Table 3
Homicides, by type of method, Canada, 2003 to 2013
Year | Stabbing | Shooting | Beating | Strangulation or suffocation | Vehicle | Fire (smoke inhalation, burns) | ||||||
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number of victims | percentNote 1 | number of victims | percentNote 1 | number of victims | percentNote 1 | number of victims | percentNote 1 | number of victims | percentNote 1 | number of victims | percentNote 1 | |
2003 | 142 | 26.9 | 161 | 30.6 | 121 | 23.0 | 65 | 12.3 | 6 | 1.1 | 12 | 2.3 |
2004 | 205 | 33.6 | 173 | 28.3 | 137 | 22.4 | 63 | 10.3 | 6 | 1.0 | 13 | 2.1 |
2005 | 198 | 30.6 | 223 | 34.4 | 144 | 22.2 | 47 | 7.3 | 4 | 0.6 | 10 | 1.5 |
2006 | 210 | 35.4 | 190 | 32.0 | 119 | 20.1 | 48 | 8.1 | 9 | 1.5 | 12 | 2.0 |
2007 | 190 | 33.3 | 188 | 32.9 | 118 | 20.7 | 52 | 9.1 | 16 | 2.8 | 4 | 0.7 |
2008 | 201 | 33.7 | 201 | 33.7 | 123 | 20.6 | 45 | 7.5 | 9 | 1.5 | 7 | 1.2 |
2009 | 210 | 35.2 | 182 | 30.5 | 118 | 19.8 | 46 | 7.7 | 13 | 2.2 | 12 | 2.0 |
2010 | 165 | 30.8 | 171 | 31.9 | 116 | 21.6 | 42 | 7.8 | 17 | 3.2 | 11 | 2.1 |
2011 | 205 | 35.5 | 158 | 27.3 | 125 | 21.6 | 40 | 6.9 | 15 | 2.6 | 21 | 3.6 |
2012 | 164 | 31.2 | 172 | 32.7 | 112 | 21.3 | 42 | 8.0 | 7 | 1.3 | 17 | 3.2 |
2013 | 195 | 39.8 | 131 | 26.7 | 102 | 20.8 | 41 | 8.4 | 9 | 1.8 | 5 | 1.0 |
Year | Poisoning | Shaken Baby SyndromeNote 2 | OtherNote 3 | Unknown | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
number of victims | percentNote 1 | number of victims | percentNote 1 | number of victims | percentNote 1 | number of victims | percentNote 1 | number of victims | percentNote 1 | |
2003 | 6 | 1.1 | 8 | 1.5 | 6 | 1.1 | 22 | Note ...: not applicable | 549 | 100 |
2004 | 8 | 1.3 | 5 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.2 | 13 | Note ...: not applicable | 624 | 100 |
2005 | 7 | 1.1 | 12 | 1.9 | 3 | 0.5 | 15 | Note ...: not applicable | 663 | 100 |
2006 | 1 | 0.2 | 3 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.2 | 13 | Note ...: not applicable | 606 | 100 |
2007 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.2 | 23 | Note ...: not applicable | 594 | 100 |
2008 | 5 | 0.8 | 3 | 0.5 | 3 | 0.5 | 14 | Note ...: not applicable | 611 | 100 |
2009 | 9 | 1.5 | 4 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.3 | 14 | Note ...: not applicable | 610 | 100 |
2010 | 4 | 0.7 | 4 | 0.7 | 6 | 1.1 | 18 | Note ...: not applicable | 554 | 100 |
2011 | 3 | 0.5 | 4 | 0.7 | 7 | 1.2 | 20 | Note ...: not applicable | 598 | 100 |
2012 | 6 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1.1 | 17 | Note ...: not applicable | 543 | 100 |
2013 | 4 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0.6 | 15 | Note ...: not applicable | 505 | 100 |
... not applicable
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey. |
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