Table 7
Homicide victims and accused persons, by sex, Canada, 2001 to 2011

Table 7
Homicide victims and accused persons, by sex, Canada, 2001 to 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of homicide victims and accused persons. The information is grouped by year (appearing as row headers), victims, accused persons, males, females and total, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year Victims Accused persons
Males Females TotalNote 1 Males Females TotalNote 2
number percentNote 3 number percentNote 3 number number percentNote 3 number percentNote 3 number
2001 392 70.9 161 29.1 553 449 87.5 64 12.5 515
2002 376 64.6 206 35.4 582 484 89.1 59 10.9 544
2003 391 71.2 158 28.8 549 490 88.8 62 11.2 552
2004Note r: revised 425 68.1 199 31.9 624 535 89.6 62 10.4 597
2005Note r: revised 483 72.9 180 27.1 663 599 90.5 63 9.5 662
2006Note r: revised 444 73.3 162 26.7 606 504 87.2 74 12.8 578
2007Note r: revised 431 72.6 163 27.4 594 492 89.8 56 10.2 549
2008Note r: revised 465 76.1 146 23.9 611 469 90.2 51 9.8 520
2009Note r: revised 450 73.8 160 26.2 610 497 89.2 60 10.8 557
2010Note r: revised 400 72.5 152 27.5 554 482 88.6 62 11.4 544
2011 422 70.6 176 29.4 598 494 89.8 56 10.2 551
r revised
1. Totals include a small number of victims whose sex was reported by police as unknown.
2. Totals include a small number of accused persons whose sex was reported by police as unknown.
3. Homicides where the sex was unknown were excluded from the calculation of percentages.
Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. Estimates prior to 2011 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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