Table 8
Victims of homicide, by victim age group and gender, and primary method to cause death, Canada, 2011 to 2021

Table 8
Victims of homicide, by victim age group and gender, and primary method to cause death, Canada, 2011 to 2021
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of homicide. The information is grouped by Primary method used to cause death (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).
Primary method used to cause death	11 and younger		12 to 17		18 to 24		25 and older		Total
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
	percent
Shooting	9	7	41	29	54	25	37	23	40	22
Stabbing	11	17	44	23	33	35	33	34	33	33
Beating or blows	36	27	6	19	8	17	21	21	19	21
Strangulation, suffocation, drowning	18	27	2	17	1	17	3	13	3	15
Other^{Table 8 Note 1}	26	22	8	13	3	6	6	8	6	9
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
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
... not applicable Note 1 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 1 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 exclude unknown methods. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Homicide Survey.

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