Table 4.10
Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years) of police-reported family violence for selected violent violations, by sex of victim and type of violation, Canada, 2009 to 2016

Table 4.10
Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years) of police-reported family violence for selected violent violations, by sex of victim and type of violation, Canada, 2009 to 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years) of police-reported family violence for selected violent violations. The information is grouped by Type of violation (appearing as row headers), 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and Percent change of rate from 2011 to 2016, calculated using rate, number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of violation 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Percent change of rate from 2011 to 2016
rate number rate number rate percent
Female victims
Physical assault 160 163 162 154 142 134 4,330 129 4,289 127 -22
Common assault (level 1)Table 4.10 Note 1 133 134 134 125 114 108 3,496 104 3,409 101 -25
Major assault (levels 2 and 3)Table 4.10 Note 2 27 29 28 29 28 26 834 25 880 26 -7
Sexual assault 98 102 94 93 87 87 2,520 75 1,969 58 -38
Sexual assault (level 1)Table 4.10 Note 3 97 101 94 92 86 86 2,496 75 1,941 57 -39
Sexual assault (levels 2 and 3)Table 4.10 Note 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 24 1 28 1 20
Male victims
Physical assault 150 151 151 143 135 131 4,670 132 4,769 134 -11
Common assault (level 1)Table 4.10 Note 1 121 119 119 114 106 104 3,625 103 3,729 105 -12
Major assault (levels 2 and 3)Table 4.10 Note 2 29 31 32 29 28 27 1,045 30 1,040 29 -9
Sexual assault 24 23 21 24 20 19 618 18 517 15 -31
Sexual assault (level 1)Table 4.10 Note 3 24 23 21 24 20 19 611 17 510 14 -31
Sexual assault (levels 2 and 3)Table 4.10 Note 4 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 7 0.2 7 0.2 -37
Total victims
Physical assault 155 157 156 148 138 133 9,000 131 9,058 131 -17
Common assault (level 1)Table 4.10 Note 1 127 127 126 119 110 106 7,121 104 7,138 103 -18
Major assault (levels 2 and 3)Table 4.10 Note 2 28 30 30 29 28 26 1,879 27 1,920 28 -8
Sexual assault 60 61 57 58 53 52 3,138 46 2,486 36 -37
Sexual assault (level 1)Table 4.10 Note 3 60 61 56 57 52 52 3,107 45 2,451 35 -37
Sexual assault (levels 2 and 3)Table 4.10 Note 4 0.5 1 0.5 1 0.4 1 31 0.5 35 1 2
Note 1

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 2

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 3

Level 1 sexual assault is the category of least physical injury to the victim.

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Note 4

Level 2 sexual assault includes sexual assault with a weapon, threats to use a weapon, or causing bodily harm and level 3 sexual assault includes aggravated sexual assault which wounds, maims, disfigures, or endangers the life of the victim.

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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 parents (biological, step, adopted and foster), siblings (biological, step, half, adopted and foster), extended family members (e.g., grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and in-laws) and spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law). Victims refer to those aged 17 years and younger. 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. The Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Trend Database represents 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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