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Table 3.2
Victims of police-reported intimate partner violence, by type of intimate partner relationship and age group of victim, Canada, 2016

Table 3.2
Victims of police-reported intimate partner violence, by type of intimate partner relationship and age group of victim, Canada, 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of police-reported intimate partner violence. The information is grouped by Age group of victim (appearing as row headers), Female victims, Male victims, Total victims of intimate partner violence, Victims of spousal violence, Victims of dating violence, Victims of other intimate partner violence, Total female victims of intimate partner violence, Total male victims of intimate partner violence, Current and Former, calculated using percent and number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Age group of victim	Female victims						Male victims						Total victims of intimate partner violence
	Victims of spousal violence^{Table 3.2 Note 1}		Victims of dating violence^{Table 3.2 Note 2}		Victims of other intimate partner violence^{Table 3.2 Note 3}	Total female victims of intimate partner violence	Victims of spousal violence^{Table 3.2 Note 1}		Victims of dating violence^{Table 3.2 Note 2}		Victims of other intimate partner violence^{Table 3.2 Note 3}	Total male victims of intimate partner violence
	Current	Former	Current	Former		Total female victims of intimate partner violence	Current	Former	Current	Former		Total male victims of intimate partner violence
	percent
15 to 19 years	10	7	53	29	2	100	10	7	48	31	5	100	100
20 to 24 years	19	9	46	25	1	100	19	7	48	23	2	100	100
25 to 29 years	28	10	38	22	1	100	26	9	41	21	2	100	100
30 to 34 years	35	13	32	19	1	100	31	12	37	18	2	100	100
35 to 39 years	39	16	27	17	1	100	37	15	31	16	2	100	100
40 to 44 years	41	15	27	15	1	100	38	15	29	16	2	100	100
45 to 49 years	41	15	27	15	1	100	39	14	28	15	3	100	100
50 to 54 years	47	14	23	14	2	100	40	14	29	14	3	100	100
55 to 59 years	53	14	20	11	2	100	43	11	28	14	4	100	100
60 to 64 years	61	11	15	11	1	100	49	12	20	14	5	100	100
65 years and older	69	10	9	10	1	100	59	9	20	9	4	100	100
Total	32	12	35	20	1	100	32	12	35	18	2	100	100
	number
Total	23,142	8,656	25,841	14,767	994	73,400	6,446	2,333	6,974	3,607	487	19,847	93,247
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. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Refers to violence committed by boyfriends and girlfriends (current and former). Includes victims aged 15 to 89. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Refers to violence committed by a person with whom the victim had a sexual relationship or a mutual sexual attraction. Includes victims ages 15 to 89. Return to note 3 referrer Note: 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. Victims refer to those aged 15 to 89. Victims aged 90 years and older are excluded from analyses due to possible instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category. Excludes victims where the sex or the age was unknown or 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.

Date modified:: 2018-01-17