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Table 2.10
Victims of intimate partner homicide, by victim sex and year, Canada, 2007 to 2017

Table 2.10
Victims of intimate partner homicide, by victim sex and year, Canada, 2007 to 2017
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, Victims of a married spouse, Victims of a common-law partner, Total spousal homicide victims, Females, Males and Total, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year	Spousal homicide victims						Dating homicide victims^{Table 2.10 Note 4}		Same-sex intimate partner homicide victims^{Table 2.10 Note 5}		Total victims^{Table 2.10 Note 6}
	Victims of a married spouse^{Table 2.10 Note 1}		Victims of a common-law partner^{Table 2.10 Note 2}		Total spousal homicide victims^{Table 2.10 Note 3}		Dating homicide victims^{Table 2.10 Note 4}				Total victims^{Table 2.10 Note 6}
	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Females	Males	Total
	number
2007	24	4	27	8	51	12	9	7	0	4	60	23	83
2008	31	6	15	11	46	17	19	5	0	3	65	25	90
2009	29	5	21	11	50	16	19	4	0	2	69	22	91
2010	21	3	27	13	48	16	15	8	0	3	63	27	90
2011	32	1	28	5	60	6	19	3	1	5	80	14	94
2012	34	5	20	5	54	10	16	3	1	3	71	16	87
2013	20	2	20	4	40	6	18	7	1	1	59	14	73
2014	33	0	26	7	59	7	13	6	0	3	72	16	88
2015	19	1	35	9	54	10	18	2	0	1	72	13	85
2016	24	1	19	9	43	10	16	4	2	1	61	15	76
2017	23	1	21	5	44	6	19	4	1	2	64	12	76
2007 to 2017	290	29	259	87	549	116	181	53	6	28	736	197	933
	percent
2017	36	8	33	42	69	50	30	33	2	17	100	100	100
2007 to 2017	39	15	35	44	75	59	25	27	1	14	100	100	100
Note 1 Includes married, separated or divorced opposite-sex spouses. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Includes opposite-sex common-law partners (current or former). Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes married, separated or divorced opposite-sex spouses and opposite-sex common-law partners. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Includes opposite-sex boyfriends and girlfriends (current or former) and other opposite-sex intimate partners. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Includes married, separated or divorced same-sex spouses, same-sex common-law partners (current or former), same-sex boyfriends and girlfriends (current or former) and other same-sex intimate partners. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 Includes married, separated or divorced spouses, common-law partners (current or former), 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 or divorced spouses, common-law partners (current and former), dating partners (current and former) and other intimate partners. Victims refer to those aged 15 years and older. 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. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.

Date modified:: 2018-12-05