Table 3
Methods used to commit homicide, Canada, 2000 to 2010
Year | Shooting | Stabbing | Beating | Strangulation or suffocation |
Vehicle | Fire (smoke inhalation, burns) | ||||||
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number of victims | percent | number of victims | percent | number of victims | percent | number of victims | percent | number of victims | percent | number of victims | percent | |
2000 | 184 | 34.2 | 149 | 27.7 | 129 | 24.0 | 40 | 7.4 | 14 | 2.6 | 5 | 0.9 |
2001 | 171 | 31.4 | 171 | 31.4 | 122 | 22.4 | 47 | 8.6 | 5 | 0.9 | 8 | 1.5 |
2002 | 152 | 27.1 | 182 | 32.5 | 126 | 22.5 | 67 | 12.0 | 7 | 1.3 | 9 | 1.6 |
2003 | 161 | 30.6 | 142 | 26.9 | 121 | 23.0 | 65 | 12.3 | 6 | 1.1 | 12 | 2.3 |
2004 | 173 | 28.3 | 205 | 33.6 | 137 | 22.4 | 63 | 10.3 | 6 | 1.0 | 13 | 2.1 |
2005 | 223 | 34.4 | 198 | 30.6 | 144 | 22.2 | 47 | 7.3 | 4 | 0.6 | 10 | 1.5 |
2006 | 190 | 32.0 | 210 | 35.4 | 119 | 20.1 | 48 | 8.1 | 9 | 1.5 | 12 | 2.0 |
2007 | 188 | 33.1 | 190 | 33.5 | 116 | 20.4 | 51 | 9.0 | 16 | 2.8 | 4 | 0.7 |
2008 | 200 | 33.7 | 200 | 33.7 | 122 | 20.5 | 45 | 7.6 | 9 | 1.5 | 7 | 1.2 |
2009 | 180 | 30.5 | 210 | 35.5 | 116 | 19.6 | 45 | 7.6 | 13 | 2.2 | 12 | 2.0 |
2010 | 170 | 31.8 | 164 | 30.7 | 117 | 21.9 | 41 | 7.7 | 17 | 3.2 | 11 | 2.1 |
Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. Estimates prior to 2010 may differ from previously published figures due to ongoing updates to the data files as new information becomes available. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey. |
Year | Poisoning | Shaken baby syndrome | OtherNote 1 | Unknown | Total | |||||
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number of victims | percent | number of victims | percent | number of victims | percent | number of victims | percent | number of victims | percent | |
2000 | 4 | 0.7 | 12 | 2.2 | 1 | 0.2 | 8 | … | 546 | 100 |
2001 | 8 | 1.5 | 8 | 1.5 | 5 | 0.9 | 8 | … | 553 | 100 |
2002 | 3 | 0.5 | 8 | 1.4 | 6 | 1.1 | 22 | … | 582 | 100 |
2003 | 6 | 1.1 | 8 | 1.5 | 6 | 1.1 | 22 | … | 549 | 100 |
2004 | 8 | 1.3 | 5 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.2 | 13 | … | 624 | 100 |
2005 | 7 | 1.1 | 12 | 1.9 | 3 | 0.5 | 15 | … | 663 | 100 |
2006 | 1 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.2 | 13 | … | 606 | 100 |
2007 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.2 | 26 | … | 594 | 100 |
2008 | 5 | 0.8 | 3 | 0.5 | 3 | 0.5 | 17 | … | 611 | 100 |
2009 | 9 | 1.5 | 4 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.3 | 19 | … | 610 | 100 |
2010 | 4 | 0.7 | 4 | 0.7 | 6 | 1.1 | 20 | … | 554 | 100 |
… not applicable. 1. Other includes exposure/hypothermia, starvation/dehydration, and other methods not otherwise specified. Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. Estimates prior to 2010 may differ from previously published figures due to ongoing updates to the data files as new information becomes available. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey. |
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