3 | 0.90 | 6 | 1.81 | -3 | -50.4 | 4 | 1.09 |
| 31 | guelph | 132,350 | 1 | 0.76 | 2 | 1.53 | -1 | -50.6 | 1 | 0.88 |
| 32 | moncton | 157,321 | 1 | 0.64 | 2 | 1.28 | -1 | -50.5 | 1 | 0.93 |
| 33 | victoria | 371,057 | 1 | 0.27 | 8 | 2.18 | -7 | -87.7 | 4 | 1.22 |
| 34 | st. catharines-niagara | 453,817 | 1 | 0.22 | 7 | 1.55 | -6 | -85.8 | 5 | 1.01 |
| 35 | quebec | 800,570 | 1 | 0.12 | 2 | 0.25 | -1 | -50.4 | 4 | 0.55 |
| 36 | trois-rivieres | 156,649 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 1.28 | -2 | -100.0 | 2 | 1.12 |
| 37 | kingston | 167,773 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 1.81 | -3 | -100.0 | 2 | 0.93 |
| 38 | greater sudbury | 165,154 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 1.21 | -2 | -100.0 | 2 | 1.27 |
| 39 | cma total | 25,521,865 | 417 | 1.63 | 389 | 1.55 | 28.00 | 5.6 | 385 | 1.62 |
| 40 | non-cma total | 10,764,560 | 194 | 1.80 | 220 | 2.06 | -26.00 | -12.4 | 193 | 1.84 |
| 41 | canada | 36,286,425 | 611 | 1.68 | 609 | 1.70 | 2.00 | -0.9 | 578 | 1.69 |

Question: which cma reported the largest decrease in the homicide rates from the previous year?
Answer: victoria

Question: which cma recorded the highest homicide rate in 2016?
Answer: thunder bay

Question: except thunder bay,list the top2 cmas which had the highest homicide rates in 2016.
Answer: edmonton, regina

Question: which cma reported the highest number of homicides in 2016?
Answer: toronto

Question: what was the rate of homicides in ottawa in 2016?
Answer: 2.37

Question: which cma reported the highest homicide rate in the province in 2016?
Answer: thunder bay