Chart 1
Number of police contacts among persons accused of homicide, by gender-related status, Canada, 2009 to 2022
Note(s):
Based on unique individuals accused of a gender-related or non-gender-related homicide who were successfully linked to accused record data in the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. Gender-related homicides of women and girls are solved homicides committed by a man or boy 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 but have a known accused. If one accused was involved in multiple homicides during the reference period, the gender-related homicide is counted. 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. Excludes victims and accused where gender was coded as unknown.
Source(s):
Gender-related homicide record linkage file (3315).
Chart description
This is a bar clustered chart.
| Gender-related homicides of women and girls | Non-gender-related homicides | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five or more other contacts | 27 | 55 | 48 |
| Two to four other contacts | 17 | 18 | 17 |
| One other contact | 18 | 11 | 12 |
| None, homicide only contact | 39 | 17 | 22 |
Note(s):
Based on unique individuals accused of a gender-related or non-gender-related homicide who were successfully linked to accused record data in the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. Gender-related homicides of women and girls are solved homicides committed by a man or boy 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 but have a known accused. If one accused was involved in multiple homicides during the reference period, the gender-related homicide is counted. 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. Excludes victims and accused where gender was coded as unknown.
Source(s):
Gender-related homicide record linkage file (3315).
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