Table 3.2
Victims of police-reported intimate partner violence, by type of relationship and age group of victim, Canada, 2014

Table 3.2
Victims of police-reported intimate partner violence, by type of relationship and age group of victim, Canada, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of police-reported intimate partner violence. The information is grouped by Age group of victim (appearing as row headers), Victims of spousal violence, Victims of dating violence, Victims of other intimate partner violence, Total victims of intimate partner violence, Current and Former, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Age group of victim Victims of spousal violenceNote 1 Victims of dating violenceNote 2 Victims of other intimate partner violenceNote 3 Total victims of intimate partner violence
Current Former Current Former
number
Total 29,618 11,232 29,309 17,157 1,372 88,688
  percent
15 to 19 years 12 7 51 28 2 100
20 to 24 years 22 9 44 24 1 100
25 to 29 years 30 11 36 21 1 100
30 to 34 years 36 15 29 19 1 100
35 to 39 years 41 16 26 15 1 100
40 to 44 years 40 16 27 16 2 100
45 to 49 years 42 15 26 15 2 100
50 to 54 years 45 15 23 15 2 100
55 to 59 years 51 15 18 14 3 100
60 to 64 years 57 13 16 12 3 100
65 years and over 68 11 10 8 3 100
Note 1.

Refers to violence committed by married, separated or divorced persons and common-law partners (current and former). Includes victims aged 15 to 89.

Return to note 1 referrer

Note 2.

Refers to violence committed by boyfriends or girlfriends (current and former). Includes victims aged 15 to 89.

Return to note 2 referrer

Note 3.

Refers to violence committed by a person with whom the victim had a sexual relationship or a mutual sexual attraction. Includes victims ages 15 to 89.

Return to note 3 referrer

Note: Excludes incidents in which the age or sex of the victim was unknown and for which the relationship between the accused and the victim was unknown. Victims aged 90 years and older are excluded due to possible instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category. Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
Date modified: