Table 5.4
Senior victims of police-reported family violence, by sex of victim and type of weapon present, Canada, 2015

Table 5.4
Senior victims of police-reported family violence, by sex of victim and type of weapon present, Canada, 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Senior victims of police-reported family violence. The information is grouped by Type of weapon present (appearing as row headers), Female victims, Male victims and Total victims, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of weapon present Female victims Male victims Total victims
number percent number percent number percent
Threats (no weapon)Table 5.4 Note 1 391 21 265 21 656 21
Physical force 1,166 64 704 57 1,870 61
Weapon 277 15 273 22 550 18
Club or other blunt instrument 38 2 57 5 95 3
Knife or other piercing instrumentTable 5.4 Note 2 75 4 97 8 172 6
Firearm 27 1 19 2 46 1
Other weaponTable 5.4 Note 3 137 7 100 8 237 8
Unknown 118 Note ...: not applicable 86 Note ...: not applicable 204 Note ...: not applicable
Total 1,952 100 1,328 100 3,280 100
... not applicable
Note 1.

Includes threats that are construed to imply that death or injury is possible.

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Note 2.

Includes other piercing/cutting instruments, such as a hatchet, razor blade or arrow.

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Note 3.

Includes other types of weapons such as explosives, fire, motor vehicles, poison and weapons not otherwise classified.

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Note: 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. Senior victims refer to those aged 65 to 89 years. 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 have been calculated excluding unknown type of weapon. 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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