Table 3.1
Victims of police-reported violent crime, by relationship of accused to victim and sex of victim, Canada, 2011

Table 3.1 Victims of police-reported violent crime, by relationship of accused to victim and sex of victim, Canada, 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of table 3.1 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 victims, calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Relationship of accused to victim Female victims Male victims Total victims
number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1
Intimate partner 77,943 539 19,508 138 97,451 341
SpouseNote 2
 37,297 395      9,120 100      46,417 250
Dating partnerNote 3
      40,646 631      10,388 172      51,034 408
Non-spousal family memberNote 4 28,290 164 20,132 118 48,422 141
Friend/acquaintance 54,271 315 73,111 429 127,382 372
Casual acquaintance
 37,872 220 50,544 297 88,416 258
Business relationship
 6,216 36 9,869 58 16,085 47
Close friend
 7,474 43 7,881 46 15,355 45
Criminal relationship
 437 3 1,816 11 2,253 7
Authority figure
 2,272 13 3,001 18 5,273 15
Stranger 30,730 179 67,512 396 98,242 287
Total 191,234 1,111 180,263 1,058 371,497 1,085
Note 1.

For intimate partner violence, rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population aged 15 to 89 years. For non-intimate partner violence, rates are calculated on the basis of population aged 0 to 89 years. Victims aged 90 years and older are excluded from analyses due to instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category.

Note 2.

Spousal violence refers to violence committed by legally married, separated, divorced, and common-law partners (current and previous). The spousal category is based upon victims aged 15 to 89.

Note 3.

Dating partner violence refers to violence committed by boyfriends/girlfriends (current and previous) and other intimate partners. The dating partner category is based upon victims aged 15 to 89.

Note 4.

Other family member includes parents, children, siblings, and extended family.

Note: Caution should be used when comparing rates of spousal and dating partner violence as the rate of dating violence is underestimated. As described in Text box 3.1, the calculation of dating partner rates is based on the population of unmarried persons (single, separated, divorced and widowed), including both persons who have engaged in a dating relationship and those who have never engaged in a dating relationship. This leads to an underestimation of the true extent of dating violence. In contrast, the spousal violence rate is calculated using the true population at-risk of spousal violence, namely the spousal population. Therefore, the rate of spousal violence is a more accurate reflection of the prevalence of spousal violence. Excludes incidents where the sex and/or age of the victim was unknown and where the relationship between the victim and the accused was unknown.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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