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Table 10
Homicides by closest accused–victim relationship and sex of closest accused, 2001 to 2015, Canada Table 10
Homicides by closest accused–victim relationship and sex of closest accused, 2001 to 2015, Canada

Table 10
Homicides by closest accused–victim relationship and sex of closest accused, 2001 to 2015, Canada
Table summary
This table displays the results of Homicides by closest accused–victim relationship and sex of closest accused. The information is grouped by Closest accused–victim relationship (appearing as row headers), Male accused and Female accused, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Closest accused–victim relationship^{Table 10 Note 1}	Male accused		Female accused
Closest accused–victim relationship^{Table 10 Note 1}	number	percent	number	percent
Intimate relationship	1,121	18.2	244	32.3
Spouse^{Table 10 Note 1}	634	10.3	176	23.3
Ex-spouse^{Table 10 Note 1}	226	3.7	20	2.6
Other intimate relationship^{Table 10 Note 2}	261	4.2	48	6.3
Family (non-spousal)	1,037	16.8	244	32.3
Parent^{Table 10 Note 3}	278	4.5	151	20.0
Child^{Table 10 Note 3}	319	5.2	37	4.9
Other family	440	7.1	56	7.4
Acquaintances	2,889	46.8	218	28.8
Criminal relationship^{Table 10 Note 4}	691	11.2	25	3.3
Casual acquaintance	1,417	23.0	126	16.7
Other acquaintance^{Table 10 Note 5}	781	12.7	67	8.9
Other	1,121	18.2	50	6.6
Stranger	1,065	17.3	45	6.0
Unknown	56	0.9	5	0.7
Total solved homicides	6,168	100.0	756	100.0
Note 1. Includes common-law relationships. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2. Includes dating relationships (current and former) as well as other intimate relationships, such as extra-marital lovers. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3. Includes biological and step relationships. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4. Includes, for example, sex workers, drug dealers and their clients, loan sharks, and gang members. Although prostitution is not illegal in Canada, certain acts related to sex work are prohibited, such as purchasing sexual services and communicating for the purpose of purchasing sexual services. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5. Includes close friends, neighbours, business relationships (legal), and authority figures. Return to note 5 referrer Note: Collection of data on accused–victim relationships began in 1961. Modifications made to relationship cateogries in 1991, 1997 and 2005. Analysis of accused–victim relationships is based on solved homicides (i.e., homicides for which police have identified an accused person). Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.

Date modified:: 2017-06-06