Table 13
Victims of police-reported homicides, by age group and sex, and North/South region, Canada, 2009 to 2017


Table 13
Victims of police-reported homicides, by age group and sex, and North/South region, Canada, 2009 to 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of police-reported homicides. The information is grouped by Victim age group and sex (appearing as row headers), North, South and Gap in rate, calculated using number and average rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Victim age group and sex North South Gap in rateTable 13 Note 2
number average rateTable 13 Note 1 number average rateTable 13 Note 1
Total female victims 201 2.04 1,242 0.83 2.5
Young women and girls (0 to 24) 74 2.36 297 0.70 3.4
Children (girls 0 to 11) 10 0.69 98 0.53 1.3
Youth (girls 12 to 17) 24 3.18 48 0.48 6.6
Young adult women (18 to 24) 40 4.30 151 1.09 3.9
Adult women (25 to 89) 127 1.89 945 0.88 2.1
Total male victims 569 5.59 3,192 2.16 2.6
Young men and boys (0 to 24) 163 4.92 955 2.14 2.3
Children (boys 0 to 11) 19 1.25 118 0.60 2.1
Youth (boys 12 to 17) 39 4.99 115 1.09 4.6
Young adult men (18 to 24) 105 10.55 722 5.00 2.1
Adult men (25 to 89) 406 5.90 2,237 2.17 2.7
Note 1

The average rate is based across a nine-year period between 2009 and 2017.

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Note 2

Represents how many times greater the average 2009 to 2017 homicide rate was in the North compared with the South, for a given population group. Rate gaps may be adjusted from baseline figures provided in table due to rounding.

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Note: Number columns represent the number of victims of a police-reported homicide between 2009 and 2017. Victim age group is based on the age of the victim at the time of the homicide. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations are based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. The North includes the three territories as well as the northern regions of Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia, based on a geographical definition used by the Conference Board of Canada's Centre for the North. The South includes the southern regions of these provinces in addition to all of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Excludes victims where sex or age was unknown or older than 89 years. Because of the small count of victims of homicide, exercise caution when interpreting rates across age groups.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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