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Table 6
Rates of homicide victims and accused persons, by gender and Indigenous identity and province or territory, 2020

Table 6
Rates of homicide victims and accused persons, by gender and Indigenous identity and province or territory, 2020
Table summary
This table displays the results of Rates of homicide victims and accused persons. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Male homicide victims, Female homicide victims, Total homicide victims, Indigenous and Non-Indigenous, calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory	Male homicide victims				Female homicide victims				Total homicide victims^{Table 6 Note 1}
	Indigenous^{Table 6 Note 2}		Non-Indigenous^{Table 6 Note 3}		Indigenous^{Table 6 Note 2}		Non-Indigenous^{Table 6 Note 3}		Indigenous^{Table 6 Note 2}		Non-Indigenous^{Table 6 Note 3}
	number	rate^{Table 6 Note 4}	number	rate^{Table 6 Note 5}	number	rate^{Table 6 Note 4}	number	rate^{Table 6 Note 5}	number	rate^{Table 6 Note 4}	number	rate^{Table 6 Note 5}
Newfoundland and Labrador	1	3.96	1	0.43	0	0.00	0	0.00	1	1.94	1	0.21
Prince Edward Island	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	1	1.31	0	0.00	1	0.66
Nova Scotia	0	0.00	18	4.12	1	3.09	14	3.09	1	1.57	32	3.60
New Brunswick	2	11.20	9	2.50	0	0.00	3	0.81	2	5.64	12	1.65
Québec	9	7.73	53	1.28	2	1.77	22	0.53	11	4.80	75	0.90
Ontario	19	8.51	146	2.07	4	1.72	46	0.64	23	5.05	192	1.35
Manitoba	32	24.83	13	2.33	8	6.05	1	0.18	40	15.32	14	1.26
Saskatchewan	37	37.11	10	1.99	9	8.77	3	0.61	46	22.74	13	1.31
Alberta	49	31.87	68	3.18	8	5.07	13	0.62	57	18.29	81	1.91
British Columbia	10	6.38	63	2.66	3	1.84	21	0.87	13	4.07	84	1.75
Yukon	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
Northwest Territories	2	17.45	1	8.50	2	17.39	1	9.06	4	17.42	2	8.77
Nunavut	2	11.55	0	0.00	1	5.91	0	0.00	3	8.76	0	0.00
Canada	163	16.50	382	2.14	38	3.76	125	0.69	201	10.05	507	1.41

Table 6
Rates of homicide victims and accused persons, by gender and Indigenous identity and province or territory, 2020
Table summary
This table displays the results of Rates of homicide victims and accused persons. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Male accused persons, Female accused persons, Total accused persons, Indigenous and Non-Indigenous, calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory	Male accused persons				Female accused persons				Total accused persons^{Table 6 Note 1}
	Indigenous^{Table 6 Note 2}		Non-Indigenous^{Table 6 Note 3}		Indigenous^{Table 6 Note 2}		Non-Indigenous^{Table 6 Note 3}		Indigenous^{Table 6 Note 2}		Non-Indigenous^{Table 6 Note 3}
	number	rate^{Table 6 Note 4}	number	rate^{Table 6 Note 5}	number	rate^{Table 6 Note 4}	number	rate^{Table 6 Note 5}	number	rate^{Table 6 Note 4}	number	rate^{Table 6 Note 5}
Newfoundland and Labrador	1	3.96	1	0.43	0	0.00	0	0.00	1	1.94	1	0.21
Prince Edward Island	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	1	1.31	0	0.00	1	0.66
Nova Scotia	1	3.20	24	5.50	0	0.00	0	0.00	1	1.57	24	2.70
New Brunswick	1	5.60	10	2.77	2	11.35	1	0.27	3	8.45	11	1.51
Québec	9	7.73	55	1.33	0	0.00	11	0.26	9	3.92	66	0.79
Ontario	23	10.30	146	2.07	9	3.87	20	0.28	32	7.03	166	1.16
Manitoba	39	30.27	12	2.15	9	6.81	3	0.54	48	18.39	15	1.35
Saskatchewan	48	48.14	8	1.60	5	4.87	3	0.61	53	26.20	11	1.11
Alberta	53	34.47	46	2.15	8	5.07	1	0.05	61	19.57	47	1.11
British Columbia	2	1.28	25	1.06	2	1.23	4	0.17	4	1.25	29	0.61
Yukon	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00
Northwest Territories	3	26.18	2	17.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	3	13.07	2	8.77
Nunavut	3	17.33	0	0.00	0	0.00	0	0.00	3	8.76	0	0.00
Canada	183	18.53	329	1.84	35	3.46	44	0.24	218	10.90	373	1.04
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero Note 1 Total homicide victims and accused persons excludes persons where the Indigenous identity or gender was reported as unknown by police (i.e., Indigenous identity was reported as unknown for 4% of victims and 5% of accused persons, and gender was reported as unknown for 1% of victims and less than 1% of accused persons in 2020). Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 "Indigenous identity" includes those identified by police as First Nations persons (either status or non-status), Métis, Inuit, or an Indigenous identity where the Indigenous group was not known to police. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 "Non-Indigenous identity" refers to instances where the police have confirmed that a victim is not identified as an Indigenous person. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Rates are calculated per 100,000 Indigenous population, by gender and geographical area. Refer to the 'Survey description' section of this report for further information. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Rates are calculated per 100,000 non-Indigenous population, by gender and geographical area. Refer to the 'Survey description' section of this report for further information. Return to note 5 referrer Note: Indigenous identity is reported by the police and is determined through information found with the victim, such as status cards, or through information supplied by the victims' families, community members, or other sources (i.e., such as band records, or forensic evidence such as genetic testing). Population counts prior to 2001 were not available for this Juristat article. Due to a lack of annual estimates of the Canadian population by Indigenous identity, the population counts used here were either calculated or projected, depending on the years. As a result, these population counts are subject to a certain level of uncertainty and could be revised in the future. Between the years 2001 and 2011, population counts were calculated using linear interpolations between the 2001 and 2006 censuses of population and the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS)—adjusted for net undercoverage—of the population living on incompletely enumerated reserves and persons living in collective dwellings. Although information from the 2016 Census of Population broken down by Indigenous identity was available at the time this Juristat article was written, the coverage studies that would have been used to adjust the 2016 data for net undercoverage were not. It was therefore impossible to linearly interpolate Indigenous populations consistently between 2011 and 2016. Moreover, given that the new projections based on the 2016 Census are not yet available, customized population projections, with the 2011 NHS as their base population—adjusted for net undercoverage—of the population living on incompletely enumerated reserves and persons living in collective dwellings were used to prepare population counts for the period from 2012 to 2017. The selected projection assumptions regarding components of growth are mostly based on the constant fertility scenario from the publication Projections of the Indigenous Population and Households in Canada, 2011 to 2036 (Statistics Canada 2015), whereas an additional calibration process using population estimates from 2012 to 2017 took into account the most recent trends in fertility, mortality, immigration, emigration and internal migration. The projected populations correspond to the mid-year population. There may be a small number of homicides included total that occurred in previous years. Homicides are counted according to the year in which they are reported to Statistics Canada. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Homicide Survey.

Date modified:: 2021-11-25