State of the Criminal Justice System Dashboard
Adult police-reported homicide victims identified as Indigenous
| Collection source : | Homicide Survey, Statistics Canada |
| What it is? : | This indicator is measured in two ways: 1) the number and percentage of police-reported adult homicide victims identified as Indigenous and 2) the rate of police-reported adult homicide victims identified as Indigenous per 100,000 Indigenous population in Canada. Homicide includes the Criminal Code offences of murder, manslaughter, and infanticide. Indigenous identity is reported by the police and is determined through information found with the victim or supplied by the victim’s family, community members, or other sources (such as band records). |
| Why is it important? : | A decrease in this indicator could mean a reduction in systemic discrimination and violence towards Indigenous people, which are in part responsible for their overrepresentation as victims in the system. |
| Direction of improvement : | The expected direction of improvement for this indicator is a decrease. |
| Geographic coverage : | Canada |
| Limitation : | These data do not report on the number of undiscovered missing persons. For more detailed notes, click on the export to spreadsheet function. |
| Direction : | The value increased from the previous year and is not moving in the defined direction of improvement. |
| Resources : |
Number of Reported Homicides Involving Indigenous Individuals in Canada- Data Table Police-reported Information Hub: Homicide in Canada Homicide trends in Canada, 2022 - The Daily Homicide in Canada, 2022 - Infographic Homicide in Canada, 2021- Juristat Infographic: Homicide in Canada, 2021 - Infographic Homicide in Canada, 2020- Juristat Homicide in Canada, 2020- Infographic Homicide in Canada, 2019- Juristat Homicide in Canada, 2019- Infographic Homicide in Canada, 2018- Juristat Homicide in Canada, 2018- Infographic
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