1,119 homicide suspects were already in custody or under supervision when killings occurred over five years

Canada's justice system is facing increasing scrutiny amid an uptick in violent crimes being committed by offenders out on bail.

| September 24, 2026 | News | 2 Comments

More than 1,100 people charged or deemed chargeable with homicide in Canada were already in custody or under community supervision at the time of the incident between 2020 and 2024, according to newly released Statistics Canada figures.

The numbers were disclosed in response to an Order Paper question from Hamilton East—Stoney Creek MP Ned Kuruc, who asked how many homicide suspects were on bail or under community supervision at the time of the homicide.

Statistics Canada provided five years of data: 199 in 2020, 180 in 2021, 285 in 2022, 235 in 2023 and 220 in 2024.

Together, that amounts to 1,119 homicide incident charges or suspect-chargeables over five years involving someone already in custody or under community supervision.

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The category, however, is broader than simply people released on bail.

Statistics Canada defines “supervision” as including homicide suspects who were in remand, sentenced custody, on probation or on bail at the time of the incident. The federal response does not break those categories apart, making it impossible to determine how many of the 1,119 were specifically free on bail.

The highest number in the five-year period came in 2022, with 285 cases. That fell to 235 in 2023 and 220 in 2024, but the 2024 figure remained higher than both 2020 and 2021.

No 2025 figure was provided.

The data comes from Statistics Canada's Homicide Survey and the Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics.

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