Table 1.1
Victims of police-reported violent crime, by sex of victim and relationship of the accused to the victim, Canada, 2011

Table 1.1 Victims of police-reported violent crime, by sex of victim and relationship of the accused to the victim, Canada, 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of table 1.1 victims of police-reported violent crime. The information is grouped by relationship of accused to victim (appearing as row headers), female victims, male victims and total, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Relationship of accused to victim Female victims Male victims Total
number percent number percent number percent
Total spouses 37,297 19 9,120 5 46,417 12
Current spouseNote 1 26,271 14 6,323 4 32,594 9
Ex-spouseNote 2 11,026 6 2,797 2 13,823 4
Other immediate and extended family 28,290 15 20,132 11 48,422 13
ParentNote 3 9,613 5 7,122 4 16,735 4
ChildNote 4 5,379 3 3,133 2 8,512 2
SiblingNote 5 5,917 3 4,471 2 10,388 3
Extended familyNote 6 7,381 4 5,406 3 12,787 3
Total victims of family violence 65,587 34 29,252 16 94,839 25
Dating partnersNote 7 41,280 22 10,462 6 51,742 14
Boyfriend/girlfriend
 24,658 13 6,212 3 30,870 8
Ex-boyfriend/girlfriend
 15,817 8 3,866 2 19,683 5
Other intimate partner
 805 0 384 0 1,189 0
Close friend 7,474 4 7,881 4 15,355 4
Business relationship 6,216 3 9,869 5 16,085 4
Casual acquaintance 37,872 20 50,544 28 88,416 24
Criminal relationshipNote 8 437 0 1,816 1 2,253 1
Authority figureNote 9 2,272 1 3,001 2 5,273 1
Stranger 30,730 16 67,512 37 98,242 26
Total victims of non-family violence 126,281 66 151,085 84 277,366 75
UnknownNote 10 25 Note ...: not applicable 127 Note ...: not applicable 152 Note ...: not applicable
Total victims of violent crimeNote 11 191,893 100 180,464 100 372,357 100
... not applicable
Note 1.

Current spouse includes legally married and common-law partners aged 15 years and older.

Note 2.

Ex-spouse includes separated and divorced partners aged 15 years and older.

Note 3.

Includes a small number of victims under 18 years of age where the relationship of the accused to the victim was miscoded as 'child' (including 'step-child') and was therefore recoded as 'parent' (including 'step-parent').

Note 4.

Includes a small number of victims aged 65 years and older where the relationship of the accused to the victim was miscoded as 'parent' (including 'step-parent') and was therefore recoded as 'child' (including 'step-child').

Note 5.

Sibling includes biological, step, half, foster or adopted brother or sister.

Note 6.

Extended family includes all other family members related by blood, marriage (including common-law) or adoption. Examples include uncles, aunts, cousins and grandparents.

Note 7.

Dating relationships include victims under 90 years of age, including dating partner victims under the age 15. The counts for dating partner victims do not match the information presented in section 3 of the report, which examines intimate partner violence for those aged 15 years and older.

Note 8.

Criminal relationship includes those relationships with the victim based on illegal activities, such as drugs or prostitution.

Note 9.

Authority figure includes persons in a position of trust or authority who is not a family member.

Note 10.

 Unknown includes incidents where the relationship between the victim and the accused was reported by police as unknown.

Note 11.

 Violent crime includes violations causing death, attempted murder, sexual assaults, assaults, robbery, criminal harassment, uttering threats and other violations involving violence or the threat of violence.

Note: Percentage calculations are based on incidents where the relationship between the victim and the accused was known. Excludes incidents where the sex and/or age of the victim was unknown. Victims aged 90 years and older are excluded from analyses due to instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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