Description for chart 1
Homicides and attempted murders, Canada, 1961 to 2012

The title of the graph is "Chart 1 Homicides and attempted murders, Canada, 1961 to 2012."
This is a line chart.
There are in total 52 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 4 with ticks every 0.5 points.
There are 2 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "rate per 100,000 population."
The units of the horizontal axis are years from 1961 to 2012.
The title of series 1 is " Homicide."
The minimum value is 1.25 occurring in 1966.
The maximum value is 3.03 occurring in 1975.
The title of series 2 is " Attempted murder."
The minimum value is 0.45 occurring in 1962.
The maximum value is 3.75 occurring in 1982.

Data table for chart 1
  Homicide Attempted murder
1961 1.28 ...
1962 1.43 0.45
1963 1.32 0.57
1964 1.31 0.63
1965 1.41 0.57
1966 1.25 0.65
1967 1.66 0.68
1968 1.81 0.87
1969 1.86 1.03
1970 2.19 1.22
1971 2.15 1.53
1972 2.34 1.85
1973 2.43 2.15
1974 2.63 2.28
1975 3.03 2.77
1976 2.85 2.95
1977 3.00 2.88
1978 2.76 3.10
1979 2.61 3.12
1980 2.41 3.23
1981 2.61 3.63
1982 2.66 3.75
1983 2.69 3.47
1984 2.60 3.60
19851 2.72 3.34
1986 2.18 3.37
1987 2.43 3.46
1988 2.15 3.12
1989 2.41 3.04
1990 2.38 3.27
1991 2.69 3.72
1992 2.58 3.72
1993 2.19 3.43
1994 2.06 3.18
1995 2.01 3.20
1996 2.14 2.97
1997 1.96 2.89
1998 1.85 2.47
1999 1.77 2.26
2000 1.78 2.50
2001 1.78 2.34
2002 1.86 2.16
2003 1.74 2.23
2004 1.95 2.10
2005 2.06 2.55
2006 1.86 2.57
2007 1.80 2.41
2008 1.83 2.16
2009 1.81 2.37
2010 1.62 1.96
2011 1.73 1.93
2012 1.56 1.94
... not applicable (1961, attempted murder)
Excludes 329 victims killed in the Air India incident in 1985.
Source:
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey and Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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