Data table for chart 11
Intimate partner homicide, by relationship type, 1980 to 2010

Chart 11
Intimate partner homicide, by relationship type, 1980 to 2010
Year Married Common-law Dating
proportion of intimate
partner homicides
1980 57 32 10
1981 60 26 14
1982 50 30 20
1983 50 39 10
1984 55 31 14
1985 48 31 21
1986 58 34 8
1987 59 35 6
1988 49 44 7
1989 55 37 7
1990 50 50 0
1991 50 26 24
1992 46 29 25
1993 40 35 25
1994 49 32 19
1995 44 35 21
1996 45 29 26
1997 55 25 21
1998 53 33 14
1999 51 26 23
2000 40 34 26
2001 54 33 13
2002 45 38 17
2003 58 29 12
2004 47 30 23
2005 37 45 18
2006 42 41 16
2007 35 42 23
2008 42 28 30
2009 37 37 26
2010 28 45 28
Note: Includes both current and former relationships. Same-sex spouses were removed from this analysis as the Homicide Survey does not collect information on the legal status of same-sex unions. Percentages are calculated for victims aged 15 years and over.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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