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. 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…

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City of Toronto

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2026-07-20