Table 2.2
Persons accused of spousal murder-suicide, by history of family violence and accused-victim relationship, Canada 2001 to 2011

Table 2.2 Persons accused of spousal murder-suicide, by history of family violence and accused-victim relationship, Canada 2001 to 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of table 2.2 persons accused of spousal murder-suicide. The information is grouped by relationship of accused to victim (appearing as row headers), history of family violence, yes, no, unknown and total, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Relationship of accused to victim	History of family violence
	Yes		No		Unknown		Total
	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent
Legally married spouse	22	26	62	74	11	Note ...: not applicable	95	100
Common-law spouse^Note 1	17	46	20	54	8	Note ...: not applicable	45	100
Separated spouse^Note 2	25	56	20	44	5	Note ...: not applicable	50	100
Divorced spouse	2	50	2	50	1	Note ...: not applicable	5	100
Total	66	39	104	61	25	Note ...: not applicable	195	100
... not applicable Note 1. Includes same-sex spouses who are either legally married or living common-law. Note 2. Includes those separated from a legal or common-law relationship. Note: Excludes incidents where the sex and/or age of victim was unknown. Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding. Percentages exclude incidents where history of family violence was unknown. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.

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