Description: Indigenous victims of homicide in Canada, 2022
In 2022, of the 849 police-reported homicide victims for whom information on Indigenous or non-Indigenous identity was available,Note 1225 (27%) were identified as Indigenous.Note 2
Table 1
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 1. The information is grouped by Indigenous group (appearing as row headers), Number (appearing as column headers).
Indigenous group
Number
First Nations people
156
Métis
6
Inuit
9
Indigenous, group unknown
54
Homicide rate, Indigenous and non-Indigenous victims, 2022
Table 2
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 2. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Rate per 100,000 Indigenous population and Rate per 100,000 non-Indigenous population (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory
Rate per 100,000 Indigenous population
Rate per 100,000 non-Indigenous population
Canada
10.98
1.69
Newfoundland and Labrador
0
0.63
Prince Edward Island
0
0
Nova Scotia
0
1.87
New Brunswick
8.28
1.55
Quebec
4.15
1.11
Ontario
6.85
1.67
Manitoba
22.91
2.27
Saskatchewan
22.64
2.23
Alberta
12.66
1.82
British Columbia
8.23
2.5
Yukon
10.38
2.93
Northwest Territories
8.83
4.36
Nunavut
2.88
0
In 2022…
Most Indigenous homicide victims were First Nations peopleNote 3
Table 3
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 3. The information is grouped by Indigenous identity (appearing as row headers), Number of women and girls and Number of men and boys (appearing as column headers).
Indigenous identity
Number of women and girls
Number of men and boys
First Nations people
39
114
Métis or Inuit
4
11
Indigenous, group unknown
10
44
Non-Indigenous
144
475
In homicides involving an Indigenous victim, death was most often caused by stabbing or shootingNote 4
Table 4
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 4. The information is grouped by Method (appearing as row headers), Number of victims (appearing as column headers).
7% of Indigenous homicide victims and 4% of non-Indigenous homicide victims were considered to be missing persons at the time of their death.
Women and girls represented two-thirds of the Indigenous homicide victims considered to be a missing person.Note 6
Missing person at the time of their death
Table 5
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 5. The information is grouped by Indigenous identity (appearing as row headers), Proportion of women and girls and Proportion of men and boys (appearing as column headers).
Indigenous identity
Proportion of women and girls
Proportion of men and boys
Indigenous victims
67%
33%
Non-Indigenous victims
23%
77%
For Indigenous homicide victims who were women and girls, the accused was most often a spouse or intimate partner, while for men and boys, the accused was most often an acquaintance.
Table 6
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 6. The information is grouped by Relationship type (appearing as row headers), Number of women and girls and Number of men and boys (appearing as column headers).
Relationship type
Number of women and girls
Number of men and boys
Spouse or intimate partner
20
10
Other family relationships
6
18
Acquaintance
15
68
Stranger
3
18
Relationship unknown
0
8
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Homicide Survey, 2022.
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