OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Canadian homicide rate jumped to its highest level in four years in 2015, with a quarter of the victims reported by police as being an Aboriginal person, according to data from Statistics Canada released on Wednesday.
There were 604 homicides last year, up from 521 in 2014. That sent 2015’s homicide rate up to 1.68 murders per 100,000 people, the highest rate since 2011.
In contrast, the murder rate in the United States was 5 victims per 100,000 people last year, according to data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The higher number of homicides in Canada was driven by increases in the prairie provinces …
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