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Number of homicide victims, by method used to commit the homicide 1 2 3

Frequency: Annual

Table: 35-10-0069-01 (formerly CANSIM 253-0002)

Geography: Canada

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Methods used to commit homicide4 20142015201620172018
Number
Total methods used 523610615666651
Shooting 155179223267249
Stabbing 189216175203183
Beating 102135117108119
Strangulation 3339402736
Fire (burns or suffocation) 7711149
Other methods used 5 2316292829
Methods used unknown 1418201926

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Footnote 1

Source: Statistics Canada, Homicide Survey, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics.

Footnote 2

Homicide includes Criminal Code offences of murder, manslaughter and infanticide.

Footnote 3

The total count of a given year's number of homicides could include incidents that occurred in previous years. Homicides are allotted to the year in which they become known to or are deemed homicides by police, according to the report date submitted to Statistics Canada.
How to cite:   Statistics Canada.  Table  35-10-0069-01   Number of homicide victims, by method used to commit the homicide
DOI:   https://doi.org/10.25318/3510006901-eng

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