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Data table for Chart 7 Most homicides committed by someone known to victim

Year	Family	Acquaintance excluding criminal relationships	Criminal relationships¹	Stranger
Year	rate
1991	0.7	1.0	0.1	0.3
1992	0.7	1.0	0.2	0.3
1993	0.6	0.8	0.2	0.3
1994	0.7	0.6	0.2	0.2
1995	0.6	0.7	0.1	0.3
1996	0.6	0.7	0.2	0.2
1997	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.2
1998	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.2
1999	0.5	0.6	0.1	0.2
2000	0.4	0.6	0.1	0.2
2001	0.6	0.5	0.1	0.2
2002	0.6	0.5	0.2	0.2
2003	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.2
2004	0.5	0.6	0.1	0.2
2005	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.3
2006	0.5	0.5	0.2	0.2
2007	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.2
2008	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.2
1. Include prostitutes, drug dealers and their clients, loansharks, gang members. It should be noted that some gang homicides are scored under "acquaintance". Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.