Table 2.4
Rate of police-reported family violence, by province and territory, 2013 to 2014
| Province and territory | 2013 | 2014 | Percent change of rate from 2013 to 2014 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | rate | number | rate | percent | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 1,428 | 272.0 | 1,393 | 265.9 | -2 |
| Prince Edward Island | 270 | 194.5 | 228 | 157.1 | -19 |
| Nova Scotia | 2,213 | 236.7 | 2,019 | 216.1 | -9 |
| New Brunswick | 1,998 | 266.5 | 1,793 | 239.8 | -10 |
| Quebec | 25,350 | 314.8 | 25,469 | 314.1 | -0.2 |
| Ontario | 22,357 | 167.0 | 20,918 | 154.8 | -7 |
| Manitoba | 4,640 | 379.6 | 4,432 | 358.4 | -6 |
| Saskatchewan | 5,411 | 499.7 | 5,361 | 486.7 | -3 |
| Alberta | 11,786 | 294.8 | 11,961 | 290.9 | -1 |
| British Columbia | 10,572 | 232.5 | 9,759 | 212.5 | -9 |
| Yukon | 340 | 937.0 | 332 | 911.6 | -3 |
| Northwest Territories | 882 | 2,015.4 | 826 | 1,897.1 | -6 |
| Nunavut | 998 | 2,817.7 | 911 | 2,491.0 | -12 |
| Canada | 88,245 | 253.9 | 85,402 | 243.1 | -4 |
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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 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. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations based on July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. |
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