Table 4.2
Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years) of police-reported family violence, by accused-victim relationship and age group, Canada, 2014

Table 4.2
Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years) of police-reported family violence, by accused-victim relationship and age group, Canada, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years) of police-reported family violence. The information is grouped by Accused-victim relationship (appearing as row headers), Age group of victim, Total, Less than 1 year, 1 to 3 years, 4 to 6 years, 7 to 11 years and 12 to 17 years, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Accused-victim relationship Age group of victim Total
Less than 1 year 1 to 3 years 4 to 6 years 7 to 11 years 12 to 17 years
number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent
ParentNote 1 266 89 1,128 78 1,675 68 2,682 64 4,176 52 9,927 61
SiblingNote 2 10 3 133 9 372 15 718 17 1,465 18 2,698 16
Extended familyNote 3 24 8 181 13 423 17 770 18 1,901 24 3,299 20
SpouseNote 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 458 6 458 3
Total 300 100 1,442 100 2,470 100 4,170 100 8,000 100 16,382 100
Note 1.

Includes biological, step, adoptive and foster parents.

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Note 2.

Includes biological, step, half, adoptive and foster brothers and sisters.

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Note 3.

Includes all other family members related by blood, marriage or adoption. Examples include grandchildren, uncles, aunts, cousins and in-laws.

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Note 4.

Includes current and former legally married and common-law spouses.

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Note: Excludes incidents where the sex and/or age of victim was unknown. 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.
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