Table 9
Homicides among women, by selected characteristics of victim and Indigenous identity, Canada, 2015 to 2020


Table 9
Homicides among women, by selected characteristics of victim and Indigenous identity, Canada, 2015 to 2020
Table summary
This table displays the results of Homicides among women. The information is grouped by Selected characteristic (appearing as row headers), Indigenous and Non-Indigenous, calculated using count and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Selected characteristic Indigenous womenTable 9 Note 1 Non-Indigenous womenTable 9 Note 2
count percent count percent
Total Homicides 241 24.1 734 73.4
Age group of the victim
Less than 18 33 13.7 73 10.0
18 to 24 49 20.3 68 9.3
25 to 34 70 29.1 138 18.9
35 to 44 46 19.1 107 14.6
45 to 54 26 10.8 105 14.3
55 and over 17 7.1 241 32.9
Unknown 0 Note ...: not applicable 2 Note ...: not applicable
The victim was considered a missing person at the time of their death
Yes 32 13.3 82 11.2
No 209 86.7 650 88.8
Unknown 0 Note ...: not applicable 2 Note ...: not applicable
Relationship of perpetrator to the victimTable 9 Note 3
Spousal relationshipTable 9 Note 4 55 27.0 220 34.5
Spouse or common-law 50 24.5 173 27.1
Ex-spouse or ex-common-law 5 2.5 47 7.4
Other family relationship 56 27.5 165 25.9
Immediate familyTable 9 Note 5 39 19.1 137 21.5
Extended familyTable 9 Note 6 17 8.3 28 4.4
Intimate partner relationshipTable 9 Note 7 30 14.7 72 11.3
Intimate partner 21 10.3 42 6.6
Ex-intimate partner 9 4.4 30 4.7
Acquaintance 54 26.5 111 17.4
Friend or family friendTable 9 Note 8 39 19.1 51 8.0
Neighbour 3 1.5 24 3.8
Criminal relationshipTable 9 Note 9 8 3.9 18 2.8
Other acquaintanceTable 9 Note 10 4 2.0 18 2.8
Stranger 8 3.9 69 10.8
Other relationship 1 0.5 1 0.2
Unknown relationship 37 Note ...: not applicable 96 Note ...: not applicable
... not applicable
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
Note 1

"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.

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Note 2

"Non-Indigenous identity" refers to instances where the police have confirmed that a victim is not identified as an Indigenous person.

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Note 3

Includes homicides with a known accused. If there were more than one accused, only the closest relationship to the victim was recorded.

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Note 4

Includes current and former same-sex spouses.

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Note 5

Includes biological, adopted, step, and foster relationships.

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Note 6

Includes parent, step-parent, child, step-child, sibling (including step sibling).

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Note 7

Excludes spousal and includes intimate partner, extra-marital intimate partner, other intimate partner.

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Note 8

Includes close friends, casual friends, and family friends.

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Note 9

Includes criminal relationship and co-substance user.

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Note 10

Includes roommates, other household members, temporary house guests, intimate partners of a family member (includes ex partners), business relationships, authority figures, reverse authority figures, co-institutional facility members, other acquaintances.

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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). There may be a small number of homicides in a given year's 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.
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