Despite the figures, StatCan stresses that there are gaps in its reporting.
"It is important to recognize that there are limitations in our knowledge about firearms used in crime," the report says.
One of these gaps is the limited information collected on the details of particular firearms, such as their exact type, who owned it, how it was stored or whether the owner is licensed, the agency says.
There also is no consistent definition of a shooting among police services in Canada, nor is there consistent criteria to determine whether a shooting actually occurred.
As well, there are gaps in the nature of firearm-related violence in Canada, including the extent to which organized crime is involved, and whether there are any patterns in ethnicity, Indigenous identity except in the case of homicide data, and socioeconomic factors involved.
Provinces also do not require investigators to send guns used in crime for tracing, although even this process has varying success rates, StatCan says.
"Of particular concern, there is currently little information available to determine the source of firearms used in crime: for example, whether a gun used in a crime was stolen, illegally purchased or smuggled into the country," the report says.
"This information is sometimes not recorded by police services, recorded inconsistently or, in some cases, the information is simply not available."