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Table 7
Victims of homicide, by victim age group and gender, and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2011 to 2021

Table 7
Victims of homicide, by victim age group and gender, and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2011 to 2021
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of homicide. The information is grouped by Accused-victim relationship (appearing as row headers), 11 and younger, 12 to 17, 18 to 24, 25 and older, Total, Male and Female, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Accused-victim relationship	11 and younger		12 to 17		18 to 24		25 and older		Total
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
	percent
Intimate partner	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	1	24	2	51	7	51	5	46
Spouse^{Table 7 Note 1}	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	0	6	1	24	4	40	3	34
Non-spousal intimate partner^{Table 7 Note 2}	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	1	18	1	27	2	10	2	12
Non-spousal family	87	88	19	32	7	10	15	21	16	25
Parent^{Table 7 Note 3}	79	80	7	18	1	6	1	1	4	8
Child^{Table 7 Note 4}	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	1	0	Note 0^s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	0	7	14	5	10
Other family^{Table 7 Note 5}	8	8	11	15	6	4	8	6	8	7
Non-family	13	12	80	44	91	39	78	29	78	29
Friend^{Table 7 Note 6}	4	5	41	22	44	17	34	10	35	11
Acquaintance^{Table 7 Note 7}	7	7	19	10	22	13	25	10	23	10
Stranger	2	1	20	12	25	9	20	8	20	8
Unknown	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Solved homicide total^{Table 7 Note 8}	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	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 current and former spouses and common-law partners. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Includes current and former dating partners (i.e., boyfriends and girlfriends) and other intimate partners (e.g., one-night stands, mutual sexual attraction, extramarital affairs). Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes biological, step, adoptive and foster parents. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Includes biological, step, adoptive and foster children. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Includes biological, step, half, adoptive and foster brothers and sisters, and all other family members related to the victim by blood or marriage (e.g., grandparents, aunts, uncles, current and former in-laws). Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 Includes close friends, casual friends, family friends and roommates. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7 Includes other household members, temporary house guests, current and former intimate partners of family members, authority and reverse authority relations, neighbours, business relationships, 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: 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. Excludes victims where gender or age was coded as unknown. Percent calculations are based on solved homicides only and exclude unknown relationships. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Homicide Survey.

Date modified:: 2023-01-12