Table 4.8
Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years) of police-reported family violence, by sex of victim and province or territory, 2015

Table 4.8
Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years) of police-reported family violence, by sex of victim and province or territory, 2015
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 Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Female victims, Male victims and Total victims, calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory Female victims Male victims Total victims
number rate number rate number rate
Newfoundland and Labrador 179 398 143 304 322 350
Prince Edward Island 33 236 23 160 56 197
Nova Scotia 249 315 152 181 401 246
New Brunswick 227 349 164 239 391 293
Quebec 2,642 358 1,940 251 4,582 304
Ontario 2,405 185 1,749 128 4,154 156
Manitoba 677 489 383 264 1,060 374
Saskatchewan 677 547 504 387 1,181 465
Alberta 1,216 272 810 172 2,026 221
British Columbia 956 235 638 148 1,594 190
Yukon 34 918 15 383 49 643
Northwest Territories 63 1,170 37 670 100 917
Nunavut 109 1,668 87 1,278 196 1,469
Canada 9,467 281 6,645 187 16,112 233
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 parents (biological, adopted, step, foster), siblings (biological, adopted, step, half, foster), extended family members and spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law partners). Victims refer to those aged 17 years and younger. 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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