Description for chart 7
Homicides, by accused-victim relationship, Canada, 1981 to 2011

The title of the graph is "Chart 7 Homicides, by accused-victim relationship, Canada, 1981 to 2011."
This is a line chart.
There are in total 31 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 1.4 with ticks every 0.2 points.
There are 3 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "rate per 100,000 population."
The units of the horizontal axis are years from 1981 to 2011.
The title of series 1 is " Friends, acquaintance, dating relationshipsNote 1."
The minimum value is 0.474 occurring in 2007.
The maximum value is 1.198 occurring in 1982.
The title of series 2 is " FamilyNote 2."
The minimum value is 0.41 occurring in 2010.
The maximum value is 0.886 occurring in 1985.
The title of series 3 is " Strangers."
The minimum value is 0.196 occurring in 2003.
The maximum value is 0.423 occurring in 1981.

Chart 7
Homicides, by accused-victim relationship, Canada, 1981 to 2011
Table summary
 This table displays the results of homicides. The information is grouped by year (appearing as row headers), friends, acquaintance, dating relationships, family and strangers, calculated using rate per 100,000 population units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year Friends, acquaintance, dating relationshipsNote 1 FamilyNote 2 Strangers
rate per 100,000 population
1981 1.048 0.790 0.423
1982 1.198 0.832 0.255
1983 1.179 0.875 0.280
1984 1.019 0.785 0.371
1985 1.049 0.886 0.387
1986 0.808 0.732 0.364
1987 0.945 0.824 0.318
1988 0.911 0.649 0.321
1989 0.997 0.740 0.312
1990 0.917 0.693 0.318
1991 1.031 0.721 0.300
1992 0.987 0.702 0.324
1993 0.791 0.572 0.275
1994 0.617 0.659 0.245
1995 0.659 0.611 0.259
1996 0.736 0.635 0.243
1997 0.609 0.632 0.217
1998 0.580 0.577 0.222
1999 0.572 0.477 0.217
2000 0.600 0.433 0.235
2001 0.542 0.603 0.200
2002 0.478 0.590 0.230
2003 0.547 0.449 0.196
2004 0.617 0.510 0.232
2005 0.549 0.506 0.273
2006 0.494 0.513 0.233
2007 0.474 0.413 0.216
2008 0.534 0.426 0.213
2009 0.531 0.454 0.246
2010 0.489 0.410 0.214
2011 0.618 0.420 0.197
1. Includes boyfriend/girlfriend and other non-spousal intimate relationships, close friends, neighbours, authority figures, business relationships (legal) and casual acquaintances.
2. Includes current and former spouses (legal, common-law, same-sex), parents and children (including biological, adopted, step and foster relationships), siblings and other extended family.
Note: Changes to the relationship categories were made in 1991 in order to include criminal relationship. This chart excludes homicides where the relation was 'criminal relationship'. Therefore, data prior to 1991 are not directly comparable to those after 1991.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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