Table 2.2
Victims of homicide, by sex of the victim, accused relationship to victim, and Aboriginal identity, Canada, 2001 to 2011

Table 2.2 Victims of homicide, by sex of the victim, accused relationship to victim, and Aboriginal identity, Canada, 2001 to 2011
Table summary
 This table displays the results of table 2.2 victims of homicide. The information is grouped by aboriginal identity (appearing as row headers), sex of victim, total, female and male, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Aboriginal identity Sex of victim Total
Female Male
number percent number percent number percent
Spousal homicide  
Non-Aboriginal person 330 52 49 30 379 47
Aboriginal person 23 4 34 21 57 7
UnknownNote 1 284 45 81 49 365 46
Dating homicide  
Non-Aboriginal person 61 42 32 46 93 43
Aboriginal person 16 11 6 9 22 10
UnknownNote 1 67 47 32 46 99 46
Non-intimate partner homicide  
Non-Aboriginal person 365 45 1,271 41 1,636 41
Aboriginal person 79 10 338 11 417 11
UnknownNote 1 376 46 1,521 49 1,867 48
1. Since it may be more likely that unknown cases of Aboriginal identity may be biased, these are included in the total calculated for percentages. Many police services, including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Toronto Police Service, do not collect information on Aboriginal identity of homicide victims.
Note: Includes only those aged 15 years and older. Excludes incidents where the age and/or sex of the victim was unknown.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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