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Percent change in number of victims of police-reported family violence, by month of reporting and victim gender, Canada, 2019 to 2020

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% change in number of victims -10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 Jan. Dec. 2020 WomenWomen MenMen
Note(s):
Report year and month refers to the date in which the incident is reported to the police, which may be different from the incident date. Family violence refers to violence committed by spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law, and current and former dating partners who lived together at the time of the incident), parents (biological, step, adoptive and foster), children (biological, step, adopted and foster), siblings (biological, step, half, adopted and foster) and extended family members (e.g., grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and in-laws).
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Trend Database.

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Percent change in number of victims of police-reported family violence, by month of reporting and victim gender, Canada, 2019 to 2020, % change in number of victims
  Women Men
January 2020 0.4 1.6
February 2020 8.1 8.6
March 2020 -4.8 0.9
April 2020 -9.4 -4.2
May 2020 -2.9 -0.1
June 2020 2.5 5.4
July 2020 8.5 10.4
August 2020 8.6 7.4
September 2020 4.4 2.8
October 2020 0.2 5.1
November 2020 -1.6 -0.9
December 2020 -3.9 -4.0
Note(s):
Report year and month refers to the date in which the incident is reported to the police, which may be different from the incident date. Family violence refers to violence committed by spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law, and current and former dating partners who lived together at the time of the incident), parents (biological, step, adoptive and foster), children (biological, step, adopted and foster), siblings (biological, step, half, adopted and foster) and extended family members (e.g., grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and in-laws).
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Trend Database.
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