Table 8
Victims of homicide and accused persons, by sex, Canada, 1997 to 2007

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Year Victims Accused
Males Females Total Males Females Total
number percent number percent number number percent number percent number
1. Total of accused excludes one person whose gender was reported by police as unknown.
2. Total of accused excludes two persons whose gender was reported by police as unknown.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
19971 381 65.0 205 35.0 586 445 85.7 74 14.3 519
1998r 381 68.3 177 31.7 558 475 88.0 65 12.0 540
1999r 365 67.8 173 32.2 538 446 90.3 48 9.7 494
20002 397 72.7 149 27.3 546 423 88.1 57 11.9 480
20012 392 70.9 161 29.1 553 449 87.5 64 12.5 513
20021, r 376 64.6 206 35.4 582 484 89.1 59 10.9 543
2003 391 71.2 158 28.8 549 488 88.7 62 11.3 550
2004r 425 68.1 199 31.9 624 533 89.6 62 10.4 595
2005r 483 72.9 180 27.1 663 583 90.2 63 9.8 646
2006r 444 73.3 162 26.7 606 484 86.9 73 13.1 557
20071 432 72.7 162 27.3 594 474 89.9 53 10.1 527
Average 1997 to 2006 404 69.5 177 30.5 581 481 88.5 63 11.5 544