Table 1 
Experiences of intimate partner violence in the 12 months preceding the survey, Canada, 2018 

Experiences of intimate partner violence in the 12 months preceding the survey, Canada, 2018
  Women Men Sexual minority women Sexual minority men Women with disabilities
  %%%%%
Total 12.1 11.4 19.6 20.6 16.3
Type of victimization          
Psychological abuse 11.9 11.2 19.4 20.6 15.9
Physical assault 2.4 2.8 6.7 4.7 3.5
Sexual assault 1.2 0.4 4.1 F 2.2
F
too unreliable to be published
Note(s):
Includes violence committed by a current or former spouse, common-law partner, dating partner, or someone with whom the victim was in another type of intimate relationship. Percent calculation excludes respondents who reported that they have never been in an intimate partner relationship.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces (5256).
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