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Table 3.10
Victims of intimate partner homicide, by type of intimate partner relationship, Canada, 2006 to 2016

Table 3.10
Victims of intimate partner homicide, by type of intimate partner relationship, Canada, 2006 to 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of intimate partner homicide. The information is grouped by Year (appearing as row headers), Spousal homicide victims, Dating homicide victims, Same-sex intimate partner homicide victims, Total victims of intimate partner homicides, Victims of a married spouse, Victims of a common-law partner, Total—spousal homicide victims, Females, Males and Total, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year	Spousal homicide victims						Dating homicide victims^{Table 3.10 Note 4}		Same-sex intimate partner homicide victims^{Table 3.10 Note 5}		Total victims of intimate partner homicides^{Table 3.10 Note 6}
	Victims of a married spouse^{Table 3.10 Note 1}		Victims of a common-law partner^{Table 3.10 Note 2}		Total—spousal homicide victims^{Table 3.10 Note 3}		Dating homicide victims^{Table 3.10 Note 4}
	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Total
	number
2006	36	4	22	17	58	21	12	2	0	3	70	26	96
2007	24	4	27	8	51	12	9	7	0	4	60	23	83
2008	31	6	15	11	46	17	19	5	0	3	65	25	90
2009	29	5	21	11	50	16	19	4	0	2	69	22	91
2010	21	3	27	13	48	16	15	8	0	3	63	27	90
2011	32	1	28	5	60	6	19	3	1	5	80	14	94
2012	34	5	20	5	54	10	16	3	1	3	71	16	87
2013	20	2	20	4	40	6	18	7	1	1	59	14	73
2014	33	0	26	7	59	7	13	6	0	3	72	16	88
2015	19	1	34	9	53	10	18	2	0	1	71	13	84
2016	22	1	18	9	40	10	15	4	2	1	57	15	72
2006 to 2016	301	32	258	99	559	131	173	51	5	29	737	211	948
	percent
2016	39	7	32	60	70	67	26	27	4	7	100	100	100
2006 to 2016	41	15	35	47	76	62	23	24	1	14	100	100	100
Note 1 Includes victims of married, separated or divorced opposite sex spouses. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Includes victims of opposite sex common-law partners (current or former). Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes victims of married, separated or divorced opposite sex spouses or opposite sex common-law partners. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Includes victims of opposite sex boyfriends and girlfriends (current or former) and other opposite sex intimate partners. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Includes victims of married, separated or divorced same-sex spouses and same-sex common-law partners (current or former) as well as a same-sex boyfriends and girlfriends (current or former) and other same-sex intimate partners. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 Includes victims of married, separated or divorced spouses, common-law partners (current or former), dating partners (current and former) and other intimate partners. Return to note 6 referrer Note: Intimate partner homicide refers to homicides committed by legally married, separated and divorced spouses, common-law partners (current and former), dating partners (current and former), and other intimate partners. Excludes victims under the age of 15 years. Excludes victims of unsolved homicides, and victims where the sex or the age was unknown or where the accused-victim relationship was unknown. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. Data on homicides between dating partners are not available prior to 1991. The Homicide Survey was revised and expanded in 1991 to better meet changing information needs. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.

Date modified:: 2018-01-17