Chart 1
Cases linked to police-reported homicides completed in court by gender-related status and court outcome, criminal courts, 2009/2010 to 2020/2021
Note(s):
Gender-related homicide cases are solved homicides committed by at least one male accused who killed at least one female victim who was an intimate partner or family member of the accused, who was sexually assaulted during the killing, or who police identified as a sex worker. Non-gender-related homicides of women and girls are all those that do not contain the above criteria but involve at least one female victim. Homicide cases of men and boys require that no female victims were killed in the same incident. Victims and accused persons for whom gender was reported as unknown by police are excluded from this chart. Represents all completed cases successfully linked to a homicide reported by police in Canada from 2009/2010 to 2020/2021. Incidents may not have been linked to court data for multiple reasons, including survey coverage and time required to complete a case. See "Data sources and methodology" in the Juristat article for more details about the linkage and methodology.
Chart description
This is a bar clustered chart.
| Gender-related homicides of women and girls | Non-gender-related homicides of women and girls | Homicides of men and boys | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guilty | 58 | 50 | 50 |
| Acquitted | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Stayed, withdrawn, dismissed or discharged | 34 | 42 | 45 |
| Other | 8 | 7 | 3 |
Note(s):
Gender-related homicide cases are solved homicides committed by at least one male accused who killed at least one female victim who was an intimate partner or family member of the accused, who was sexually assaulted during the killing, or who police identified as a sex worker. Non-gender-related homicides of women and girls are all those that do not contain the above criteria but involve at least one female victim. Homicide cases of men and boys require that no female victims were killed in the same incident. Victims and accused persons for whom gender was reported as unknown by police are excluded from this chart. Represents all completed cases successfully linked to a homicide reported by police in Canada from 2009/2010 to 2020/2021. Incidents may not have been linked to court data for multiple reasons, including survey coverage and time required to complete a case. See "Data sources and methodology" in the Juristat article for more details about the linkage and methodology.
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