For the last decade, Canada has averaged around 268 gun homocides a year. The decade before (the lowest gun homicide decade in recent history) Canada averaged around 178 gun homocides a year. The population has risen from about 35 million in 2015 to 41 million in 2025. While the gun deaths per capita has risen a bit from the previous (low) decade, I would hardly describe it as "bodies piling up."