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| Aboriginal Canadians face six times homicide rate of non-aboriginals | Aboriginal Canadians face six times homicide rate of non-aboriginals |
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| Almost a quarter of homicide victims in Canada last year were aboriginal, even though the country’s indigenous people account for just 5% of the population, newly released federal statistics show. | Almost a quarter of homicide victims in Canada last year were aboriginal, even though the country’s indigenous people account for just 5% of the population, newly released federal statistics show. |
| Twenty-three percent of the country’s 516 homicide victims in 2014 were aboriginal, making them almost six times more likely than non-indigenous Canadians to become victims of deadly violence, the federal statistics agency reported on Wednesday. | |
| Canada has just over 1.4 million First Nations, Inuit and Metis people, making up 5% of the country’s population. | Canada has just over 1.4 million First Nations, Inuit and Metis people, making up 5% of the country’s population. |
| It is the first time Statistics Canada had complete police-reported data on the aboriginal identity of both victims and accused in homicide cases – and the data confirmed that aboriginal people are overrepresented as both victims and perpetrators. | It is the first time Statistics Canada had complete police-reported data on the aboriginal identity of both victims and accused in homicide cases – and the data confirmed that aboriginal people are overrepresented as both victims and perpetrators. |
| Indigenous men are the most at risk, with data suggesting they were seven times more likely to be homicide victims than their non-aboriginal counterparts. | Indigenous men are the most at risk, with data suggesting they were seven times more likely to be homicide victims than their non-aboriginal counterparts. |
| The rate of people accused of homicide was also higher in the aboriginal population. Almost a third of those accused in 2014 – 431 people – were aboriginal. | The rate of people accused of homicide was also higher in the aboriginal population. Almost a third of those accused in 2014 – 431 people – were aboriginal. |
| The report also underscored the high rates of deadly violence against Aboriginal women, who last year were six times more likely to be homicide victims than other Canadian women. | The report also underscored the high rates of deadly violence against Aboriginal women, who last year were six times more likely to be homicide victims than other Canadian women. |
| Between 1980 and 2014, indigenous women and girls accounted for 16% of all female homicide victims. While the homicide rate for female non-aboriginal victims has fallen steadily since 1991, there has been no equivalent drop for aboriginal females. | Between 1980 and 2014, indigenous women and girls accounted for 16% of all female homicide victims. While the homicide rate for female non-aboriginal victims has fallen steadily since 1991, there has been no equivalent drop for aboriginal females. |
| Related: Canada pledges 'innovative' inquiry into violence against indigenous women | Related: Canada pledges 'innovative' inquiry into violence against indigenous women |
| Kim Stanton, legal director for the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund, said: “It’s very, very troubling that the homicide rate in general goes down but for indigenous women the world continues to be a much more dangerous place,” she said. | Kim Stanton, legal director for the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund, said: “It’s very, very troubling that the homicide rate in general goes down but for indigenous women the world continues to be a much more dangerous place,” she said. |
| The newly elected Liberal government has committed to launching a national inquiry by next summer into the nearly 1,200 indigenous women and girls who have disappeared or been murdered in the country in the past three decades. | The newly elected Liberal government has committed to launching a national inquiry by next summer into the nearly 1,200 indigenous women and girls who have disappeared or been murdered in the country in the past three decades. |
| The new data gives added context to what has been a sensitive issue in Canada. | The new data gives added context to what has been a sensitive issue in Canada. |
| According to the report, while aboriginal women and girls were less likely to be killed by their spouse than their non-aboriginal counterparts in 2014, they were more likely to be victims of violence committed by other family members and acquaintances. | According to the report, while aboriginal women and girls were less likely to be killed by their spouse than their non-aboriginal counterparts in 2014, they were more likely to be victims of violence committed by other family members and acquaintances. |
| “Most women are likely to be attacked by someone they know, but it’s striking that indigenous women are more likely than non-indigenous women to be attacked by someone they don’t know or that they know only slightly,” Stanton said. | “Most women are likely to be attacked by someone they know, but it’s striking that indigenous women are more likely than non-indigenous women to be attacked by someone they don’t know or that they know only slightly,” Stanton said. |
| The previous Conservative government had angered First Nations leaders and activists by suggesting the high rates of violence were predominantly a domestic violence issue. | The previous Conservative government had angered First Nations leaders and activists by suggesting the high rates of violence were predominantly a domestic violence issue. |