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Rate of homicide, by presence of gender-related criterion and year, Canada, 2001 to 2021

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rate per 100,000 population 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 Gender-related homicides of women and girlsGender-related homicides of women and girls Non-gender-related homicidesNon-gender-related homicides Homicide of all women and girlsHomicide of all women and girls Homicide of all men and boysHomicide of all men and boys
Note(s):
Gender-related homicides of women and girls are solved homicides committed by a male accused who was an intimate partner or family member of the victim, inflicted sexual violence on the victim as part of the killing, or killed a victim who was identified as a sex worker. Non-gender-related homicides are all those that do not contain the above qualifiers. There may be a small number of homicides included in a given year's total that occurred in previous years. Homicides are counted according to the year in which they are reported to Statistics Canada. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations are based on July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography. Excludes victims and accused where gender was coded as unknown.
Source(s):
Homicide Survey (3315).

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Rate of homicide, by presence of gender-related criterion and year, Canada, 2001 to 2021, rate per 100,000 population
  Gender-related homicides of women and girls Non-gender-related homicides Homicide of all women and girls Homicide of all men and boys
2001 0.72 1.42 1.03 2.54
2002 0.93 1.39 1.31 2.41
2003 0.68 1.40 0.98 2.51
2004 0.77 1.57 1.24 2.69
2005 0.74 1.69 1.11 3.03
2006 0.67 1.53 0.99 2.76
2007 0.61 1.51 1.00 2.64
2008 0.56 1.56 0.88 2.83
2009 0.61 1.51 0.96 2.69
2010 0.58 1.34 0.90 2.39
2011 0.69 1.42 1.04 2.52
2012 0.55 1.30 0.90 2.28
2013 0.58 1.16 0.85 2.06
2014 0.58 1.19 0.86 2.11
2015 0.66 1.38 0.99 2.44
2016 0.51 1.45 0.85 2.57
2017 0.59 1.52 0.94 2.71
2018 0.53 1.52 0.90 2.68
2019 0.47 1.55 0.81 2.77
2020 0.48 1.74 0.93 3.04
2021 0.54 1.77 1.02 3.07
Note(s):
Gender-related homicides of women and girls are solved homicides committed by a male accused who was an intimate partner or family member of the victim, inflicted sexual violence on the victim as part of the killing, or killed a victim who was identified as a sex worker. Non-gender-related homicides are all those that do not contain the above qualifiers. There may be a small number of homicides included in a given year's total that occurred in previous years. Homicides are counted according to the year in which they are reported to Statistics Canada. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations are based on July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography. Excludes victims and accused where gender was coded as unknown.
Source(s):
Homicide Survey (3315).
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