Table 2
Child and youth victims of police-reported sexual offences, by age group of victim and province or territory, Canada, 2012

Table summary
This table displays the results of Child and youth victims of police-reported sexual offences. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Age group of victim, 0 to 3 years, 4 to 6 years, 7 to 11 years, 12 to 15 years, 16 to 17 years and 0 to 17 years, calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory Age group of victim
0 to 3 years 4 to 6 years 7 to 11 years 12 to 15 years 16 to 17 years 0 to 17 years
number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1
Newfoundland and Labrador 5 25 11 75 43 173 127 580 44 385 230 248
Prince Edward Island 0 0 7 158 15 194 36 516 9 228 67 233
Nova Scotia 17 47 49 180 84 189 211 528 49 220 410 241
New Brunswick 22 74 61 275 92 248 177 545 60 343 412 296
QuebecNote 2 190 54 410 161 804 208 1,332 408 457 247 3,193 212
Ontario 126 22 518 119 1,033 142 2,040 333 829 245 4,546 170
Manitoba 33 53 105 229 176 235 375 595 197 576 886 316
Saskatchewan 40 69 95 231 198 308 294 548 123 436 750 306
Alberta 72 35 214 145 397 179 719 404 295 311 1,697 200
British Columbia 65 36 201 147 352 157 701 364 296 271 1,615 192
Yukon 0 0 4 324 11 514 18 1,143 5 594 38 514
Northwest Territories 3 113 13 680 21 687 45 2,047 18 1,338 100 895
Nunavut 7 223 10 489 29 848 46 1,672 19 1,465 111 878
Canada 580 38 1,698 150 3,255 179 6,121 399 2,401 283 14,055 205
Note 1.

Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 child and youth population. Populations based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division.

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Note 2.

Excludes a small number of victims whose age was unknown but miscoded as 0.

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Note: The sexual offences in this table include aggravated sexual assault (level 3), sexual assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (level 2), sexual assault (level 1), sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, sexual exploitation, sexual exploitation of a person with a disability, incest, corrupting children, making sexually explicit material available to children, luring a child via a computer, anal intercourse, bestiality (commit/compel/incite), and voyeurism. Includes victims under the age of 18 only.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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