Table 2.2
Victims of police-reported family violence, by sex of victim and age group of victim, Canada, 2015

Table 2.2
Victims of police-reported family violence, by sex of victim and age group of victim, Canada, 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of police-reported family violence. The information is grouped by Age group of victim (appearing as row headers), Female victims, Male victims and Total victims, calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Age group of victim Female victims Male victims Total victims
number rate number rate number rate
0 to 4 years 1,210 129 1,155 117 2,365 123
5 to 9 years 2,277 240 1,966 198 4,243 219
10 to 14 years 3,253 361 2,041 214 5,294 285
15 to 19 years 4,723 465 2,455 228 7,178 343
20 to 24 years 6,105 510 2,363 188 8,468 345
25 to 29 years 6,786 555 2,422 196 9,208 374
30 to 34 years 7,203 576 2,449 197 9,652 387
35 to 39 years 6,727 560 2,283 191 9,010 376
40 to 44 years 5,698 486 2,408 206 8,106 346
45 to 49 years 4,684 387 2,437 201 7,121 294
50 to 54 years 3,716 271 2,283 165 5,999 218
55 to 59 years 2,333 179 1,544 119 3,877 149
60 to 64 years 1,285 114 1,020 93 2,305 103
65 to 69 years 867 89 612 66 1,479 78
70 to 74 years 500 70 327 50 827 60
75 years and older 585 46 389 41 974 44
Total 57,952 325 28,154 160 86,106 243
Note: Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Family violence refers to violence committed by spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law partners), parents (biological, adopted, step, foster), children (biological, adopted, step, foster), siblings (biological, adopted, step, half, foster), and extended family members. Victims refer to those aged 89 years and younger. 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 victims where the sex or the age was unknown or where the accused-victim relationship was unknown. 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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