Indigenous victims of homicide in Canada, 2022

Press Release

March 28, 2024

In 2022, of the 849 police-reported homicide victims for whom information on Indigenous or non-Indigenous identity was available,^{Note 1} 225 (27%) were identified as Indigenous.^{Note 2}

In 2022…

Most Indigenous homicide victims were First Nations people^{Note 3}

Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 3. The information is grouped by Indigenous identity (appearing as row headers), Number of women and girls and Number of men and boys (appearing as column headers).

Indigenous identityNumber of women and girlsNumber of men and boysFirst Nations people39114Métis or Inuit411Indigenous, group unknown1044Non-Indigenous144475

In homicides involving an Indigenous victim, death was most often caused by stabbing or shooting^{Note 4}

7% of Indigenous homicide victims and 4% of non-Indigenous homicide victims were considered to be missing persons at the time of their death.

Women and girls represented two-thirds of the Indigenous homicide victims considered to be a missing person.^{Note 6}

Missing person at the time of their death

For Indigenous homicide victims who were women and girls, the accused was most often a spouse or intimate partner, while for men and boys, the accused was most often an acquaintance.

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Homicide Survey, 2022.