Table 1.5
Victims of selected police-reported offences against family members, 2009 to 2013

Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of selected police-reported offences against family members. The information is grouped by Relationship of accused to victim and type of offence (appearing as row headers), 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and Percent change from 2009 to 2013 (rate), calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Relationship of accused to victim and type of offence 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Percent change from 2009 to 2013 (rate)
number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1
SpouseNote 2 37,828 137.2 36,543 131.0 35,944 127.5 34,579 121.1 33,049 114.4 -17
Violations causing death 72 0.3 68 0.2 67 0.2 62 0.2 47 0.2 -38
Attempted murderNote 3 69 0.3 63 0.2 68 0.2 50 0.2 67 0.2 -7
Physical assaultNote 4 36,877 133.8 35,564 127.5 34,972 124.0 33,545 117.5 32,062 110.9 -17
Sexual assaultNote 5 810 2.9 848 3.0 837 3.0 922 3.2 873 3.0 3
Other family memberNote 6 37,357 112.8 36,984 110.6 36,893 109.3 36,951 108.3 34,692 100.6 -11
Violations causing death 89 0.3 82 0.2 83 0.2 93 0.3 93 0.3 0.4
Attempted murderNote 3 78 0.2 67 0.2 65 0.2 81 0.2 75 0.2 -8
Physical assaultNote 4 32,045 96.8 31,566 94.4 31,759 94.1 31,794 93.2 29,962 86.9 -10
Sexual assaultNote 5 5,145 15.5 5,269 15.8 4,986 14.8 4,983 14.6 4,562 13.2 -15
Total family members 75,185 227.0 73,527 219.9 72,837 215.8 71,530 209.6 67,741 196.4 -13
Violations causing death 161 0.5 150 0.4 150 0.4 155 0.5 140 0.4 -16
Attempted murderNote 3 147 0.4 130 0.4 133 0.4 131 0.4 142 0.4 -7
Physical assaultNote 4 68,922 208.1 67,130 200.8 66,731 197.7 65,339 191.5 62,024 179.8 -14
Sexual assaultNote 5 5,955 18.0 6,117 18.3 5,823 17.3 5,905 17.3 5,435 15.8 -12
Note 1.

Rate per 100,000 population based on population aged 89 and younger.

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Note 2.

Spousal violence includes current and former common-law and legally married spouses. Rates of spousal violence are calculated based on the population aged 15 and older and not the spousal population. As a result, the rate is an underestimation.

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Note 3.

Includes conspire to commit murder.

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Note 4.

Includes assault levels 1, 2 and 3.

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Note 5.

Includes sexual assault levels 1, 2 and 3.

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Note 6.

Includes children, parents, siblings and extended family members.

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Note: Excludes incidents where the sex or age of victim was unknown. Victims aged 90 years and older are excluded from analyses of attempted murder, physical assault and sexual assault due to possible instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category. Excludes spousal victims under the age of 15 years. Excludes a small number of victims in Quebec whose age was unknown but was miscoded as 0. Based on the Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Trend Database, which includes data from 99% of police services in Canada. As a result, the rates may not match totals presented elsewhere in the report.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Trend Database.
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