Table 3.12
Accused of police-reported intimate partner violence, by type of relationship, sex of accused and age group of accused, Canada, 2016

Table 3.12
Accused of police-reported intimate partner violence, by type of relationship, sex of accused and age group of accused, Canada, 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Accused of police-reported intimate partner violence. The information is grouped by Age group of accused (appearing as row headers), Spousal violence, Dating violence, Female accused, Male accused and Total accused, calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Age group of accused Spousal violenceTable 3.12 Note 1 Dating violenceTable 3.12 Note 2
Female accused Male accused Total accused Female accused Male accused Total accused
number rate number rate number rate number rate number rate number rate
15 to 17 years 56 10 99 16 155 13 316 55 848 140 1,164 99
18 to 24 years 941 58 2,283 133 3,224 97 2,177 134 7,435 434 9,612 288
25 to 34 years 2,064 82 7,664 304 9,728 193 2,702 108 11,887 472 14,589 290
35 to 44 years 1,890 79 7,762 325 9,652 202 1,459 61 6,810 285 8,269 173
45 to 54 years 1,044 41 4,911 192 5,955 117 732 29 3,650 143 4,382 86
55 to 64 years 360 14 1,922 78 2,282 46 137 6 994 41 1,131 23
65 years and older 115 4 782 30 897 16 25 1 199 8 224 4
Note 1

Refers to violence committed by married, separated or divorced spouses and common-law partners (current and former). Includes victims aged 15 to 89.

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Note 2

Refers to violence committed by boyfriends and girlfriends (current and former) and other intimate partners. Includes victims aged 15 to 89.

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Note: Includes incidents with single accused-single victim. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Intimate partner violence refers to violence committed by legally married, separated or divorced spouses, common-law partners (current and former), dating partners (current and former) and other intimate partners. Accused refers to those aged 15 to 89. 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.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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