Table 1
Completed cases in adult criminal court for cases involving violent offences, by accused- victim relationship and sex of victim, Canada, 2005/2006 to 2010/2011

Table 1
Completed cases in adult criminal court for cases involving violent offences, by accused- victim relationship and sex of victim, Canada, 2005/2006 to 2010/2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of Completed cases in adult criminal court for cases involving violent offences. The information is grouped by Accused-victim relationship (appearing as row headers), Female victims, Male victims and Total victims (appearing as column headers).
Accused-victim relationship Female victims Male victims Total victims
number percent number percent number percent
Intimate partnerNote 1 152,608 72 27,218 25 179,826 57
Family memberNote 2 16,674 8 11,006 10 27,680 9
Friend or acquaintanceNote 3 28,712 14 37,464 35 66,176 21
Stranger 12,942 6 31,448 29 44,390 14
UnknownNote 4 10,215 ... 6,570 Note ...: not applicable 16,785 ...
Total 221,151 100 113,706 100 334,857 100
... not applicable
Note 1.

Includes married, separated or divorced persons, common-law partners, dating partners (current and former) and other intimate partners.

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Note 2.

Includes family members related to the victim by blood, marriage (including common-law union) or adoption (e.g., parent, child, other immediate family member, member of the extended family).

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Note 3.

Includes friend, acquaintance, authority figure, business or criminal associate, neighbour.

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Note 4.

Includes cases for which the relationship between the accused and the victim was recorded as "unknown" by the police.

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Note: Includes victims between 15 and 89 years of age at the time of the incident. Excludes incidents for which the age or sex of the victim was unknown. Excludes incidents in which the accused was between 12 and 17 years at the time of the incident.
Source: Statistics Canada, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey-Integrated Criminal Court Survey linked database, 2005/2006 to 2010/2011.
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