Table 4.9
Senior victims of family-related homicide, by sex of victim and type of motive, Canada, 2003 to 2013

Table summary
This table displays the results of Senior victims of family-related homicide. The information is grouped by Type of motive (appearing as row headers), Female victims, Male victims and Total, calculated using number, percent and number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of motive	Female victims		Male victims		Total
Type of motive	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent
Frustration, anger or despair	42	42	10	18	52	33
Argument or quarrel	24	24	25	45	49	31
No apparent motive^Note 1	14	14	12	21	26	17
Financial gain^Note 2	5	5	2	4	7	4
Mercy killing or assisted suicide	8	8	1	2	9	6
Revenge	2	2	2	4	4	3
Jealousy	3	3	2	4	5	3
Other^Note 3	3	3	2	4	5	3
Unknown	11	Note ...: not applicable	4	Note ...: not applicable	15	Note ...: not applicable
Total	112	100	60	100	172	100
... not applicable Note 1. Includes, for example, mental illness and dementia. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2. Includes, for example, robberies and homicides committed to obtain insurance monies or inheritances. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3. Includes, for example, fear of apprehension, sexual violence, personal protection and settling of gang or drug-related accounts. 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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