Table 5.4
Senior victims of police-reported family violence, by sex of victim and type of offence, Canada, 2011

Table 5.4 Senior victims of police-reported family violence, by sex of victim and type of offence, Canada, 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of table 5.4 senior victims of police-reported family violence. The information is grouped by type of offence (appearing as row headers), female victims, male victims and total, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of offence Female victims Male victims Total
number percent number percent number percent
Homicide 11 0.6 4 0.4 15 0.5
Attempted murder 4 0.2 4 0.4 8 0.3
Sexual assault (levels 1, 2, 3) 18 1.0 3 0.3 21 0.7
Physical assault  
Major assault (levels 2 and 3) 187 10.8 164 14.5 351 12.3
Common assault (level 1) 924 53.6 549 48.5 1,473 51.6
Other assaultsNote 1 22 1.3 23 2.0 45 1.6
Robbery 15 0.9 9 0.8 24 0.8
Extortion 20 1.2 14 1.2 34 1.2
Criminal harassment 84 4.9 49 4.3 133 4.7
Uttering threats 310 18.0 255 22.5 565 19.8
Indecent/harassing phone calls 89 5.2 42 3.7 131 4.6
Other violent offencesNote 2 40 2.3 16 1.4 56 2.0
Total 1,724 100.0 1,132 100.0 2,856 100.0
Note 1.

Other assaults include unlawfully causing bodily harm, criminal negligence causing bodily harm, using a firearm or imitation firearm in the commission of an offence, pointing a firearm, discharging firearm with intent, trap likely to cause bodily harm, assault (levels 1, 2, 3) against peace officer and other assaults.

Note 2.

Includes, for example, arson (disregard for human life), kidnapping, and other violent offences.

Note: Senior victims refer to those aged 65 to 89 years. Family violence refers to violence committed by spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law partners), children, siblings, and extended family. Excludes incidents where the victim's sex and/or age was unknown. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. Victims aged 90 years and older are excluded from analyses due to instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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