Table 9
Homicide victims and accused persons, by sex, Canada, 2000 to 2010
| Year | Victims | Accused persons | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | TotalNote 1 | Males | Females | TotalNote 2 | |||||
| number | percent | number | percent | number | number | percent | number | percent | number | |
| 2000 | 397 | 72.7 | 149 | 27.3 | 546 | 424 | 88.1 | 57 | 11.9 | 483 |
| 2001 | 392 | 70.9 | 161 | 29.1 | 553 | 449 | 87.5 | 64 | 12.5 | 515 |
| 2002 | 376 | 64.6 | 206 | 35.4 | 582 | 484 | 89.1 | 59 | 10.9 | 544 |
| 2003 | 391 | 71.2 | 158 | 28.8 | 549 | 490 | 88.8 | 62 | 11.2 | 552 |
| 2004 | 425 | 68.1 | 199 | 31.9 | 624 | 534 | 89.6 | 62 | 10.4 | 596 |
| 2005 | 483 | 72.9 | 180 | 27.1 | 663 | 598 | 90.5 | 63 | 9.5 | 661 |
| 2006 | 444 | 73.3 | 162 | 26.7 | 606 | 497 | 87.0 | 74 | 13.0 | 571 |
| 2007 | 431 | 72.6 | 163 | 27.4 | 594 | 488 | 89.7 | 56 | 10.3 | 545 |
| 2008 | 465 | 76.1 | 146 | 23.9 | 611 | 454 | 89.9 | 51 | 10.1 | 505 |
| 2009 | 450 | 73.8 | 160 | 26.2 | 610 | 492 | 89.1 | 60 | 10.9 | 552 |
| 2010 | 400 | 72.5 | 152 | 27.5 | 554 | 475 | 88.5 | 62 | 11.5 | 537 |
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1. Totals include a small number of victims whose sex was reported by police as unknown. These unknowns were removed for the calculation of percentages. 2. Totals include a small number of accused persons whose sex was reported by police as unknown. These unknowns were removed for the calculation of percentages. Note: Estimates prior to 2010 may differ from previously published figures due to ongoing updates to the data files as new information becomes available. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey. |
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