Table 2.3
Victims of spousal murder-suicide, by cause of death and victim-accused relationship, Canada, 2001 to 2011
Relationship of accused to victim | Cause of death | |||||||||||||
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Shooting | Stabbing | Strangulation, suffocation or drowning | Beating | OtherNote 1 | Unknown | Total | ||||||||
number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
Legally married spouse | 44 | 47 | 25 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | Note ...: not applicable | 95 | 100 |
Common-law spouseNote 2 | 25 | 57 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Note ...: not applicable | 45 | 100 |
Separated spouseNote 3 | 30 | 61 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Note ...: not applicable | 50 | 100 |
Divorced spouse | 2 | 40 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | Note ...: not applicable | 5 | 100 |
Total | 101 | 53 | 43 | 22 | 26 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | Note ...: not applicable | 195 | 100 |
... not applicable
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey. |
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