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Table 3.9
Victims of intimate partner homicide, by type of intimate partner relationship, Canada, 2005 to 2015 Table 3.9
Victims of intimate partner homicide, by type of intimate partner relationship, Canada, 2005 to 2015

Table 3.9
Victims of intimate partner homicide, by type of intimate partner relationship, Canada, 2005 to 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of intimate partner homicide. The information is grouped by Year (appearing as row headers), Spousal homicide victims, Dating homicide victims, Same-sex intimate partner homicide victims, Total victims—intimate partner homicides, Victims of a married spouse, Victims of a common-law partner and Total—spousal homicide victims, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year	Spousal homicide victims						Dating homicide victims^{Table 3.9 Note 4}		Same-sex intimate partner homicide victims^{Table 3.9 Note 5}		Total victims—intimate partner homicides^{Table 3.9 Note 6}
	Victims of a married spouse^{Table 3.9 Note 1}		Victims of a common-law partner^{Table 3.9 Note 2}		Total—spousal homicide victims^{Table 3.9 Note 3}
	Victims of a married spouse^{Table 3.9 Note 1}		Victims of a common-law partner^{Table 3.9 Note 2}		Total—spousal homicide victims^{Table 3.9 Note 3}
	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent
2005	35	37	41	44	76	81	17	18	1	1	94	100
2006	40	42	39	41	79	82	14	15	3	3	96	100
2007	28	34	35	42	63	76	16	19	4	5	83	100
2008	37	42	25	28	62	70	24	27	3	3	89	100
2009	34	37	32	35	66	73	23	25	2	2	91	100
2010	24	27	40	44	64	71	23	26	3	3	90	100
2011	33	35	33	35	66	70	22	23	6	6	94	100
2012	38	44	25	29	63	73	19	22	4	5	86	100
2013	22	30	24	33	46	63	25	34	2	3	73	100
2014	33	38	31	36	64	74	19	22	3	3	86	100
2015	20	24	43	52	63	77	18	22	1	1	82	100
2005 to 2015	344	36	368	38	712	74	220	23	32	3	964	100
Note 1. Includes victims of a married, separated or divorced opposite sex spouse. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2. Includes victims of an opposite sex common-law partner (current or former). Return to note 2 referrer Note 3. Includes victims of a married, separated or divorced opposite sex spouse or an opposite sex common-law partner. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4. Includes victims of an opposite sex boyfriend or girlfriend (current or former) or another opposite sex intimate partner. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5. Includes victims of a married, separated or divorced same-sex spouse and a same-sex common-law partner (current or former) as well as a same-sex boyfriend or girlfriend (current or former) and same-sex other intimate partner. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6. Includes victims of a married, separated or divorced persons, common-law partners, dating partners (current and former) and other intimate partners. Return to note 6 referrer Note: Intimate partner homicide refers to homicides committed by legally married, separated and divorced persons, common-law partners (current and former), dating partners (current and former), and other intimate partners. Excludes victims under the age of 15 years. Excludes victims of unsolved homicides, and victims where the sex or the age was unknown or where the accused-victim relationship was unknown. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. Data on homicides between dating partners are not available prior to 1991. The Homicide Survey was revised and expanded in 1991 to better meet changing information needs. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.

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Date modified:: 2017-02-16