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Table 1.4
Child and youth victims of police-reported family and non-family violence, by sex of victim, type of weapon present and level of injury, Canada, 2017

Table 1.4
Child and youth victims of police-reported family and non-family violence, by sex of victim, type of weapon present and level of injury, Canada, 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Child and youth victims of police-reported family and non-family violence. The information is grouped by Type of weapon present and level of injury (appearing as row headers), Family violence, Non-family violence, Female victims, Male victims and Total victims, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of weapon present and level of injury	Family violence						Non-family violence
	Female victims		Male victims		Total victims		Female victims		Male victims		Total victims
	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent
No weapon^{Table 1.4 Note 1}	546	8	209	4	755	6	2,456	15	789	5	3,245	10
Threats^{Table 1.4 Note 2}	209	3	181	4	390	3	1,415	8	1,508	10	2,923	9
Physical force	5,306	76	3,303	70	8,609	74	10,973	66	8,234	56	19,207	61
Weapon	949	14	1,002	21	1,951	17	1,839	11	4,249	29	6,088	19
Firearm	44	1	55	1	99	1	229	1	765	5	994	3
Knife or other piercing instrument^{Table 1.4 Note 3}	183	3	206	4	389	3	568	3	1,667	11	2,235	7
Club or other blunt instrument	95	1	119	3	214	2	143	1	368	2	511	2
Other weapon^{Table 1.4 Note 4}	627	9	622	13	1,249	11	899	5	1,449	10	2,348	7
Unknown	422	Note ...: not applicable	192	Note ...: not applicable	614	Note ...: not applicable	696	Note ...: not applicable	303	Note ...: not applicable	999	Note ...: not applicable
Total type of weapon present	7,432	100	4,887	100	12,319	100	17,379	100	15,083	100	32,462	100
No injury^{Table 1.4 Note 5}	4,436	66	2,392	54	6,828	61	11,357	70	8,640	60	19,997	65
Injury	2,285	34	2,055	46	4,340	39	4,865	30	5,695	40	10,560	35
Minor physical injury^{Table 1.4 Note 6}	2,217	33	1,960	44	4,177	37	4,736	29	5,290	37	10,026	33
Major physical injury or death^{Table 1.4 Note 7}	68	1	95	2	163	1	129	1	405	3	534	2
Unknown	711	Note ...: not applicable	440	Note ...: not applicable	1,151	Note ...: not applicable	1,157	Note ...: not applicable	748	Note ...: not applicable	1,905	Note ...: not applicable
Total level of injury	7,432	100	4,887	100	12,319	100	17,379	100	15,083	100	32,462	100
... not applicable Note 1 Includes no threat, physical force or weapon. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Includes threats that are construed to imply that death or injury is possible. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes other piercing/cutting instruments, such as hatchets, razor blades and arrows. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Includes other types of weapons such as explosives, fire, motor vehicles, poison and weapons not otherwise classified. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Includes incidents that did not involve the use of weapons or physical force as well as those in which no visible injuries were noted by police. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 Refers to injuries that required no professional medical treatment or only some first aid (e.g., bandage, ice). Return to note 6 referrer Note 7 Refers to injuries that required professional medical attention at the scene or transportation to a medical facility, or injuries that resulted in death. Return to note 7 referrer Note: The weapon present in an incident (if any) may or may not have caused the injury to the victim (if any). 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 and victims of dating or other intimate partner violence under the age of 12 years. Excludes victims where the sex or the age was unknown or where the accused-victim relationship was unknown. Excludes data from the province of Quebec due to data quality concerns. Percentages have been calculated excluding unknown type of weapon and unknown level of injury. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.

Date modified:: 2018-12-05