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| 2 | homicides, by firearm-related status and province and territory, 2017 and 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | province and territory | firearm-related |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 4 |  | 2018 |  |  |  | 2017r |  |  |  |
| 5 |  | number | percent | rate | number of total homicides | number | percent | rate | number of total homicides |
| 6 | newfoundland and labrador | 1 | 50.0 | 0.19 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 4 |
| 7 | prince edward island | 0 | .. | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2 |
| 8 | nova scotia | 4 | 36.4 | 0.42 | 11 | 8 | 40.0 | 0.84 | 21 |
| 9 | new brunswick | 5 | 38.5 | 0.65 | 13 | 5 | 55.6 | 0.65 | 10 |
| 10 | quebec | 30 | 36.1 | 0.36 | 83 | 35 | 39.3 | 0.42 | 93 |
| 11 | ontario | 120 | 48.4 | 0.84 | 266 | 84 | 43.8 | 0.60 | 197 |
| 12 | manitoba | 6 | 11.3 | 0.44 | 55 | 13 | 28.3 | 0.97 | 47 |
| 13 | saskatchewan | 12 | 37.5 | 1.03 | 34 | 10 | 26.3 | 0.87 | 38 |
| 14 | alberta | 31 | 39.2 | 0.72 | 81 | 51 | 44.7 | 1.20 | 119 |
| 15 | british columbia | 40 | 51.3 | 0.80 | 89 | 58 | 53.7 | 1.18 | 119 |
| 16 | yukon | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3 | 2 | 33.3 | 5.05 | 8 |
| 17 | northwest territories | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2 |
| 18 | nunavut | 0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 8 | 1 | 16.7 | 2.66 | 6 |
| 19 | canada | 249 | 40.5 | 0.67 | 651 | 267 | 42.2 | 0.73 | 666 |

Question: what was the number of homicides caused by a firearm (firearm-related) in 2018?
Answer: 249