Table 2.11
Accused of police-reported violent crime, by sex of accused and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2016

Table 2.11
Accused of police-reported violent crime, by sex of accused and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Accused of police-reported violent crime. The information is grouped by Relationship of accused to victim (appearing as row headers), Female accused, Male accused and Total accused, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Relationship of accused to victim	Female accused		Male accused		Total accused
Relationship of accused to victim	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent
Family	12,927	34	43,149	31	56,076	32
Spouse	6,470	17	25,423	18	31,893	18
Current spouse^{Table 2.11 Note 1}	4,863	13	19,012	14	23,875	13
Former spouse^{Table 2.11 Note 2}	1,607	4	6,411	5	8,018	5
Non-spousal family	6,457	17	17,726	13	24,183	14
Parent^{Table 2.11 Note 3}	2,064	5	4,999	4	7,063	4
Child^{Table 2.11 Note 4}	1,537	4	3,995	3	5,532	3
Sibling^{Table 2.11 Note 5}	1,244	3	4,076	3	5,320	3
Other family^{Table 2.11 Note 6}	1,612	4	4,656	3	6,268	4
Non-family	25,168	66	95,802	69	120,970	68
Dating partner^{Table 2.11 Note 7}	7,618	20	32,324	23	39,942	23
Current dating partner	5,020	13	20,927	15	25,947	15
Former dating partner	2,349	6	10,663	8	13,012	7
Other intimate partner	249	1	734	1	983	1
Friend^{Table 2.11 Note 8}	2,233	6	6,454	5	8,687	5
Business relationship	985	3	4,839	3	5,824	3
Casual acquaintance^{Table 2.11 Note 9}	8,539	22	26,603	19	35,142	20
Criminal relationship^{Table 2.11 Note 10}	74	0	752	1	826	0
Authority figure^{Table 2.11 Note 11}	1,552	4	4,285	3	5,837	3
Stranger	4,167	11	20,545	15	24,712	14
Unknown^{Table 2.11 Note 12}	5	Note ...: not applicable	50	Note ...: not applicable	55	Note ...: not applicable
Total^{Table 2.11 Note 13}	38,100	100	139,001	100	177,101	100
... not applicable Note 1 Includes legally married and common‑law partners aged 15 years and older. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Includes separated and divorced partners aged 15 years and older. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes biological, step, adoptive and foster parents. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Includes biological, step, adopted and foster children. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Includes biological, step, half, adoptive and foster brothers and sisters. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 Includes all other family members related by blood, marriage (including common‑law) or adoption. Examples include grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and in‑laws. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7 Includes accused persons under 90 years of age, including dating partners under the age of 15. The counts for dating partners do not match the information presented in Section 3 of the report, which examines intimate partner violence for those aged 15 years and older. Return to note 7 referrer Note 8 Includes roommates. 'Roommates' was added as a relationship category beginning in 2013. Return to note 8 referrer Note 9 Includes neighbours. Return to note 9 referrer Note 10 Includes relationships with the victim based on illegal activities, such as drugs or prostitution. Return to note 10 referrer Note 11 Includes persons in a position of trust or authority who are not family members. Includes authority figures and reverse authority figures (e.g., student‑to‑teacher, patient‑to‑doctor, teen‑to‑youth counsellors/group home workers, prisoner‑to‑guard). 'Reverse authority figures' was added as a relationship category beginning in 2013. Return to note 11 referrer Note 12 Includes incidents where the relationship between the victim and the accused was reported by police as 'unknown.' Return to note 12 referrer Note 13 Includes violations causing death, attempted murder, sexual assault, assault, robbery, criminal harassment, uttering threats and other violations involving violence or the threat of violence. Return to note 13 referrer Note: Includes incidents with a single accused and a single victim. In 2016, 74% of family violence incidents involved a single accused and a single victim, compared to 62% of non‑family violence incidents. Accused refer to those aged 89 years and younger. Family violence refers to violence committed by spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common‑law), parents (biological, step, adopted and foster), children (biological, step, adopted and foster), siblings (biological, step, half, adopted and foster) and extended family members (e.g., grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and in‑laws). Accused and victims aged 90 years and older are excluded from analyses due to possible instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category. Accused and victims of spousal violence under the age of 15 years are included in the category 'unknown relationship' and not in the categories related to spousal violence. Excludes accused and victims where the sex or the age was unknown. Excludes a small number of accused and victims in Quebec whose age was unknown but was miscoded as 0. Percentages have been calculated excluding victims 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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Table 2.11
Accused of police-reported violent crime, by sex of accused and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2016

Table 2.11 Accused of police-reported violent crime, by sex of accused and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2016

Table 2.11
Accused of police-reported violent crime, by sex of accused and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2016