REGINA — From Jan. 1 – July 15, 2025, Saskatchewan RCMP reported* 13 homicide files with 13 victims in its jurisdiction. This is down from 23 that were reported over the same period last year.
Four of the 13 homicides that have occurred to date this year remain under investigation and the other nine have been solved.
Between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2024, Saskatchewan RCMP reported 39 homicide files with 41 victims, making it the highest year on record for homicide files in RCMP jurisdiction in the province. There were 26 per cent more homicide files and 32 per cent more homicide victims in 2024 than 2023. 2024 also marked the second-highest year on record for number of homicide victims in Saskatchewan RCMP jurisdiction.
Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes reported*:
- 2020: 31 homicide files with 32 victims
- 2021: 31 homicide files with 35 victims
- 2022: 33 homicide files with 43 victims (including all victims of the mass casualty)
- 2023: 31 homicide files with 31 victims
- 2024: 39 homicide files with 41 victims
- 2025 up to July 15: 13 homicide files with 13 victims
*Note: Saskatchewan RCMP provides response and investigative support to other Saskatchewan police services; these investigations are not included in the above totals.
As of July 15, 2025, the Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes Branch assisted File Hills First Nations Police Service with investigating two homicides with a total of five victims. These homicides have been solved.
It’s important to note there are additional files the Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes Branch investigates as homicides, but are later classified as something else and are therefore not included in the above statistics. Homicide investigations where the accused is determined to be non-culpable are also not included in the above statistics. Suspicious death investigations are also in addition to these numbers (unless they have been determined to be a homicide, in which case they are included). Numbers from previous reporting periods may change as investigations evolve and new information comes to light.
Homicide investigation clearance rates
The above graph displays the number of homicide files reported* by the Saskatchewan RCMP that have been solved by year and how many remain unsolved. Between January 2015 and July 2025, the clearance or solve rate is 85 per cent
Over the five most recent years for which the data is available (2020-24), police services across Canada have had a 72 per cent clearance or solve rate for homicides.
“The Saskatchewan RCMP investigates homicides or suspected homicides using all resources, techniques and avenues available to them,” says Insp. Ashley St. Germaine, senior investigative officer, Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes Branch.
“Those cases that aren’t solved remain open and investigators continue to actively and diligently work on them. In some cases, the passage of time allows police to revisit a file with fresh eyes and apply new investigative techniques or perspectives, which can help uncover new information and further an investigation.
“We never stop trying to solve these cases because the victims deserve justice and their loved ones deserve answers.”
