Did Toronto Really Break the Homicide Record?

While other news outlets are saying Toronto just broke homicide records, The CBC deserves credit for pointing out the difference between rates and instances:

Nearly half a million fewer people lived in Toronto back in 1991, so with 89 slayings the homicide rate was 3.9 per 100,000 residents. Right now it's 3.3 per 100,000 with the 90th homicide of the year.

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