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1. These data exclude those victims where police-reported Aboriginal status was unknown or not collected. In accordance with internal guidelines, some police
services (e.g. RCMP and Toronto Police Service) do not report the Aboriginal status of victims and accused persons to the Homicide Survey. This analysis excludes
32 victims whose Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal status was unknown, undisclosed or not collected between 1997 and 2000. For data prior to 1997, it is not possible to
separate ‘non-Aboriginal’ status from ‘not collected’.
2. Rates are calculated per 100,000 spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law men and women 15 years of age and over) of self-identified
Aboriginal origin (North American Indian, Métis or Inuit). Population estimates were derived from 2001 post-censal estimates and 1996 Census counts, provided at
July 1st by Statistics Canada, Census and Demographic Statistics, Demography Division.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey; 1996 and 2001 Census.