Table A-01
Victims of police-reported violent crime, by sex of victim and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2012

Table summary
This table displays the results of 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 victims of family violence 63,397 34 29,515 17 92,912 26
Total spouses 35,531 19 8,860 5 44,391 12
Current spouseNote 1 25,322 14 6,177 3 31,499 9
Ex-spouseNote 2 10,209 5 2,683 2 12,892 4
Other immediate or extended family member 27,866 15 20,655 12 48,521 13
ParentNote 3 9,312 5 6,978 4 16,290 4
ChildNote 4 5,383 3 3,293 2 8,676 2
SiblingNote 5 5,688 3 4,537 3 10,225 3
Extended family memberNote 6 7,483 4 5,847 3 13,330 4
Total victims of non-family violence 123,513 66 147,239 83 270,752 74
Dating partnersNote 7 40,789 22 10,759 6 51,548 14
Boyfriend or girlfriend 24,746 13 6,522 4 31,268 9
Ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend 15,140 8 3,779 2 18,919 5
Other intimate partner 903 0.5 458 0.3 1,361 0.4
Close friendNote 8 7,508 4 7,730 4 15,238 4
Business relationship 5,636 3 9,106 5 14,742 4
Casual acquaintanceNote 9 36,866 20 49,225 28 86,091 24
Criminal relationshipNote 10 368 0.2 1,879 1 2,247 0.6
Authority figureNote 11 2,481 1 3,208 2 5,689 2
Stranger 29,865 16 65,332 37 95,197 26
Unknown relationshipNote 12 63 Note ...: not applicable 125 Note ...: not applicable 188 Note ...: not applicable
Total victims of violent crimeNote 13 186,973 100 176,879 100 363,852 100
... not applicable
Note 1.

Includes legally married and common-law partners aged 15 years and older.

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Note 2.

Includes separated and divorced partners aged 15 years and older.

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Note 3.

Includes biological, adoptive, step and foster parent. 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').

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Note 4.

Includes biological, adopted, step and foster child. 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').

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Note 5.

Includes biological, step, half, foster or adopted brother or sister.

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Note 6.

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

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Note 7.

Includes victims under 90 years of age, including dating partner victims under the age of 15. The counts for dating partner victims do not match the information presented in Section 2 of the report, which examines intimate partner violence for those aged 15 years and older.

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Note 8.

Includes roommates, which was added as a new relationship category.

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Note 9.

Includes neighbours.

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Note 10

Includes relationships with the victim based on illegal activities, such as drugs or prostitution.

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Note 11

Includes persons in a position of trust or authority who are not family members. Includes authority figures and reverse authority figures.

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Note 12

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

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Note 13

Includes violations causing death, attempted murder, sexual assault, assault, robbery, criminal harassment, uttering threats and other violations involving violence or the threat of violence.

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Note: Percentage calculations are based on incidents where the relationship of the accused to the victim was known. Excludes incidents where the sex 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. 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. 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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