Table 4
Homicides of women and girls, by Indigenous identity, clearance status, and selected incident characteristics, Canada, 2009 to 2021


Table 4
Homicides of women and girls, by Indigenous identity, clearance status, and selected incident 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 girlsTable 4 Note 1 Non-Indigenous women and girlsTable 4 Note 2
Total Cleared by chargeTable 4 Note 3 Cleared otherwiseTable 4 Note 4 Not clearedTable 4 Note 5 Total Cleared by chargeTable 4 Note 3 Cleared otherwiseTable 4 Note 4 Not clearedTable 4 Note 5
number of victims percentTable 4 Note 6 percent number of victims percentTable 4 Note 6 percent
Location type
Residential location 363 75.3 83 8 9 1,305 80.6 72 21 7
Non-residential location 115 23.9 70 6 23 312 19.3 65 15 20
Other 4 0.8 25 0 75 2 0.1 100 0 0
Most serious violation (according to police, not courts)
Murder - first degree 131 26.7 64 14 22 886 54.3 59 27 14
Murder - second degree 296 60.4 84 6 10 629 38.5 84 11 5
Manslaughter 63 12.9 89 2 10 117 7.2 85 9 5
Infanticide 0 0.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 1 0.1 100 0 0
Most serious related offence
None 186 41.0 81 12 8 962 63.5 68 26 6
Crime against the person 226 49.8 84 4 12 390 25.8 78 11 11
Crime against property 18 4.0 83 6 11 85 5.6 74 7 19
Other 24 5.3 92 4 4 77 5.1 84 6 9
Primary apparent motive
Argument or quarrel 185 42.0 89 5 6 330 23.0 85 11 4
Frustration, anger, despair 81 18.4 90 9 1 445 31.0 65 32 2
Jealousy or envy 49 11.1 76 24 0 139 9.7 72 25 3
Sexual motivation 32 7.3 88 3 9 61 4.3 75 5 20
Financial gains, settling of accounts or debts 26 5.9 73 0 27 103 7.2 68 3 29
Other motive 19 4.3 89 5 5 182 12.7 72 18 10
No apparent motive 49 11.1 67 8 24 174 12.1 76 22 2
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.

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Note 2

Non-Indigenous victims includes instances where police have confirmed that a victim is not identified as an Indigenous person.

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Note 3

Includes all homicide incidents where police solved the homicide by charging or recommending charges against at least one accused person.

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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).

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Note 5

Includes all homicide incidents that have not yet been solved by police.

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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.

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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 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 persons whose gender was reported as unknown by police. See "Data sources and methodology" for more details about the linkage and methodology.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Homicide Survey.
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