Data table for chart 1.2
Victims of family and non-family homicide, Canada, 1980 to 2010

Chart 1.2
Victims of family and non-family homicide, Canada, 1980 to 2010
Year rate per million population
Family homicide Non-family homicide
1980 6.9 14.3
1981 7.9 14.7
1982 8.3 14.5
1983 8.8 14.5
1984 7.8 13.9
1985 8.9 14.4
1986 7.3 11.7
1987 8.2 12.6
1988 6.5 12.3
1989 7.4 13.1
1990 6.9 12.3
1991 7.2 14.2
1992 7.0 14.6
1993 5.7 12.3
1994 6.6 10.5
1995 6.1 10.4
1996 6.3 11.3
1997 6.3 9.2
1998 5.8 9.2
1999 4.8 9.0
2000 4.3 9.3
2001 6.0 8.4
2002 5.9 8.9
2003 4.5 9.0
2004 5.1 9.9
2005 5.0 10.5
2006 5.1 9.1
2007 4.1 8.7
2008 4.2 8.5
2009 4.5 9.0
2010 4.1 8.0
Note: Family homicide refers to homicide committed by spouses, parents, children, siblings, and extended family. Non-family homicide refers to homicide committed by friends, casual acquaintances, dating partners, business associates, criminal associates, authority figures, and strangers. Excludes homicides where the age and/or sex of the victim was unknown. Rates are calculated on the basis of 1,000,000 population. Populations based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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