Table 5
Reported income among persons accused of homicide who filed taxes in the three years prior to the homicide, by gender-related status, Canada, 2009 to 2022

Table 5
Reported income among persons accused of homicide who filed taxes in the three years prior to the homicide, by gender-related status, Canada, 2009 to 2022 Table summary
This table displays the results of Reported income among persons accused of homicide who filed taxes in the three years prior to the homicide, by gender-related status, Canada 2009 to 2022. The information is grouped by Reported income (appearing as row headers), Total, Non-gender-related homicides and Gender-related homicides of women and girls, calculated using percent and number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Reported income Gender-related homicides of women and girls Non-gender-related homicides Total
number percent number percent number percent
Note 1

Low income measures are relative measures of low income, set at 50% of adjusted median household income. These measures are categorized according to the number of persons present in the household, reflecting the economies of scale inherent in household size.

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Note 2

Government transfer payments are payments to individuals by the federal or provincial governments. They include: Employment Insurance (EI) benefits, Goods and Services Tax Credit (GST) and Harmonized Tax Credit (HST), Federal Child Benefits, Old Age Security (OAS) and Net Federal Supplements, Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Quebec Pension Plan (QPP) benefits, Workers' Compensation Benefits, Social Assistance Benefits, Provincial Refundable Tax Credits and Family Benefits, and Other Government Transfers.

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Note 3

Employment income includes wages and salaries, commissions from employment, training allowances, tips and gratuities, and net self-employment income (business, professional, commission, farming and fishing income).

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Note: Based on linked tax records of unique individuals accused of a gender-related or non-gender-related homicide. Information is available for tax years 2009 to 2022. Data are limited to accused who filed their taxes in the three years prior to the homicide; the income associated with the most recent tax year prior to the homicide is selected for analysis. Gender-related homicides of women and girls are solved homicides committed by a male accused who was an intimate partner or family member of the victim, inflicted sexual violence on the victim as part of the killing or killed a victim who was identified as a sex worker. Non-gender-related homicides are all those that do not contain the above qualifiers but have a known accused. If one accused was involved in multiple homicides during the reference period, the gender-related homicide is counted. 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 and accused where gender was coded as unknown and homicides that were reported in 2009.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Gender-related homicide record linkage file and T1 Family File.
Low income measure after tax Table 5 Note 1  
Family is low income 320 33.7 1,581 58.4 1,901 52.0
Family is not low income 630 66.3 1,124 41.6 1,754 48.0
Total 950 100.0 2,705 100.0 3,655 100.0
Individual received government transfer Table 5 Note 2  
Yes 759 79.9 2,429 89.8 3,188 87.2
No 191 20.1 276 10.2 467 12.8
Total 950 100.0 2,705 100.0 3,655 100.0
Income from social assistance  
Yes 213 22.4 863 31.9 1,076 29.4
No 737 77.6 1,842 68.1 2,579 70.6
Total 950 100.0 2,705 100.0 3,655 100.0
Total employment income Table 5 Note 3  
Yes 598 62.9 1,372 50.7 1,970 53.9
No 352 37.1 1,333 49.3 1,685 46.1
Total 950 100.0 2,705 100.0 3,655 100.0
Main source of income  
No income 35 3.7 91 3.4 126 3.4
Wages 443 46.6 985 36.4 1,428 39.1
Government transfers 361 38.0 1,464 54.1 1,825 49.9
Other 111 11.7 165 6.1 276 7.6
Total 950 100.0 2,705 100.0 3,655 100.0
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