Table 7
Violent victimization incidents reported by Canadians, by selected characteristics of the incident, 2014

Table 7
Violent victimization incidents reported by Canadians, by selected characteristics of the incident, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Violent victimization incidents reported by Canadians. The information is grouped by Characteristics (appearing as row headers), Sexual assault, Robbery, Physical assault and Total violent victimization, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics Sexual assault Robbery Physical assault Total violent victimization
percent
Location of the incident  
Residence of the victim 7Note E: Use with caution 51 25 22
Other private residence 22Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published 8Note E: Use with caution 12
Commercial or institutional establishment 43 Note F: too unreliable to be published 41 39
Street or other public place 14Note E: Use with caution 27Note E: Use with caution 24 21
Other Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 2Note E: Use with caution
Don't know/refusal 12Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 4Note E: Use with caution
Location of the incident is the victim's place of workNote 1  
Yes 24Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published 31 27
No 67 83 64 67
Don't know/refusal 10Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published 5Note E: Use with caution 6Note E: Use with caution
Sex of offenderNote 2  
Male 94 83 82 86
Female 6Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published 18 14
Age of offenderNote 2  
Under 18 years old 10Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published 13Note E: Use with caution 12
18 to 24 31 Note F: too unreliable to be published 19 24
25 to 34 27Note E: Use with caution 32Note E: Use with caution 23 25
35 to 44 8Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published 18 14
45 to 54 12Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published 13 12
55 years or older 10Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published 10 10
Relationship of offender to the victimNote 3  
Family Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 7Note E: Use with caution 5Note E: Use with caution
Friend, acquaintance, neighbour 52 27Note E: Use with caution 33 38
Stranger 44 63 48 48
Other Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 12 8
Number of offenders  
One 79 60 75 75
Two Note F: too unreliable to be published 15Note E: Use with caution 8Note E: Use with caution 7
Three or more Note F: too unreliable to be published 14Note E: Use with caution 14Note E: Use with caution 11
Don't know/refusal 13Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published 3Note E: Use with caution 7Note E: Use with caution
Gang-related incident (when more than one offender)  
Yes Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 15Note E: Use with caution
No Note F: too unreliable to be published 43Note E: Use with caution 66 64
Don't know/refusal Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 21Note E: Use with caution 21Note E: Use with caution
Incident related to the offender's alcohol or drug use  
Yes 54 60 51 53
No 29 32Note E: Use with caution 42 37
Don't know/refusal 17Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published 8 11
Incident was a hate crimeNote 4  
Yes Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 12 10
No 82 89 87 85
Don't know/refusal 14Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 5Note E: Use with caution
Presence of a weapon  
Yes Note F: too unreliable to be published 57 33 26
Firearm Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 2Note E: Use with caution
Knife Note F: too unreliable to be published 20Note E: Use with caution 8 7
Bottle, bat, stick, rock Note F: too unreliable to be published 20Note E: Use with caution 14 10
Other Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 8 6
No 86 40 64 69
Don't know/refusal 13Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 5Note E: Use with caution
Caused injuries  
Yes Note F: too unreliable to be published 23Note E: Use with caution 26 19
Received medical attention Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 4Note E: Use with caution 3Note E: Use with caution
No medical attention received Note F: too unreliable to be published 21Note E: Use with caution 20 16
No 93 77 74 80
Victim reports post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms  
YesNote 5 15Note E: Use with caution 17Note E: Use with caution 12 13
No 73 83 87 82
Don't know/refusal 12Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 5Note E: Use with caution
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
Note 1.

Due to an error in the survey application, victims who reported the location of the incident as “Other” were not asked the place of work question. Approximately one-third of these incidents were recoded based on other information provided. The proportions on place of work presented in this table were calculated solely for incidents for which there was a valid response.

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Note 2.

Excludes incidents for which there was more than one offender.

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Note 3.

Includes incidents for which the victim identified the number of offenders. If there was more than one offender, the relationship is that of the offender with the closest relationship to the victim.

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Note 4.

An incident is motivated by hate when the victim believes that the offender was motivated by hate of the victim’s sex, ethnic origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability or language.

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Note 5.

Based on the Primary Care Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Screen. Includes people who reported at least three of the four symptoms evaluated.

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Note: Excludes incidents of sexual assault and physical assault between spouses. The answers “Don't know” and “Refusal” are included in the calculation of the percentages, but may not appear in the table when they represent less than 5% of responses. Because of the inclusion of the answers “Don’t know” and “Refusal” and of rounding, totals may not add up to 100. Excludes data from the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut which will be published at a later date.
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2014.
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