Police-reported gender-related homicides of women and girls in Canada, 2011 to 2021
Description: Police-reported gender-related homicides of women and girls in Canada, 2011 to 2021
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, who inflicted sexual violence on the victim as part of the killing, or who killed a victim who was identified as a sex worker.
Since 2011, 77% of all solved homicides committed by a male accused and involving a female victim have been classified as gender-related
Of all gender-related homicides of a woman or girl…
- Two-thirds (66%) were perpetrated by an intimate partner, 28% by a family member, and the remaining 6% by a friend, acquaintance or stranger
- 1 in 5 (21%) involved an IndigenousNote 1 woman or girl
- 31% of victims were 29 years or younger
- 35% of victims were 30 to 49 years
- 34% of victims were 50 years or older
1,077 males were accused of perpetrating a gender-related homicide. Of these accused…
- 48% had a criminal history known to police
- 21% died by suicide following the homicide
The rate of gender-related homicide of women and girls in rural areas was more than twice the rate in urban areas (1.05 versus 0.47 per 100,000 population)
- In rural areas, shooting was the most common method used to cause death (33%)
- In urban areas, stabbing was the most common method (39%)
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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