Table 4
Homicides, by type of method, Canada, 2002 to 2012

Table 4
Homicides, by type of method, Canada, 2002 to 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of homicides. The information is grouped by year (appearing as row headers), shooting, stabbing, beating, strangulation or
suffocation, fire (smoke inhalation, burns) and vehicle, calculated using number of victims and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year Shooting Stabbing Beating Strangulation or
suffocation		 Fire (smoke inhalation, burns) Vehicle
number of victims percentNote 1 number of victims percentNote 1 number of victims percentNote 1 number of victims percentNote 1 number of victims percentNote 1 number of victims percentNote 1
2002 152 27.1 182 32.5 126 22.5 67 12.0 9 1.6 7 1.3
2003 161 30.6 142 26.9 121 23.0 65 12.3 12 2.3 6 1.1
2004 173 28.3 205 33.6 137 22.4 63 10.3 13 2.1 6 1.0
2005 223 34.4 198 30.6 144 22.2 47 7.3 10 1.5 4 0.6
2006 190 32.0 210 35.4 119 20.1 48 8.1 12 2.0 9 1.5
2007 188 32.9 190 33.3 118 20.7 52 9.1 4 0.7 16 2.8
2008 201 33.7 201 33.7 123 20.6 45 7.5 7 1.2 9 1.5
2009 182 30.5 210 35.2 118 19.8 46 7.7 12 2.0 13 2.2
2010 171 32.0 165 30.8 116 21.7 41 7.7 11 2.1 17 3.2
2011 158 27.4 204 35.4 125 21.7 40 6.9 21 3.6 15 2.6
2012 172 32.9 164 31.4 112 21.4 40 7.6 17 3.3 7 1.3
Table 4 (continued)
Table summary
This table displays the results of table 5 (continued). The information is grouped by year (appearing as row headers), poisoning, shaken baby syndrome, other, unknown and total, calculated using number of victims and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year Poisoning Shaken Baby SyndromeNote 2 OtherNote 3 Unknown Total
number of victims percentNote 1 number of victims percentNote 1 number of victims percentNote 1 number of victims percent number of victims percent
2002 3 0.5 8 1.4 6 1.1 22 Note ...: not applicable 582 100
2003 6 1.1 8 1.5 6 1.1 22 Note ...: not applicable 549 100
2004 8 1.3 5 0.8 1 0.2 13 Note ...: not applicable 624 100
2005 7 1.1 12 1.9 3 0.5 15 Note ...: not applicable 663 100
2006 1 0.2 3 0.5 1 0.2 13 Note ...: not applicable 606 100
2007 0 0.0 2 0.4 1 0.2 23 Note ...: not applicable 594 100
2008 5 0.8 3 0.5 3 0.5 14 Note ...: not applicable 611 100
2009 9 1.5 4 0.7 2 0.3 14 Note ...: not applicable 610 100
2010 4 0.7 4 0.7 6 1.1 19 Note ...: not applicable 554 100
2011 3 0.5 4 0.7 7 1.2 21 Note ...: not applicable 598 100
2012 6 1.1 0 0.0 5 1.0 20 Note ...: not applicable 543 100
... not applicable
Note 1.

Homicides where the cause of death was unknown were excluded from the calculation of percentages.

Note 2.

Includes all homicides committed against a child under the age of three years where the primary cause of death resulted from being shaken, tossed or thrown.

Note 3.

"Other" includes exposure/hypothermia, starvation/dehydration, and other methods not otherwise specified.

Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. Estimates prior to 2012 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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