Table 11
Senior and non-senior victims of homicide, by accused-victim relationship, incident location, primary method used to cause death and victim gender, Canada, 2000 to 2020

Table 11
Senior and non-senior victims of homicide, by accused-victim relationship, incident location, primary method used to cause death and victim gender, Canada, 2000 to 2020
Table summary
This table displays the results of Senior and non-senior victims of homicide. The information is grouped by Accused-victim relationship, incident location and primary method used to cause death (appearing as row headers), Seniors, Non-seniors, Female victims, Male victims and Total victims, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Accused-victim relationship, incident location and primary method used to cause death	Seniors						Non-seniors
	Female victims		Male victims		Total victims^{Table 11 Note 1}		Female victims		Male victims		Total victims^{Table 11 Note 1}
	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent
Accused-victim relationship
Intimate partner	119	32	27	6	146	18	1,347	49	377	6	1,725	19
Spouse^{Table 11 Note 2}	113	30	12	3	125	15	1,024	37	265	4	1,290	15
Non-spousal intimate partner^{Table 11 Note 3}	6	2	15	3	21	3	323	12	112	2	435	5
Non-spousal family	130	35	122	27	253	31	610	22	939	15	1,551	18
Child^{Table 11 Note 4}	82	22	89	20	172	21	175	6	185	3	360	4
Other^{Table 11 Note 5}	48	13	33	7	81	10	435	16	754	12	1,191	13
Non-family	125	33	297	67	422	51	774	28	4,805	79	5,579	63
Friend^{Table 11 Note 6}	42	11	132	30	174	21	349	13	2,231	36	2,580	29
Acquaintance^{Table 11 Note 7}	35	9	74	17	109	13	243	9	1,279	21	1,522	17
Stranger	48	13	88	20	136	17	180	7	1,274	21	1,454	16
Other	0	0	3	Note 0^s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	3	Note 0^s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	2	Note 0^s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	21	Note 0^s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	23	Note 0^s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded
Unknown	2	Note ...: not applicable	10	Note ...: not applicable	12	Note ...: not applicable	22	Note ...: not applicable	141	Note ...: not applicable	164	Note ...: not applicable
Solved homicide total^{Table 11 Note 8}	376	100	456	100	833	100	2,753	100	6,262	100	9,019	100
Unsolved homicide total^{Table 11 Note 9}	24	Note ...: not applicable	87	Note ...: not applicable	111	Note ...: not applicable	332	Note ...: not applicable	2,361	Note ...: not applicable	2,698	Note ...: not applicable
Homicide total^{Table 11 Note 10}	400	100	543	100	944	100	3,085	100	8,623	100	11,717	100
Incident location
Residential location^{Table 11 Note 11}	359	90	433	80	793	84	2,402	78	4,493	52	6,900	59
Open area^{Table 11 Note 12}	22	6	67	12	89	9	440	14	2,815	33	3,257	28
Other^{Table 11 Note 13}	19	5	43	8	62	7	243	8	1,315	15	1,560	13
Total^{Table 11 Note 10}	400	100	543	100	944	100	3,085	100	8,623	100	11,717	100
Primary method used to cause death
Shooting	72	19	79	15	151	16	619	21	3,307	39	3,929	34
Stabbing	94	24	176	33	270	29	939	32	2,797	33	3,737	33
Beating or blows	124	32	209	39	333	36	558	19	1,639	19	2,198	19
Strangulation, suffocation, drowning	56	14	32	6	88	10	560	19	286	3	847	7
Other^{Table 11 Note 14}	43	11	40	7	83	9	242	8	443	5	685	6
Unknown	11	Note ...: not applicable	7	Note ...: not applicable	19	Note ...: not applicable	167	Note ...: not applicable	151	Note ...: not applicable	321	Note ...: not applicable
Total^{Table 11 Note 10}	400	100	543	100	944	100	3,085	100	8,623	100	11,717	100
... not applicable 0^s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded Note 1 Includes a relatively small number of victims whose gender was coded as unknown. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Includes current and former legally married spouses and common-law partners. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes current and former dating partners (i.e., boyfriends and girlfriends) and other intimate partners (e.g., extra-marital intimate partner, one-night stands). Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Includes children and step-children. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Includes parents, step-parents, siblings and extended family members. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 Includes roommates. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7 Includes other household members, temporary house guests, current and former intimate partners of family members, neighbours, business relationships, authority and reverse authority figures, criminal relationships, co-substance users, co-institutional facility members and other acquaintances. Return to note 7 referrer Note 8 Includes homicides with a known accused. Return to note 8 referrer Note 9 Includes homicide without a known accused. Return to note 9 referrer Note 10 Includes homicides with and without a known accused. Return to note 10 referrer Note 11 Includes single homes, dwelling units (e.g., apartment units, condo units), commercial dwelling units (e.g. hotel rooms), nursing homes, retirement homes, community group homes, private property structures (e.g., sheds, detached garages, fishing boats) and halfway houses. Return to note 11 referrer Note 12 Includes parking lots, streets, roads, highways and other open areas (e.g., playgrounds, parks, fields), and transit buses and bus shelters, subways and subway stations, and other forms of public transportation and connected facilities. Return to note 12 referrer Note 13 Includes commercial properties and other corporate places (e.g., banks, bars, restaurants, car dealerships, convenience stores, gas stations), schools (including universities and colleges) during supervised and unsupervised activities, non-commercial locations (e.g., government buildings, community centres, homeless shelters or missions) and other locations (e.g., religious institutions, hospitals, correctional institutions, construction sites, vehicles). Return to note 13 referrer Note 14 Includes drug overdoses, poisoning or lethal injections, smoke inhalation or burns, exposure or hypothermia, abusive head traumas (previously referred to as shaken baby syndrome), motor vehicle impacts or collisions, neglect or failure to support life and other methods. Return to note 14 referrer Note: There may be a small number of homicides included 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. Seniors include those aged 65 and older while non-seniors include those aged 64 and younger. Excludes victims where age was coded as unknown. Percent calculations exclude unknown relationships, unknown locations and unknown methods, respectively. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Homicide Survey.

Date modified:: 2022-07-07

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Table 11
Senior and non-senior victims of homicide, by accused-victim relationship, incident location, primary method used to cause death and victim gender, Canada, 2000 to 2020

Table 11 Senior and non-senior victims of homicide, by accused-victim relationship, incident location, primary method used to cause death and victim gender, Canada, 2000 to 2020

Table 11
Senior and non-senior victims of homicide, by accused-victim relationship, incident location, primary method used to cause death and victim gender, Canada, 2000 to 2020