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| Total number of victims | Average number of victims per year (1975 to 2004) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | Female | Male | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 15 |
7 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
| Prince Edward Island | 6 |
1 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
| Nova Scotia | 62 |
24 |
2.1 |
0.8 |
| New Brunswick | 52 |
7 |
1.7 |
0.2 |
| Quebec | 497 |
87 |
16.6 |
2.9 |
| Ontario | 753 |
186 |
25.1 |
6.2 |
| Manitoba | 123 |
48 |
4.1 |
1.6 |
| Saskatchewan | 98 |
59 |
3.3 |
2.0 |
| Alberta | 244 |
97 |
8.1 |
3.2 |
| British Columbia | 293 |
104 |
9.7 |
3.5 |
| Yukon | 9 |
5 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
| Northwest Territories2 | 22 |
11 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
| Nunavut3 | 4 |
2 |
. |
. |
| Canada | 2,178 |
638 |
72.6 |
21.3 |
| 1. Includes married, common-law, separated, divorced and (ex) same-sex spouses. | ||||
| 2. Data prior to 1999 include the territory now known as Nunavut. | ||||
| 3. Reflects the number of spousal victims reported by police since 1999. | ||||
| 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. | ||||