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Table 2
Number of spousal homicides1 in Canada, the provinces and territories by sex of victim, 1975 to 2004
  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.