How many murders are there in Montreal?
Montreal, QC recorded 28 murders in 2025, the most recent complete year — a rate of 1.6 per 100,000 residents.
Culpable homicide reports — rare and geo-masked by most services. Montreal residents also search for this category as homicides, killings, people killed and murder rate — all of those refer to the same police-reported offences counted on this page.
These figures cover 126 murders recorded in Montreal between September 2021 and August 2026 — every incident Données Montréal (SPVM) has published in that window. The first year is partial — incidents past the retention window are removed, so the record starts part-way through 2021 rather than on January 1.
Montreal murders by year, 2021–2026
Montreal murders peaked in 2022 with 31. The complete years here are 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 — those are the ones directly comparable to each other. Pick a year for its own monthly breakdown, time-of-day pattern and areas.
* Partial year — not directly comparable to the complete years above.
What time of day do murders happen in Montreal?
Données Montréal (SPVM) publishes a work shift rather than an exact hour, so this is as precise as the source data gets.
What day of the week do murders happen in Montreal?
Tuesday is the most common day for murders in Montreal, at 19% of the total — 33% above what an even split across the week would give.
What time of year do murders peak in Montreal?
Every year stacked together, so this is seasonality rather than a trend. October is the busiest month for murders in Montreal with 16 across the whole period, and January is the quietest with 6.
Montreal murders: common questions
How many murders are there in Montreal?
Montreal, QC recorded 28 murders in 2025, the most recent complete year — a rate of 1.6 per 100,000 residents. These figures cover 126 murders recorded in Montreal between September 2021 and August 2026 — every incident Données Montréal (SPVM) has published in that window.
Are murders going up or down in Montreal?
Montreal murders peaked in 2022 with 31. The most recent figure is 11 in 2026 so far, which covers a partial year. The complete years in this data are 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, which are the ones directly comparable to each other.
What time of day do most murders happen in Montreal?
Données Montréal (SPVM) publishes a work shift rather than an exact hour. On that basis most Montreal murders fall in the evening shift, which accounts for 43% of them.
What day of the week do most murders happen in Montreal?
Tuesday is the most common day for murders in Montreal, accounting for 19% of them — 33% above an even split across the week.
What time of year do murders peak in Montreal?
Adding every year together, October is the busiest month for murders in Montreal (16 across the whole period) and January is the quietest (6).
How common are murders compared to other crime in Montreal?
Homicide makes up 0.1% of all crime recorded in Montreal over this period — 126 of 129,710 incidents.
What is the murder rate in Montreal?
Montreal recorded 1.6 murders per 100,000 residents in 2025, based on a population of 1,762,949. Rates are only calculated for complete years, since a partial year isn't comparable.
What period does this Montreal murder data cover?
These figures cover 126 murders recorded in Montreal between September 2021 and August 2026 — every incident Données Montréal (SPVM) has published in that window. The earliest year is partial because incidents older than the retention window are removed, so it starts part-way through the year rather than on January 1. Counts reflect what the portal published — a category a service doesn't publish is missing, which is not the same as zero.
Sourced from Données Montréal (SPVM). Counts reflect incidents the portal published and may differ from figures released elsewhere — missing is not the same as zero.