Table 2.6
Victims of police-reported family violence, by province or territory, 2016

Table 2.6
Victims of police-reported family violence, by province or territory, 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of police-reported family violence. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), 2016, Percent change of rate from 2015 to 2016, Female victims, Male victims and Total victims, calculated using number, rate and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory 2016 Percent change of rate from 2015 to 2016
Female victims Male victims Total victims Female victims Male victims Total victims
number rate number rate number rate percent
Newfoundland and Labrador 746 290 505 201 1,251 246 -8 -9 -8
Prince Edward Island 119 158 80 111 199 135 -18 -5 -13
Nova Scotia 1,182 249 722 157 1,904 203 -1 5 1
New Brunswick 1,166 308 598 161 1,764 235 5 -7 1
Quebec 17,462 425 8,389 205 25,851 315 0 5 2
Ontario 13,986 202 6,245 93 20,231 148 -1 -2 -1
Manitoba 3,151 496 1,669 263 4,820 379 -1 3 0
Saskatchewan 3,548 645 2,006 355 5,554 498 3 2 3
Alberta 8,002 385 4,208 196 12,210 289 -4 0 -3
British Columbia 6,335 268 3,028 129 9,363 199 -9 -9 -9
Yukon 185 1,007 96 505 281 751 1 1 1
Northwest Territories 583 2,678 300 1,327 883 1,989 2 0 1
Nunavut 636 3,552 346 1,806 982 2,649 4 10 6
Canada 57,101 319 28,192 159 85,293 239 -2 0 -1
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 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). Victims refer to those aged 89 years and younger. Victims aged 90 years and older are excluded from analyses due to possible instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category. 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. Based on the Incident‑based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Trend Database, which includes data from 99% of police services in Canada. As a result, numbers may not match those presented elsewhere in the report.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident‑based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Trend Database.
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