Table 3.2
Victims of police-reported intimate partner violence, by type of intimate partner relationship and age group of victim, Canada, 2015

Table 3.2
Victims of police-reported intimate partner violence, by type of intimate partner relationship and age group of victim, Canada, 2015
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 percent and number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Age group of victim Victims of spousal violenceTable 3.2 Note 1 Victims of dating violenceTable 3.2 Note 2 Victims of other intimate partner violenceTable 3.2 Note 3 Total victims of intimate partner violence
Current Former Current Former
percent
15 to 19 years 10 7 51 30 2 100
20 to 24 years 21 8 46 24 2 100
25 to 29 years 28 11 37 22 2 100
30 to 34 years 35 13 32 19 2 100
35 to 39 years 39 16 27 17 2 100
40 to 44 years 41 16 26 15 2 100
45 to 49 years 42 14 27 16 2 100
50 to 54 years 43 14 26 15 2 100
55 to 59 years 50 13 21 13 3 100
60 to 64 years 53 14 17 12 4 100
65 years and older 68 9 12 8 3 100
  number
Total 29,569 10,935 31,573 18,058 1,708 91,843
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.

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Note 2.

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

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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.

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Note: Intimate partner violence refers to violence committed by legally married, separated or divorced persons, common-law partners (current and former), dating partners (current and former), and other intimate partners. Victims refer to those aged 15 to 89. Victims aged 90 years and older are excluded from analyses due to possible instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category. Excludes victims where the sex or the age was unknown or where the accused-victim relationship was unknown. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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