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Victims of police-reported family violence and intimate partner violence, by type of violence, geographic region and year, Canada, 2018 and 2023

Family violence - 2018 Family violence - 2023 Intimate partner violence - 2018 Intimate partner violence - 2023 0 500 1,000 1,500 rate per 100,000 population Urban south¹Urban south¹ Rural south¹Rural south¹ North²North²
1.
Includes Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and the southern regions of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and Newfoundland and Labrador. An urban area is defined as a census metropolitan area (CMA) or a census agglomeration (CA). A CMA consists of one or more neighbouring municipalities situated around a major urban core. A CMA must have a total population of at least 100,000, of which 50,000 or more live in the urban core. To be included in the CMA, adjacent municipalities must have a high degree of integration with the central urban area, as measured by commuting flows derived from census data. A CA must have a core population of at least 10,000. Rural areas are all areas outside of CMAs and CAs.
2.
Includes the northern regions of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, and the territories.
Note(s):
Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations based on July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography. Victims of family violence include those aged 110 years and younger, and victims of intimate partner violence include those aged 12 to 110 years. Victims aged older than 110 years are excluded from analyses because of possible instances of miscoding unknown age within this age category. Excludes victims whose age was unknown or whose relationship with the accused was unknown. Excludes a small number of victims in Quebec whose age was unknown but was miscoded as 0, and victims whose age was reported as 80 years or older, but were identified as possible instances of miscoding. Based on the Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Trend Database, which, as of 2009, includes data for 99% of the population in Canada. Excludes data from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's Canadian Police Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, and the Canadian Forces Military Police Group.
Source(s):
Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Trend Database (3302).

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Victims of police-reported family violence and intimate partner violence, by type of violence, geographic region and year, Canada, 2018 and 2023, rate per 100,000 population
  Urban south¹ Rural south¹ North²
Family violence - 2018 247 367 869
Family violence - 2023 287 441 1,062
Intimate partner violence - 2018 266 335 890
Intimate partner violence - 2023 299 393 1,073
1.
Includes Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and the southern regions of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and Newfoundland and Labrador. An urban area is defined as a census metropolitan area (CMA) or a census agglomeration (CA). A CMA consists of one or more neighbouring municipalities situated around a major urban core. A CMA must have a total population of at least 100,000, of which 50,000 or more live in the urban core. To be included in the CMA, adjacent municipalities must have a high degree of integration with the central urban area, as measured by commuting flows derived from census data. A CA must have a core population of at least 10,000. Rural areas are all areas outside of CMAs and CAs.
2.
Includes the northern regions of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, and the territories.
Note(s):
Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations based on July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography. Victims of family violence include those aged 110 years and younger, and victims of intimate partner violence include those aged 12 to 110 years. Victims aged older than 110 years are excluded from analyses because of possible instances of miscoding unknown age within this age category. Excludes victims whose age was unknown or whose relationship with the accused was unknown. Excludes a small number of victims in Quebec whose age was unknown but was miscoded as 0, and victims whose age was reported as 80 years or older, but were identified as possible instances of miscoding. Based on the Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Trend Database, which, as of 2009, includes data for 99% of the population in Canada. Excludes data from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's Canadian Police Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, and the Canadian Forces Military Police Group.
Source(s):
Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Trend Database (3302).
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