The Saskatchewan RCMP laid charges against 28 people in relation to 33 homicide investigations with 39 victims in 2025, marking another high-volume year for homicide investigators.

In 2024, the Sask. RCMP saw the highest number of homicide files on record, with 41 homicide files with 43 victims in 2024.

In the Sask. RCMP’s jurisdiction in 2025, there were 31 homicide investigations with 34 victims, and officers assisted with two murder investigations with five victims in the jurisdiction of the File Hills First Nations Police Service.

Of the victims in the RCMP’s 2025 homicide investigations:

• Three were children age 12 and under
• Three were teenagers between the ages of 13 and 19
• 12 were young people in their 20s
• 10 were in their 30s
• Six were in their 40s
• Four were in their 50s
• One was in their 60s

Of the 28 charges in 2025, there were seven first-degree murder charges, 17 second-degree murder charges, and four manslaughter charges.

The RCMP said that in 2025, investigators also continued work on at least 30 unsolved homicide or suspicious death files from previous years.

In 2025, investigators were able to solve 23 of the year’s homicide case, with 10 still under investigation. Of the 23 cases, 12 were solved within 24 hours, six were solved within one week, three were solved within one month, and two were solved in less than six months.

“While 2024 marked the highest number of homicide files we’ve investigated, the volume in 2025 remained elevated,” said Superintendent Josh Graham, officer in charge of Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes Branch.

“The work doesn’t stop for our teams, homicide files in our jurisdiction are at a rate that requires significant investigative capacity.”