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Table 5.1
Senior victims of police-reported violent crime, by sex of victim and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2016

Table 5.1
Senior victims of police-reported violent crime, by sex of victim and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Senior victims of police-reported violent crime. The information is grouped by Relationship of accused to victim (appearing as row headers), Female victims, Male victims and Total victims, calculated using number, percent and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Relationship of accused to victim	Female victims			Male victims			Total victims
Relationship of accused to victim	number	percent	rate	number	percent	rate	number	percent	rate
Family	2,036	44	67	1,475	26	56	3,511	34	62
Child^{Table 5.1 Note 1}	622	13	20	502	9	19	1,124	11	20
Spouse^{Table 5.1 Note 2}	668	14	22	295	5	11	963	9	17
Sibling^{Table 5.1 Note 3}	222	5	7	190	3	7	412	4	7
Other family^{Table 5.1 Note 4}	524	11	17	488	9	19	1,012	10	18
Non-family	1,749	38	57	2,510	44	95	4,259	41	75
Casual acquaintance^{Table 5.1 Note 5}	885	19	29	1,238	22	47	2,123	21	37
Neighbour	394	8	13	559	10	21	953	9	17
Business relationship	131	3	4	308	5	12	439	4	8
Dating partner^{Table 5.1 Note 6}	173	4	6	144	3	5	317	3	6
Friend^{Table 5.1 Note 7}	166	4	5	261	5	10	427	4	8
Stranger	853	18	28	1,689	30	64	2,542	25	45
Unknown	4	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	12	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	16	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Total	4,642	100	152	5,686	100	216	10,328	100	182
... not applicable Note 1 Includes biological, step, adoptive and foster children. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Includes current and former legally married and common-law spouses. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes biological, step, half, adoptive and foster brothers and sisters. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Includes all other family members related by blood, marriage (including common-law) or adoption. Examples include grandchildren, nephews, nieces, cousins and in-laws. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Includes criminal relationships, authority figures and reverse authority figures. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 Includes current and former girlfriends/boyfriends and other intimate partners. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7 Includes roommates, which was added as a relationship category beginning in 2013. Return to note 7 referrer Note: Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Senior victims refer to those aged 65 to 89 years. 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. Percentages have been calculated excluding victims 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