Table 3.8
Victims of dating homicide, by sex, Canada, 1991 to 2011

Table 3.8 Victims of dating homicide, by sex, Canada, 1991 to 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of table 3.8 victims of dating homicide. The information is grouped by year (appearing as row headers), female victims, male victims and total dating homicide victims, calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year Female victims Male victims Total dating homicide victims
number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1
1991 32 7.3 4 1.0 36 4.3
1992 28 6.3 8 2.0 36 4.2
1993 20 4.4 10 2.4 30 3.5
1994 13 2.8 7 1.7 20 2.3
1995 14 3.0 11 2.6 25 2.8
1996 19 3.9 10 2.3 29 3.2
1997 16 3.3 4 0.9 20 2.1
1998 10 2.0 1 0.2 11 1.2
1999 17 3.4 3 0.7 20 2.1
2000 21 4.1 3 0.6 24 2.5
2001 7 1.3 6 1.3 13 1.3
2002 10 1.9 7 1.4 17 1.7
2003 8 1.5 3 0.6 11 1.1
2004 13 2.3 9 1.7 22 2.1
2005 14 2.5 3 0.6 17 1.6
2006 11 1.9 4 0.7 15 1.3
2007 9 1.5 10 1.8 19 1.7
2008 18 3.0 8 1.4 26 2.2
2009 18 3.0 5 0.9 23 2.0
2010 15 2.4 9 1.6 24 2.0
2011 17 2.7 6 1.0 23 1.9
Percent change between 1991 and 2011 Note ...: not applicable -62.6 Note ...: not applicable 3.0 Note ...: not applicable -55.6
Percent change between 2001 and 2011 Note ...: not applicable 103.3 Note ...: not applicable -18.0 Note ...: not applicable 46.7
... not applicable
Note 1.

Rates are calculated on the basis of 1,000,000 unmarried population (single, divorced, widowed). For this table, the separated population has been excluded from the unmarried population. This is because prior to 2007, the separated population was combined with the legally married population. As a result, the population used for the calculation of dating homicide rates differs from the population used to calculate 2010 rates of dating violence. Populations based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division.

Note: Dating partner homicides refers to homicides committed by boyfriends/girlfriends (current and previous), and other intimate partners. Includes victims aged 15 years and older. Data on homicides between dating partners are not available prior to 1991. The Homicide Survey was revised and expanded in 1991 in an effort to respond to changing information needs. Excludes homicides where the sex and/or age of the victim was unknown.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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