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Chart 5.1
Spousal homicide rate generally declining between 1978 and 2007

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Spousal homicide rate generally declining between 1978 and 2007
Note(s):  Include legally married, common-law, separated, and divorced persons age 15 years or older. Excludes same-sex spouses due to the unavailability of Census data on same-sex couples.
Source(s):  Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.