Shootings & Firearm Discharges

This dataset contains all shooting-related occurrences reported to the Toronto Police Service since 2004, including, but not limited to, those that may have been deemed unfounded after investigation.

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Shooting incidents in this dataset include both firearm discharges and shooting events, which are defined below. In 2014, the Toronto Police Service changed records management systems. For occurrences prior to this date, coordinates are limited, therefore for some events with NULL coordinates the neighbourhood will be identified as ‘NSA’ to indicate ‘Not Specified Area.’

The downloadable datasets display the OCC_DATE fields in UTC timezone.

Shooting Event/Occurrence

Any incident in which a projectile is discharged from a firearm (as defined under the Criminal Code of Canada) and injures a person. This excludes firearm discharges, suicide, and police involved firearm discharges.

Firearm Discharge

Any incident where evidence exists that a projectile was discharged from a firearm (as defined under the Criminal Code of Canada) including accidental discharge (non-police), celebratory fire, drive-by etc. Events categorized as firearm discharges do not include any events where a person’s injuries were sustained from a bullet(s).

Persons Injured (previously classified as “victims”):

A person who was struck by a bullet(s) as a result of the discharge of a firearm (as defined under the Criminal Code of Canada). This excludes events such as suicide, police-involved event or where the weapon used was not a real firearm (such as pellet gun, air pistol, “sim-munition” etc.).

Injury Levels – Death

Where the injured person (as defined above) has died as a result of injuries sustained from a bullet(s). These events are counted as shootings.

Injury Levels – Injuries

Where the injured person (as defined above) has non-fatal physical injuries as a result of a bullet(s). These events are counted as shootings.

The dataset is intended to provide communities with information regarding public safety and awareness. The data supplied to the Toronto Police Service by the reporting parties is preliminary and may not have been fully verified at the time of publishing the dataset.

The location of crime occurrences have been deliberately offset to the nearest road intersection node to protect the privacy of parties involved in the occurrence. All location data must be considered as an approximate location of the occurrence and users are advised not to interpret any of these locations as related to a specific address or individual.

NOTE: Due to the offset of occurrence location, the numbers by Division and Neighbourhood may not reflect the exact count of occurrences reported within these geographies. Therefore, the Toronto Police Service does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, timeliness of the data and it should not be compared to any other source of crime data.

By accessing these datasets, the user agrees to full acknowledgement of the Open Government Licence - Ontario.

In accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, the Toronto Police Service has taken the necessary measures to protect the privacy of individuals involved in the reported occurrences. No personal information related to any of the parties involved in the occurrence will be released as open data.

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Domain / Topic
Domain or topic of the dataset being cataloged.
Public safety
Title
Title for the Dataset.
Shootings & Firearm Discharges
Description
A description of the dataset.

This dataset contains all shooting-related occurrences reported to the Toronto Police Service since 2004, including, but not limited to, those that may have been deemed unfounded after investigation.

Shootings & Firearm Discharges Dashboard Download Documentation

Shooting incidents in this dataset include both firearm discharges and shooting events, which are defined below. In 2014, the Toronto Police Service changed records management systems. For occurrences prior to this date, coordinates are limited, therefore for some events with NULL coordinates the neighbourhood will be identified as ‘NSA’ to indicate ‘Not Specified Area.’

The downloadable datasets display the OCC_DATE fields in UTC timezone.

Shooting Event/Occurrence

Any incident in which a projectile is discharged from a firearm (as defined under the Criminal Code of Canada) and injures a person. This excludes firearm discharges, suicide, and police involved firearm discharges.

Firearm Discharge

Any incident where evidence exists that a projectile was discharged from a firearm (as defined under the Criminal Code of Canada) including accidental discharge (non-police), celebratory fire, drive-by etc. Events categorized as firearm discharges do not include any events where a person’s injuries were sustained from a bullet(s).

Persons Injured (previously classified as “victims”):

A person who was struck by a bullet(s) as a result of the discharge of a firearm (as defined under the Criminal Code of Canada). This excludes events such as suicide, police-involved event or where the weapon used was not a real firearm (such as pellet gun, air pistol, “sim-munition” etc.).

Injury Levels – Death

Where the injured person (as defined above) has died as a result of injuries sustained from a bullet(s). These events are counted as shootings.

Injury Levels – Injuries

Where the injured person (as defined above) has non-fatal physical injuries as a result of a bullet(s). These events are counted as shootings.

The dataset is intended to provide communities with information regarding public safety and awareness. The data supplied to the Toronto Police Service by the reporting parties is preliminary and may not have been fully verified at the time of publishing the dataset.

The location of crime occurrences have been deliberately offset to the nearest road intersection node to protect the privacy of parties involved in the occurrence. All location data must be considered as an approximate location of the occurrence and users are advised not to interpret any of these locations as related to a specific address or individual.

NOTE: Due to the offset of occurrence location, the numbers by Division and Neighbourhood may not reflect the exact count of occurrences reported within these geographies. Therefore, the Toronto Police Service does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, timeliness of the data and it should not be compared to any other source of crime data.

By accessing these datasets, the user agrees to full acknowledgement of the Open Government Licence - Ontario.

In accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, the Toronto Police Service has taken the necessary measures to protect the privacy of individuals involved in the reported occurrences. No personal information related to any of the parties involved in the occurrence will be released as open data.
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2021-03-23
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Location
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https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/shootings-firearm-discharges
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Toronto Police Services, Analytics & Innovation, [email protected]
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[email protected]
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[email protected]
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[email protected]
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None
Source
Source of the dataset.
https://data.torontopolice.on.ca/maps/shooting-and-firearm-discharges-open-data
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