Table 4.3
Senior victims of police-reported violent crime, by family and non-family violence and type of weapon, Canada, 2010

Table 4.3
Senior victims of police-reported violent crime, by family and non-family violence and type of weapon, Canada, 2010
Type of weapon	Family^{Note 1}		Non-family^{Note 2}		Total
Type of weapon	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent
Threats or no weapon	674	25	1,808	34	2,482	31
Physical force	1,633	61	2,640	50	4,273	53
Weapon	381	14	851	16	1,232	15
Club or blunt instrument	74	3	129	2	203	3
Knife or other piercing instrument	122	5	204	4	326	4
Firearm	21	1	141	3	162	2
Other weapon^{Note 3}	164	6	377	7	541	7
Unknown	102	Note …: not applicable	377	Note …: not applicable	479	Note …: not applicable
Total	2,790	100	5,676	100	8,466	100
... not applicable 1. Family violence refers to violence committed by spouses (legally married, separated, divorced, and common-law partners), children, siblings, and extended family. 2. Non-family violence refers to violence committed by friends, dating partners, casual acquaintances, business relationships, criminal relationships, authority figures, and strangers. 3. Includes, for example, explosives, fire, motor vehicle or poison. Note: Senior victims refer to those aged 65 to 89 years. Percentages have been calculated excluding unknown type of weapon. Percentages may not add up due to rounding. Excludes incidents where the sex and/or age of the victim was unknown. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.

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