http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2009004/article/10929-eng.htm#a10(3/4 of the way down the page)
Lowest rate of female victims ever recorded:
In 2008, females accounted for the lowest proportion (24%) of homicide victims recorded since data collection began. There were 146 female victims in 2008, 17 fewer than in 2007. The rate of female victims has generally been declining since the late 1960s (Chart 9). This decline may be related to the decline in spousal homicide rates over the past 30 years, which usually involve female victims, as well as the fact that gang-related homicides, which usually involve male victims, have increased.
In 2008:
- 146 females were murdered in Canada.
- 817 females committed suicide.
- 465 males were murdered in Canada.
- 2,695 males committed suicide.