Table 10
Victims of homicide, by victim age group and sex, and accused characteristic, Canada, 2007 to 2017

Table 10
Victims of homicide, by victim age group and sex, and accused characteristic, Canada, 2007 to 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of homicide. The information is grouped by Accused characteristic (appearing as row headers), Victim age group and sex, 24 and younger, 25 and older, 11 and younger, 12 to 17, 18 to 24, Total, Female and Male, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Accused characteristic Victim age group and sex
24 and younger 25 and older
11 and younger 12 to 17 18 to 24 TotalTable 10 Note 1
Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male
percent
Previous conviction
No previous conviction 64 59 58 45 42 35 52 40 51 32
Previous conviction 36 41 42 55 58 65 48 60 49 68
Violent offence 19 21 29 32 39 43 31 38 32 46
Homicide 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 2
Robbery 1 2 9 13 11 14 7 12 7 13
OtherTable 10 Note 2 18 18 21 19 27 28 23 25 24 31
Property offence 5 6 5 8 5 6 5 7 6 8
Drug offence 0 3 3 4 5 8 3 6 2 5
OtherTable 10 Note 3 12 11 5 11 9 8 9 9 9 10
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Intoxicating substance
No intoxicating substance 63 57 39 42 24 21 37 30 43 23
Intoxicating substanceTable 10 Note 4 37 43 61 58 76 79 63 70 57 77
Both alcohol and drug(s) 8 9 27 16 27 25 22 21 15 24
Alcohol only 19 13 24 37 37 46 29 39 30 45
Drug(s) only 11 16 9 5 11 7 11 8 10 7
OtherTable 10 Note 5 0 5 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Note 1

Includes victims aged 24 and younger.

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Note 2

Includes, for example, attempted murder, sexual assault, physical assault and criminal negligence causing death.

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Note 3

Includes other Criminal Code and provincial/federal statute offences that resulted in the creation of, or the addition to, a criminal record.

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Note 4

Includes those who consumed substances with the intent of becoming intoxicated. The substances could be legal or illegal.

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Note 5

Includes those who consumed an intoxicating substance other than alcohol or the conventional legal or illegal drug (e.g., glue, gas, solvents) and those who consumed an unknown type of intoxicating substance.

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Note: For the purposes of analysis, includes incidents with a single victim and a single accused. Excludes victims and accused persons where the age or the sex was unknown. Percentages have been calculated excluding unknown. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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