Table 4.11
Accused of police-reported family violence against children and youth (0 to 17 years), by sex of accused and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2016

Table 4.11
Accused of police-reported family violence against children and youth (0 to 17 years), by sex of accused and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Accused of police-reported family violence against children and youth (0 to 17 years). The information is grouped by Relationship of accused to victim (appearing as row headers), Female accused, Male accused and Total accused, calculated using number, percent and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Relationship of accused to victim Female accused Male accused Total accused
number percent rate number percent rate number percent rate
ParentTable 4.11 Note 1 1,147 69 6 2,610 49 15 3,757 54 10
SiblingTable 4.11 Note 2 210 13 1 1,130 21 6 1,340 19 4
Other familyTable 4.11 Note 3 294 18 2 1,358 25 8 1,652 24 5
SpouseTable 4.11 Note 4 22 1 0.1 239 4 1 261 4 1
Total 1,673 100 9 5,337 100 30 7,010 100 20
Note 1

Includes biological, step, adoptive and foster parents.

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Note 2

Includes biological, step, half, adoptive and foster brothers and sisters.

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Note 3

Includes all other family members related by blood, marriage (including common-law) or adoption. Examples include grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and in-laws. Also includes a small proportion of family violence accused where the relationship of accused to victim was miscoded.

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Note 4

Includes current and former legally married and common-law spouses.

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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. 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). Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Children and youth refer to those aged 17 years and younger. Excludes accused aged 90 years and older, and 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. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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