Table 5.7
Senior victims of police-reported family-related physical assault, by sex of victim, Canada, 2009 to 2016

Table 5.7
Senior victims of police-reported family-related physical assault, by sex of victim, Canada, 2009 to 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Senior victims of police-reported family-related physical assault. The information is grouped by Year (appearing as row headers), Female victims, Male victims and Total victims, calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year Female victims Male victims Total victims
number rate number rate number rate
2009 997 41 729 37 1,726 39
2010 1,142 46 711 35 1,853 41
2011 1,132 44 729 34 1,861 40
2012 1,195 45 767 34 1,962 40
2013 1,164 42 825 35 1,989 39
2014 1,271 44 910 37 2,181 41
2015 1,347 46 931 37 2,278 42
2016 1,379 45 1,031 39 2,410 43
Note: Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Family-related physical assault refers to physical assault committed by spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law), children (biological, step, adopted and foster), siblings (biological, step, half, adopted and foster) and extended family members (e.g., grandchildren, nephews, nieces, cousins and in-laws). 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 or where the accused-victim relationship was unknown. Based on the Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Trend Database, which includes data from 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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