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Women in residential facilities for reasons of abuse who reported to the police the abuse that led them to seek shelter, by region, Canada, April 30, 2025

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Canada Atlantic¹ Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia Territories² 0 10 20 30 40 %
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suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act.
1.
Includes Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
2.
Includes Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Note(s):
In 2020/2021, the Survey of Residential Facilities for Victims of Abuse was updated to collect resident information for women, men, adults of another gender, accompanying girls, accompanying boys, and accompanying children of another gender. Women residing in the facilities include transgender adults identifying as female. The April 30, 2025 reference period reflects the survey snapshot day, a predetermined business day meant to represent a typical day of operations for facilities across Canada. Reasons of abuse can include, for example, having experienced physical, sexual, financial, emotional or psychological abuse, or harassment, among others. Calculations exclude 36% of women residents, nationally, for whom information was not provided. The percentage of excluded women varies by region. Data for the territories are suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act.
Source(s):
Survey of Residential Facilities for Victims of Abuse (3328).

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Women in residential facilities for reasons of abuse who reported to the police the abuse that led them to seek shelter, by region, Canada, April 30, 2025
  %
Canada 29.2
Atlantic¹ 21.5
Quebec 32.5
Ontario 30.4
Manitoba 22.4
Saskatchewan 20.3
Alberta 17.7
British Columbia 36.1
Territories² x
x
suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act.
1.
Includes Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
2.
Includes Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Note(s):
In 2020/2021, the Survey of Residential Facilities for Victims of Abuse was updated to collect resident information for women, men, adults of another gender, accompanying girls, accompanying boys, and accompanying children of another gender. Women residing in the facilities include transgender adults identifying as female. The April 30, 2025 reference period reflects the survey snapshot day, a predetermined business day meant to represent a typical day of operations for facilities across Canada. Reasons of abuse can include, for example, having experienced physical, sexual, financial, emotional or psychological abuse, or harassment, among others. Calculations exclude 36% of women residents, nationally, for whom information was not provided. The percentage of excluded women varies by region. Data for the territories are suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act.
Source(s):
Survey of Residential Facilities for Victims of Abuse (3328).
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