Table 9
Females and males accused of homicide, by relationship of the accused to the victim, 1997 to 2009

Table 9
Females and males accused of homicide, by relationship of the accused to the victim, 1997 to 2009
 Table summary
 This table displays the results of Females and males accused of homicide. The information is grouped by Relationship of accused to victim accused was: appearing as row headers and is grouped by Female accused, Male accused appearing as column headers, calculated using number and percentage as a unit of measure.
Relationship of accused to victim
accused was:		 Female accused Male accused
number percentage number percentage
Total solved homicides 677 100.0 5,195 100.0
Intimate relationship 226 33.4 973 18.7
Spouse1 172 25.4 553 10.6
(ex) Spouse1 21 3.1 211 4.1
Other intimate relationship2 33 4.9 209 4.0
Family (non-spousal) 236 34.9 880 16.9
Parent 159 23.5 297 5.7
Child 32 4.7 230 4.4
Other family 45 6.6 353 6.8
Acquaintances 178 26.3 2,411 46.4
Criminal relationship 21 3.1 563 10.8
Casual acquaintance 102 15.1 1,177 22.7
Other acquaintance 55 8.1 671 12.9
Other 37 5.5 931 17.9
Stranger 36 5.3 886 17.1
Unknown 1 0.1 45 0.9
1. Includes common-law relationships.
2. Includes current and former dating relationships as well as "other intimate relationships" such as extra-marital lovers.
Source: Statistics Canada, Homicide Survey, 1997 to 2009.
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