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Table 10
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal victims of homicide in Canada, by sex and accused-victim relationship, 1997 to 2004

Table 10a
Aboriginal victims1 of homicide in Canada, by sex and accused-victim relationship, 1997 to 2004
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.

 

Table 10b
Non-Aboriginal victims1 of homicide in Canada, by sex and accused-victim relationship, 1997 to 2004
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.