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As of October 23, 2024, Montreal had recorded 29 homicides in 10 months, with incidents of violence marring many neighbourhoods across the city.
With just two months left of the year, Montreal’s homicide count is edging closer to the 31 victims recorded in 2023, putting increased pressure on city authorities working to curb armed violence.
To illustrate just how widespread these incidents have been, Narcity Quebec, with data from the Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM), has mapped out each of the 29 homicides recorded this year. The map features clickable blue points in neighbourhoods across the island, with brief descriptions of each incident.
The first homicide of 2024 happened on January 13. Within the first three months of the year, there had been eight homicides. Things took a more violent turn between April and September, with 18 homicides recorded. May was especially brutal, seeing 8 deaths in just over two weeks.
Since early October, 3 more deaths have been reported, including 2 linked to a major fire that swept through a building in Old Montreal.
Some Montreal neighbourhoods have been particularly impacted by gun violence this year, including Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles, Ville-Marie, Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension, and Lachine.
SPVM data reveals that about a dozen of 2024’s homicides in Montreal were related to gun violence. This past June, SPVM stressed that armed violence is “a societal issue that police alone cannot resolve.”
They highlighted the crucial role of community, institutional, and government partners in helping reduce violence in Montreal, with a collaborative approach proving key to tackling this issue.
Montreal police release an annual report every January covering activity from the previous year, so we’ll have to wait a few more months for the full overview of what happened in 2024.
This story was adapted from the article “Meurtres à Montréal : Cette carte montre exactement où et comment ils ont eu lieu en 2024,” which was originally published on Narcity Québec by Ariane Fortin.
This article’s cover image was used for illustrative purposes only.
