Table 2.12
Accused of police-reported family violence, by age group of accused and type of violation, Canada, 2016

Table 2.12
Accused of police-reported family violence, by age group of accused and type of violation, Canada, 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Accused of police-reported family violence. The information is grouped by Type of violation (appearing as row headers), Age group of accused, Total accused, 17 years and younger, 18 to 24 years, 25 to 44 years, 45 to 64 years and 65 years and older, calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of violation Age group of accused Total accused
17 years and younger 18 to 24 years 25 to 44 years 45 to 64 years 65 years and older
number rate number rate number rate number rate number rate number rate
Violations causing deathTable 2.12 Note 1 2 0.03 24 1 54 1 31 0.3 13 0.2 124 0.3
Attempted murderTable 2.12 Note 2 3 0.04 10 0.3 34 0.3 20 0.2 3 0.1 70 0.2
Sexual offencesTable 2.12 Note 3 719 10 378 11 1,479 15 738 7 148 3 3,462 10
Physical assault 3,026 43 6,406 192 23,314 238 9,522 95 1,077 19 43,345 121
Major assault (levels 2 and 3)Table 2.12 Note 4 598 9 1,365 41 4,475 46 1,784 18 201 4 8,423 23
Common assault (level 1)Table 2.12 Note 5 2,414 35 5,016 150 18,736 191 7,683 76 867 15 34,716 97
Other assaultsTable 2.12 Note 6 14 0.2 25 1 103 1 55 1 9 0.2 206 1
Kidnapping or abduction 21 0.3 183 5 680 7 192 2 14 0.2 1,090 3
Other violent violationsTable 2.12 Note 7 436 6 1,017 31 4,057 41 2,219 22 256 5 7,985 22
Total 4,207 60 8,018 241 29,618 302 12,722 127 1,511 27 56,076 156
Note 1

Violations causing death include first degree murder, second degree murder, manslaughter, infanticide, criminal negligence causing death, and other related violations causing death.

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Note 2

Attempted murder includes conspiracy to commit murder.

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Note 3

Sexual offences include sexual assault levels 1, 2 and 3 and other sexual violations, including child‑specific offences, such as sexual interference and luring a child via a computer.

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Note 4

Level 2 assault is defined as assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm and level 3 assault is defined as assault that wounds, maims, disfigures or endangers the life of the victim.

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Note 5

Level 1 assault is the least serious form of assault and includes pushing, slapping, punching and face‑to‑face verbal threats.

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Note 6

Other assaults include criminal negligence causing bodily harm, pointing a firearm, discharging a firearm with intent and other assaults.

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Note 7

Other violent violations include uttering threats to a person, criminal harassment, indecent or harassing communications and other violations against the person.

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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. 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 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 refers to those aged 89 years and younger. 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. Excludes accused and victims of spousal violence under the age of 15 years. Excludes accused and victims where the sex or the age was unknown or where the accused‑victim relationship was unknown. Excludes a small number of accused and 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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