Table 2
Homicides of women and girls, by Indigenous identity, clearance status, and selected victim characteristics, Canada, 2009 to 2021

Table 2
Homicides of women and girls, by Indigenous identity, clearance status, and selected victim characteristics, Canada, 2009 to 2021
Table summary
This table displays the results of Homicides of women and girls. The information is grouped by Characteristics (appearing as row headers), Indigenous women and girls, Non-Indigenous women and girls, Total, Cleared by charge, Cleared otherwise and Not cleared, calculated using number of victims and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics	Indigenous women and girls^{Table 2 Note 1}					Non-Indigenous women and girls^{Table 2 Note 2}
	Total		Cleared by charge^{Table 2 Note 3}	Cleared otherwise^{Table 2 Note 4}	Not cleared^{Table 2 Note 5}	Total		Cleared by charge^{Table 2 Note 3}	Cleared otherwise^{Table 2 Note 4}	Not cleared^{Table 2 Note 5}
	number of victims	percent^{Table 2 Note 6}	percent			number of victims	percent^{Table 2 Note 6}	percent
Age group of victim
0 to 17 years	74	15.1	88	8	4	183	11.2	71	20	9
18 to 24 years	110	22.4	83	4	14	155	9.5	78	12	10
25 to 34 years	126	25.7	72	10	18	309	18.9	72	13	15
35 to 44 years	107	21.8	77	7	17	267	16.4	70	19	11
45 years and older	73	14.9	82	10	8	718	44.0	69	24	8
Marital status
Married	25	5.4	64	20	16	419	26.5	62	32	6
Living common-law	145	31.3	81	10	9	261	16.5	74	15	11
Separated, widowed, divorced	77	16.6	81	4	16	424	26.9	72	18	10
Single, never married	217	46.8	81	6	13	475	30.1	75	13	12
Indigenous identity
Not an Indigenous person	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	1,633	100.0	71	19	10
First Nations person (Status or non-Status)	296	60.4	81	6	12	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Métis	35	7.1	71	6	23	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Inuit	39	8.0	79	15	5	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Indigenous person, but Indigenous group unknown	120	24.5	77	8	16	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Victim missing at time of death^{Table 2 Note 7}
Yes	38	13.1	68	0	32	100	11.3	70	17	13
No	252	86.9	79	8	13	784	88.7	69	20	10
Victim had previous convictions for criminal activity
Yes	216	44.4	81	3	17	235	14.5	74	6	20
No	271	55.6	79	11	10	1,390	85.5	70	22	8
Primary method used to cause death
Shooting	64	13.9	59	28	13	381	24.5	44	41	15
Stabbing	150	32.5	87	7	7	493	31.7	83	14	3
Beating or blows	167	36.2	85	3	12	263	16.9	80	11	9
Strangulation, suffocation, drowning	44	9.5	86	2	11	271	17.4	76	17	7
Other method used to cause death	36	7.8	89	3	8	147	9.5	80	11	10
Accused-victim relationship
Spouse	113	23.1	82	18	Note ...: not applicable	524	32.1	66	34	Note ...: not applicable
Family member (non-spouse)	108	22.0	94	6	Note ...: not applicable	356	21.8	83	17	Note ...: not applicable
Intimate partner (non-spouse)	57	11.6	91	9	Note ...: not applicable	169	10.3	82	18	Note ...: not applicable
Acquaintance	118	24.1	97	3	Note ...: not applicable	275	16.8	88	12	Note ...: not applicable
Stranger	25	5.1	96	4	Note ...: not applicable	131	8.0	89	11	Note ...: not applicable
Other relationship or don't know	4	0.8	100	0	Note ...: not applicable	18	1.1	100	0	Note ...: not applicable
Not applicable (no accused person identified)	65	13.3	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	100	160	9.8	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	100
Total	490	100.0	79	7	13	1,633	100.0	71	19	10
... not applicable 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero Note 1 Indigenous victims are those identified by police as First Nations (Status or non-Status), Métis, Inuit, or an Indigenous identity where the Indigenous group was not known to police. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Non-Indigenous victims includes instances where police have confirmed that a victim is not identified as an Indigenous person. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes all homicide incidents where police solved the homicide by charging or recommending charges against at least one accused person. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Includes all homicide incidents where police solved the homicide by means other than the laying or recommendation of charges against an accused person (e.g., due to the death of the accused person). Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Includes all homicide incidents that have not yet been solved by police. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 The sum of the categories and the calculation of percentages exclude missing or not stated values. For that reason, the sum of the categories may not equal the sum of the total. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7 Collection of this information on the Homicide Survey began in 2015 and is therefore missing for 41% of Indigenous women and girls who were homicide victims and 46% of non-Indigenous women and girls who were victims. Percent calculations exclude these missing values. Return to note 7 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). There may be some 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. Excludes women and girls whose Indigenous identity was reported as unknown by police. Excludes persons whose gender was reported as unknown by police. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Homicide Survey.

Date modified:: 2023-10-04

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Table 2
Homicides of women and girls, by Indigenous identity, clearance status, and selected victim characteristics, Canada, 2009 to 2021

Table 2 Homicides of women and girls, by Indigenous identity, clearance status, and selected victim characteristics, Canada, 2009 to 2021

Table 2
Homicides of women and girls, by Indigenous identity, clearance status, and selected victim characteristics, Canada, 2009 to 2021