Table 2.1
Incidents of murder-suicide, by sex of accused and victim-accused relationship, Canada, 2001 to 2011
Victim(s) in the incident was/were the: | Male accused | Female accused | Total accused | |||
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number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
Family-related murder-suicides | ||||||
SpouseNote 1 of accused | 159 | 46 | 3 | 0.9 | 162 | 47 |
SpouseNote 1 and child/childrenNote 2 of accused | 22 | 6 | 2 | 0.6 | 24 | 7 |
SpouseNote 1 and other family member(s) of accused | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
SpouseNote 1 and other unrelatedNote 3 victim of accused | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Child/childrenNote 2 of accused | 30 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 40 | 12 |
Parent(s) of accused | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0.3 | 19 | 6 |
OtherNote 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
Total family related-murder suicides | 248 | 72 | 16 | 5 | 264 | 77 |
Non family-related victims | ||||||
Dating/intimate partner of accusedNote 5 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 0.3 | 33 | 10 |
Acquaintance of accusedNote 6 | 40 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 12 |
Stranger to accused | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
Total non-family related | 78 | 23 | 1 | 0.3 | 79 | 23 |
Unknown relationship | 1 | Note ...: not applicable | 0 | Note ...: not applicable | 1 | Note ...: not applicable |
Total - all murder-suicides | 327 | 95 | 17 | 5 | 344 | 100 |
... not applicable
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey. |
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