Table 9
Violent victimization incidents (excluding spousal violence) reported by Canadians, by Aboriginal people and non-Aboriginal people, and selected characteristics of the incident, provinces and territories, 2014 Table 9
Violent victimization incidents (excluding spousal violence) reported by Canadians, by Aboriginal people and non-Aboriginal people, and selected characteristics of the incident, provinces and territories, 2014

Table 9
Violent victimization incidents (excluding spousal violence) reported by Canadians, by Aboriginal people and non-Aboriginal people, and selected characteristics of the incident, provinces and territories, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Violent victimization incidents (excluding spousal violence) reported by Canadians. The information is grouped by Characteristics (appearing as row headers), Aboriginal people and Non-Aboriginal people, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics	Aboriginal people^Note 1	Non-Aboriginal people^Note †
Characteristics	percent
Number of offenders
One	71	75
Two	Note F: too unreliable to be published	7
Three or more	Note F: too unreliable to be published	11^{Note E: Use with caution}
Don't know/not stated	Note F: too unreliable to be published	7^{Note E: Use with caution}
Sex of offender^Note 2
Male	91	86
Female	9^{Note E: Use with caution}	14
Age of the offender^Note 2
Less than 25	47^{Note E: Use with caution}	36
25 to 44	43^{Note E: Use with caution}	39
45 and over	Note F: too unreliable to be published	22
Relationship of offender to the victim^Note 3
Person known to the victim	55	43
Stranger	39^{Note E: Use with caution}	48
Other	Note F: too unreliable to be published	8
Location of the incident
Private residence of the victim or other private residence	48^{Note E: Use with caution}	33
Commercial or institutional establishment	41^{Note E: Use with caution}	39
Street or other public place	11^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	22
Other	Note F: too unreliable to be published	2^{Note E: Use with caution}
Presence of a weapon
Yes	23^{Note E: Use with caution}	26
No	75	69
Don't know/not stated	Note F: too unreliable to be published	6^{Note E: Use with caution}
Incident related to the offender's alcohol or drug use
Yes	69^Note *	52
No	26^{Note E: Use with caution}	37
Don't know/not stated	Note F: too unreliable to be published	11
Caused physical injuries
Yes	17^{Note E: Use with caution}	20
No	83	80
^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1. Includes those who self identified as First Nation, Métis or Inuit. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2. Excludes incidents for which there was more than one offender. Return to note 2 referrer 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. Return to note 3 referrer Note: 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. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2014.

Date modified:: 2016-06-28

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