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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