Table 2.8
Rates of homicides committed by family members, by sex of victim, Canada, 1984 to 2014

Table 2.8
Rates of homicides committed by family members, by sex of victim, Canada, 1984 to 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Rates of homicides committed by family members. The information is grouped by Year (appearing as row headers), Female victims, Male victims and Total , calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year Female victims Male victims Total
number rate number rate number rate
1984 111 8.6 90 7.1 201 7.8
1985 132 10.1 97 7.6 229 8.9
1986 111 8.4 81 6.3 192 7.4
1987 121 9.1 97 7.4 218 8.2
1988 99 7.3 75 5.6 174 6.5
1989 122 8.9 80 5.9 202 7.4
1990 107 7.7 85 6.2 192 6.9
1991 126 8.9 77 5.5 203 7.2
1992 119 8.3 80 5.7 199 7.0
1993 98 6.8 66 4.6 164 5.7
1994 105 7.2 85 5.9 190 6.6
1995 102 6.9 77 5.3 179 6.1
1996 109 7.3 80 5.5 189 6.4
1997 114 7.5 75 5.1 189 6.3
1998 103 6.8 71 4.8 174 5.8
1999 94 6.1 51 3.4 145 4.8
2000 76 4.9 57 3.8 133 4.3
2001 110 7.0 78 5.1 188 6.1
2002 115 7.3 71 4.6 186 5.9
2003 93 5.8 51 3.3 144 4.6
2004 102 6.3 62 3.9 164 5.1
2005 105 6.5 60 3.8 165 5.1
2006 93 5.7 74 4.6 167 5.1
2007 83 5.0 55 3.4 138 4.2
2008 72 4.3 71 4.3 143 4.3
2009 83 4.9 73 4.4 156 4.6
2010 80 4.7 63 3.7 143 4.2
2011 89 5.1 61 3.6 150 4.4
2012 87 5.0 61 3.5 148 4.3
2013 76 4.3 58 3.3 134 3.8
2014 86 4.8 45 2.6 131 3.7
Note: Excludes incidents where the age or sex of the victim was unknown. Rates are calculated on the basis of 1 million individuals in the population. Populations based on July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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