Table 2.10
Victims of intimate partner homicide, by sex of victim and province and territory, 2000 to 2010

Table 2.10
Victims of intimate partner homicide, by sex of victim and province and territory, 2000 to 2010
Province and territory Female victims Male victims Total intimate partner homicide victims
number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1
Newfoundland and Labrador 14 7.9 2 1.2 16 4.7
Prince Edward Island Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 3 3.6
Nova Scotia 15 4.6 2 0.7 17 2.8
New Brunswick 19 7.4 5 2.1 24 4.9
Quebec 177 6.9 36 1.5 213 4.3
Ontario 266 6.7 56 1.5 322 4.2
Manitoba 37 10.6 27 8.3 64 9.5
Saskatchewan 28 9.5 30 11.0 58 10.2
Alberta 86 8.8 35 3.6 121 6.2
British Columbia 115 8.1 40 3.0 155 5.6
Yukon 1 10.8 3 31.5 4 21.3
Northwest Territories Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 4 20.2
Nunavut 9 294.4 5 142.5 14 213.2
Canada 774 7.4 241 2.5 1,015 5.0
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
1. Rates are calculated on the basis of 1,000,000 population. Populations based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division.
Note: Intimate partner homicide refers to homicides against legally married, separated, divorced, common-law, and dating partners (current and previous). A small number of dating partner victims under the age of 15 years have been excluded. Excludes homicides where the sex and/or age of victim was unknown and where the relationship between the victim and the accused was unknown.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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