Table 4.8
Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years) of police-reported family violence, by sex of victim and province or territory, 2016

Table 4.8
Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years) of police-reported family violence, by sex of victim and province or territory, 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Child and youth victims (0 to 17 years) of police-reported family violence. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Female victims, Male victims and Total victims, calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory Female victims Male victims Total victims
number rate number rate number rate
Newfoundland and Labrador 149 347 106 237 255 291
Prince Edward Island 24 172 24 167 48 169
Nova Scotia 259 326 169 200 428 262
New Brunswick 225 344 137 198 362 269
Quebec 2,753 370 2,086 268 4,839 318
Ontario 2,524 193 1,782 129 4,306 160
Manitoba 654 461 428 288 1,082 373
Saskatchewan 717 567 491 369 1,208 466
Alberta 1,169 257 815 171 1,984 213
British Columbia 854 208 545 125 1,399 165
Yukon 22 596 21 533 43 564
Northwest Territories 60 1,091 38 669 98 876
Nunavut 109 1,670 87 1,296 196 1,480
Canada 9,519 280 6,729 188 16,248 233
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.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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