Table 2.5
Victims of police-reported family violence by physical and sexual assault and province and territory, 2014

Table 2.5
Victims of police-reported family violence by physical and sexual assault and province and territory, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of police-reported family violence by physical and sexual assault and province and territory. The information is grouped by Province and territory (appearing as row headers), Total physical assault and
sexual assault, Physical assault
(levels 1, 2 and 3) and Sexual assault
(levels 1, 2 and 3), calculated using number, rate and percent change of rate from previous year units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province and territory Total physical assault and
sexual assault		 Physical assault
(levels 1, 2 and 3)Note 1		 Sexual assault
(levels 1, 2 and 3)Note 1
number rateNote 2 percent change of rate from previous yearNote 3 number rateNote 2 percent change of rate from previous yearNote 3 number rateNote 2 percent change of rate from previous yearNote 3
Newfoundland and Labrador 1,131 215.9 0.1 1,047 199.8 -0.3 84 16.0 5
Prince Edward Island 165 113.7 -18 157 108.2 -11 8 5.5 -69
Nova Scotia 1,549 166.6 -4 1,395 150.0 -4 154 16.6 -4
New Brunswick 1,336 179.4 -9 1,203 161.5 -9 133 17.9 -3
Quebec 17,684 218.1 0.3 16,427 202.6 0.1 1,257 15.5 3
Ontario 16,703 124.7 -5 15,024 112.2 -5 1,679 12.5 -3
Manitoba 3,841 310.6 -5 3,460 279.8 -5 381 30.8 -3
Saskatchewan 4,598 421.7 -1 4,279 392.4 -2 319 29.3 3
Alberta 9,764 237.8 -2 9,056 220.5 -2 708 17.2 -7
British Columbia 8,019 174.6 -9 7,540 164.2 -8 479 10.4 -11
Yukon 299 821.0 -2 280 768.8 -3 19 52.2 11
Northwest Territories 710 1,630.7 -7 665 1,527.3 -8 45 103.4 13
Nunavut 810 2,214.9 -8 751 2,053.5 -7 59 161.3 -12
Canada 66,609 190.4 -3 61,284 175.2 -4 5,325 15.2 -3
Note 1.

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.

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Note 2.

Rate per 100,000 population.

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Note 3.

Percent change of rate from previous year is calculated using revised 2013 data.

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Note: Excludes incidents where the sex or age of the 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.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Trend Database.
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