Table 13
Reporting to police, charges and restraining/protective orders laid in self-reported stalking incidents, by relationship of stalker to victim, Canada, 2014

Table 13
Reporting to police, charges and restraining/protective orders laid in self-reported stalking incidents, by relationship of stalker to victim, Canada, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Reporting to police. The information is grouped by Reporting, charge and restraining/protective order status (appearing as row headers), Intimate partner , Stranger and Other known person, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Reporting, charge and restraining/protective order status	Intimate partner^{Table 13 Note †} ^{Table 13 Note 1}	Stranger	Other known person
Reporting, charge and restraining/protective order status	percent
Percent reported to police
Male victims	35^{Note E: Use with caution}	38	35
Female victims	51	35^Note *	38^Note *
Total victims	47	37^Note *	37^Note *
Charges laid	22	18^{Note E: Use with caution}	22
No charges laid	78	71	74
Don't know if charges laid	Note F: too unreliable to be published	11^{Note E: Use with caution}	4^{Note E: Use with caution}
Type of charges laid
Assault	50^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	33^{Note E: Use with caution}
Harassment	33^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	33^{Note E: Use with caution}
Threats	27^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	26^{Note E: Use with caution}
Mischief	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Other	31^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	18^{Note E: Use with caution}
Restraining order laid	37	9^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	26^Note *
Order violated	47	Note F: too unreliable to be published	43
Violation reported	78	Note F: too unreliable to be published	70
Reason for not reporting to police
Incident private/did not want others to find out	27	10^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	21
Crime was minor/not worth reporting	17^{Note E: Use with caution}	29^Note *	17
Did not want stalker to get into trouble	13^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Fear of revenge	9^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	7^{Note E: Use with caution}
Tried to report, see police as biased/ineffective, previous bad experience with police	5^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Police wouldn't consider it important	Note F: too unreliable to be published	7^{Note E: Use with caution}	5^{Note E: Use with caution}
No harm was done or intended	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	5^{Note E: Use with caution}
Did not want hassle of dealing with police	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	4^{Note E: Use with caution}
Did not think stalker would be punished/convicted or to avoid court hassle	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	3^{Note E: Use with caution}
Police wouldn't be able to identify stalker/lack of evidence	Note F: too unreliable to be published	14^{Note E: Use with caution}	6^{Note E: Use with caution}
Reported to another official	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	10^{Note E: Use with caution}
Other^{Table 13 Note 2}	11^{Note E: Use with caution}	14^{Note E: Use with caution}	10^{Note E: Use with caution}
^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 Intimate partners include current and former legally married or common-law spouses or dating partners. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 "Other" includes respondents' fear of themselves getting into trouble with the law, the fact that the incident took place outside of Canada, and other reasons not otherwise specified. Return to note 2 referrer Note: Stalking includes repeated and unwanted attention that causes the victim to fear for their personal safety or for the safety of someone they know. Numbers and/or percentages may not add up to totals due to rounding and/or multiple responses being possible. The answers “don't know” and “refusal” are included in the calculation of the percentages. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey.

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Table 13
Reporting to police, charges and restraining/protective orders laid in self-reported stalking incidents, by relationship of stalker to victim, Canada, 2014

Table 13 Reporting to police, charges and restraining/protective orders laid in self-reported stalking incidents, by relationship of stalker to victim, Canada, 2014

Table 13
Reporting to police, charges and restraining/protective orders laid in self-reported stalking incidents, by relationship of stalker to victim, Canada, 2014