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Canada - Homicide in Canada, 1999

General Info

Provider 
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Canada (CAN)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
January, 1961 - December, 1999
Series or system 
Canada - Homicide in Canada
Data type
Report: Police record - Subnationally representative
Summary 

The data presented in this report are drawn from the 1999 Homicide Survey, which collects police-reported information on the characteristics of all homicide incidents in the country. Since 1974, the survey was expanded to collect not only first and second degree murder incidents but also manslaughter and infanticide incidents as well.

The data tables included in this report provide the number and rate of of homicides for each province and territory and for the country as a whole.

Keywords 
Crime, Domestic violence, Homicide, Intentional injuries, Interpersonal violence, Intimate partner violence

Citation

Contributors 
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Publisher 
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Publication year 
2000
Suggested citation 

Statistics Canada. Homicide in Canada, 1999. Ottawa, Canada: Statistics Canada, 2000.

Other ID type 
ISSN
Other ID 
1209-6393

Source URL:https://ghdx.healthdata.org/record/canada-homicide-canada-1999