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1. Rates are calculated per 100,000 spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law men and women 15 years of age and over). Population estimates
provided at July 1st by Statistics Canada, Census and Demographic Statistics, Demography Division. Demographic and homicide statistics for Nunavut specifically
are only available from 1999 on. Since this analysis looks at trends over a 30-year period, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories have been aggregated.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.