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Relationship of accused to victim |
Female | Male | Total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
number |
percent |
number |
percent |
number |
percent |
|
Spouse2 | 38 |
27 |
33 |
10 |
71 |
15 |
Parent3 | 12 |
9 |
14 |
4 |
26 |
6 |
Other family4 | 12 |
9 |
61 |
19 |
73 |
16 |
Other intimate relationship5 | 15 |
11 |
4 |
1 |
19 |
4 |
Acquaintance6 | 49 |
35 |
174 |
53 |
223 |
47 |
Stranger | 15 |
11 |
43 |
13 |
58 |
12 |
Total | 141 |
100 |
329 |
100 |
470 |
100 |
1. Includes North American Indian, Métis or Inuit/Eskimo. | ||||||
2. Includes married, common-law, separated, divorced and (ex) same-sex spouses. | ||||||
3. Includes biological or legally adoptive parents, step-parents, and foster parents. | ||||||
4. Includes children, siblings and all other family members related through blood, marriage, adoption or foster care. | ||||||
5. Includes current or former boyfriends/girlfriends and extra-marital lovers. | ||||||
6. Includes friends, neighbours, business relationships, casual acquaintances, etc. | ||||||
Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. 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. Between 1997 and 2004, Aboriginal origin was reported by police for 69% of victims (Aboriginal status was not collected or was unknown for 1,425 of the total 4,534 victims). For data prior to 1997, it is not possible to separate "non-Aboriginal" status from "not collected". | ||||||
Data source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey. | ||||||
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2006, Measuring Violence Against Women: Statistical Trends, catalogue number 85-570-XWE2006001. |
Relationship of accused to victim |
Female | Male | Total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
number |
percent |
number |
percent |
number |
percent |
|
Spouse2 | 324 |
43 |
50 |
4 |
374 |
19 |
Parent3 | 98 |
13 |
109 |
9 |
207 |
10 |
Other family4 | 88 |
12 |
91 |
7 |
179 |
9 |
Other intimate relationship5 | 61 |
8 |
20 |
2 |
81 |
4 |
Acquaintance6 | 135 |
18 |
690 |
55 |
825 |
41 |
Stranger | 48 |
6 |
284 |
23 |
332 |
17 |
Total | 754 |
100 |
1,244 |
100 |
1,998 |
100 |
1. Excludes 9 solved homicides where the relationship between the accused and victim was unknown. | ||||||
2. Includes married, common-law, separated, divorced and (ex) same-sex spouses. | ||||||
3. Includes biological or legally adoptive parents, step-parents, and foster parents. | ||||||
4. Includes children, siblings and all other family members related through blood, marriage, adoption or foster care. | ||||||
5. Includes current or former boyfriends/girlfriends and extra-marital lovers. | ||||||
6. Includes friends, neighbours, business relationships, casual acquaintances, etc. | ||||||
Notes: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. | ||||||
Data source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey. | ||||||
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2006, Measuring Violence Against Women: Statistical Trends, catalogue number 85-570-XWE2006001. |