Table 14
Young female victims of police-reported homicides, by selected incident characteristics and North/South region, Canada, 2009 to 2017


Table 14
Young female victims of police-reported homicides, by selected incident characteristics and North/South region, Canada, 2009 to 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Young female victims of police-reported homicides. The information is grouped by Selected incident characteristics (appearing as row headers), North, South and Percent difference, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Selected incident characteristics North South Percent differenceTable 14 Note 1
number percent number percent
Relationship between accused and victim
Stranger 2 3 20 9 -5
Known to the victim 59 97 211 90 7
Intimate partner or spouseTable 14 Note 2 23 38 76 32 5
Family member (non-spousal)Table 14 Note 3 15 25 86 37 -12
Casual acquaintanceTable 14 Note 4 16 26 24 10 16
Relationship by sex
Female victim, male accused 53 87 172 74 13
Female victim, female accused 8 13 62 27 -13
Age of accused
12 to 24 38 62 92 39 23
12 to 17 12 20 17 7 12
18 to 24 26 43 75 32 11
25 to 89 23 38 142 61 -23
Intoxicating substance used by accusedTable 14 Note 5
No intoxicating substance 8 14 60 38 -24
Alcohol, drugs or bothTable 14 Note 6 49 86 97 62 24
Accused previous convictionTable 14 Note 7
No previous conviction 27 44 121 52 -7
Any previous conviction 34 56 111 47 8
Violent offenceTable 14 Note 8 23 38 78 33 4
Non-violent or other offenceTable 14 Note 9 11 18 33 14 4
Total single victims with single accused 61 100 234 100 0
Note 1

The difference, in percentage points, between the proportion of victims with a given characteristic in the North compared with the South. Because of the small number of victims for a selected characteristic, exercise caution when interpreting percent difference. Percent difference may be adjusted from baseline figures provided in table due to rounding.

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Note 2

Includes current or former spouses, common-law partners, and those who had a close and affectionate relationship with the victim (e.g., current or ex-boyfriend or girlfriend), or a sexual or mutual sexual attraction with the victim (e.g., one-night stand). Excludes victims and accused under 15 years of age.

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Note 3

Includes family other than spouses, namely family related to the victim either by blood or by marriage such as parents, step-parents, extended family (e.g., grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, sister/brother-in-law, parents-in-law, etc.), other immediate family (e.g., natural brother or sister of the victim or step/half/foster/adopted sibling) or children or step-children of the victim.

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Note 4

A social relationship which is neither long-term nor close; includes acquaintances known by sight only.

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Note 5

Excludes accused whose consumption of an intoxicating substance was unknown, which was more common in the South (33%) than in the North (7%). If unknowns are included, the proportion of persons accused of killing a young female between 2009 and 2017 who consumed an intoxicating substance (alcohol, drugs, or both) was 80% in the North and 41% in the South.

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Note 6

Includes consumption of an intoxicating substance, whether alcohol, drugs, or both, whether legal or illegal, or an intoxicating substance other than alcohol or conventional drugs (e.g., glue, gas, solvents), as well consumption of an unknown type of intoxicating substance with the intent of becoming intoxicated, as reported by police.

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Note 7

Includes accused whose previous criminal conviction history was unknown (0% in the North and <1% in the South). Previous conviction of a violent offence can include homicide, robbery or other violent offences. Non-violent offences can include property crimes, drug offences or other Criminal Code or federal/provincial statute offences.

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Note 8

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

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Note 9

Includes, for example, property crimes, drug offences, and 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: Number columns represent the number of young female victims of a police-reported homicide between 2009 and 2017 who were the only victim in the incident (single victim) in which there was also only one accused (single accused). Young women and girls/female victims include those aged 0 to 24 years at the time of the incident. 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. Numbers may not add up to totals due to rounding, exclusion of unknowns for some categories, or inclusion of only selected characteristics. Excludes victims where sex or age was unknown. Because of the small count of victims of homicide, exercise caution when interpreting percentages.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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