Table 2.10
Victims of intimate partner and non-intimate partner homicide, by sex of victim and type of motive, Canada, 2008 to 2018


Table 2.10
Victims of intimate partner and non-intimate partner homicide, by sex of victim and type of motive, Canada, 2008 to 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of intimate partner and non-intimate partner homicide. The information is grouped by Type of motive (appearing as row headers), Female victims, Male victims and Total victims, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of motive Female victims Male victims Total victims
number percent number percent number percent
Intimate partner homicide
Frustration, anger or despair 216 31 28 15 244 28
Argument or quarrel 237 34 111 59 348 40
Jealousy 147 21 17 9 164 19
Financial gain 15 2 8 4 23 3
Revenge 15 2 6 3 21 2
OtherTable 2.10 Note 1 29 4 10 5 39 4
No apparent motiveTable 2.10 Note 2 35 5 7 4 42 5
Unknown 55 Note ...: not applicable 9 Note ...: not applicable 64 Note ...: not applicable
Total 749 100 196 100 945 100
Non-intimate partner homicide
Frustration, anger or despair 162 25 337 12 499 14
Argument or quarrel 176 27 1,257 44 1,433 41
Jealousy 12 2 118 4 130 4
Financial gain 46 7 274 10 320 9
Revenge 28 4 180 6 208 6
OtherTable 2.10 Note 1 130 20 463 16 593 17
No apparent motiveTable 2.10 Note 2 92 14 246 9 338 10
Unknown 51 Note ...: not applicable 174 Note ...: not applicable 225 Note ...: not applicable
Total 697 100 3,049 100 3,746 100
... not applicable
Note 1

Includes concealment, mercy killing and sexual violence.

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Note 2

Includes mental illness and dementia.

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Note: In 60% of incidents of spousal homicide where a single victim and a single accused person were involved, police determined that a history of family violence preceded the homicide. Intimate partner homicide refers to homicides committed by legally married, separated or divorced spouses, common-law partners (current and former), boyfriends and girlfriends (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 have been calculated excluding unknown motives. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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