Table 4.8
Senior victims of family-related homicide, by relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2003 to 2013

Table summary
This table displays the results of Senior victims of family-related homicide. The information is grouped by Relationship of accused to victim (appearing as row headers), Female victims, Male victims and Total, calculated using number, percent and number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Relationship of accused to victim	Female victims		Male victims		Total
Relationship of accused to victim	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent
Grown child^Note 1	37	33	43	72	80	47
Spouse^Note 2	52	46	5	8	57	33
Other family^Note 3	23	21	12	20	35	20
Total	112	100	60	100	172	100
Note 1. Includes biological, step, adoptive and foster children. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2. Includes current and former legally married and common-law spouses. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3. Includes all other family members related by blood, marriage or adoption. Examples include siblings, grandchildren, uncles, aunts, cousins and in-laws. Return to note 3 referrer Note: Senior victims refer to those aged 65 years and over. Excludes unsolved homicides, homicides where the accused-victim relationship and sex of the victim was unknown. Percentages have been calculated excluding unknown motives. Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.

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