Table 1.5
Persons accused of police-reported family and non-family violence against children and youth, by accused sex, age group and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2017

Table 1.5
Persons accused of police-reported family and non-family violence against children and youth, by accused sex, age group and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Persons accused of police-reported family and non-family violence against children and youth. The information is grouped by Accused sex and relationship of accused to victim (appearing as row headers), Age group of accused, Total accused, 17 years and younger, 18 to 44 years, 45 to 64 years and 65 years and older, calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Accused sex and relationship of accused to victim	Age group of accused								Total accused
	17 years and younger		18 to 44 years		45 to 64 years		65 years and older		Total accused
	number	rate	number	rate	number	rate	number	rate	number	rate
Female accused
Family relationship	183	5	1,197	18	265	5	21	1	1,666	9
Parent^{Table 1.5 Note 1}	15	0.4	918	14	184	4	5	0.2	1,122	6
Sibling^{Table 1.5 Note 2}	105	3	100	2	25	0.5	3	0.1	233	1
Other family^{Table 1.5 Note 3}	52	2	172	3	55	1	13	0.4	292	2
Spouse^{Table 1.5 Note 4}	11	0.3	7	0.1	1	0.02	0	0	19	0.1
Non-family relationship	2,577	76	753	11	163	3	19	1	3,512	19
Dating or other intimate partner^{Table 1.5 Note 5}	171	5	47	1	1	0.02	0	0	219	1
Friend^{Table 1.5 Note 6}	487	14	86	1	7	0.1	0	0	580	3
Casual acquaintance^{Table 1.5 Note 7}	1,758	52	377	6	53	1	7	0.2	2,195	12
Authority figure^{Table 1.5 Note 8}	13	0.4	87	1	71	1	8	0.3	179	1
Stranger	137	4	148	2	28	1	4	0.1	317	2
Other^{Table 1.5 Note 9}	11	0.3	8	0.1	3	0.1	0	0	22	0.1
Total female accused	2,760	81	1,950	30	428	8	40	1	5,178	28
Male accused
Family relationship	1,122	31	3,257	49	1,115	22	163	6	5,657	31
Parent^{Table 1.5 Note 1}	38	1	1,914	29	771	15	21	1	2,744	15
Sibling^{Table 1.5 Note 2}	593	16	426	6	90	2	51	2	1,160	6
Other family^{Table 1.5 Note 3}	425	12	714	11	252	5	91	3	1,482	8
Spouse^{Table 1.5 Note 4}	66	2	203	3	2	0.04	0	0	271	2
Non-family relationship	8,051	224	4,805	72	890	18	186	7	13,932	77
Dating or other intimate partner^{Table 1.5 Note 5}	977	27	1,269	19	14	0.3	1	0.04	2,261	13
Friend^{Table 1.5 Note 6}	1,424	40	467	7	58	1	11	0.4	1,960	11
Casual acquaintance^{Table 1.5 Note 7}	4,919	137	1,828	27	328	7	68	2	7,143	40
Authority figure^{Table 1.5 Note 8}	46	1	275	4	178	4	33	1	532	3
Stranger	661	18	895	13	274	5	55	2	1,885	10
Other^{Table 1.5 Note 9}	24	1	71	1	38	1	18	1	151	1
Total male accused	9,173	255	8,062	121	2,005	40	349	13	19,589	109
Total accused
Family relationship	1,305	19	4,454	34	1,380	14	184	3	7,323	20
Parent^{Table 1.5 Note 1}	53	1	2,832	21	955	9	26	0.4	3,866	11
Sibling^{Table 1.5 Note 2}	698	10	526	4	115	1	54	1	1,393	4
Other family^{Table 1.5 Note 3}	477	7	886	7	307	3	104	2	1,774	5
Spouse^{Table 1.5 Note 4}	77	1	210	2	3	0.03	0	0	290	1
Non-family relationship	10,628	152	5,558	42	1,053	10	205	3	17,444	48
Dating or other intimate partner^{Table 1.5 Note 5}	1,148	16	1,316	10	15	0.1	1	0.02	2,480	7
Friend^{Table 1.5 Note 6}	1,911	27	553	4	65	1	11	0.2	2,540	7
Casual acquaintance^{Table 1.5 Note 7}	6,677	95	2,205	17	381	4	75	1	9,338	26
Authority figure^{Table 1.5 Note 8}	59	1	362	3	249	2	41	1	711	2
Stranger	798	11	1,043	8	302	3	59	1	2,202	6
Other^{Table 1.5 Note 9}	35	0.5	79	1	41	0.4	18	0.3	173	0.5
Total accused	11,933	170	10,012	75	2,433	24	389	7	24,767	68
Note 1 Includes biological, step, adoptive and foster parents. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Includes biological, step, half, adoptive and foster brothers and sisters. Return to note 2 referrer 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 victims where the relationship of accused to victim was miscoded. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Includes current and former legally married and common-law spouses. Accused and victims under the age of 15 years are excluded. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Includes current and former dating partners or other intimate partners. Other intimate partners refers to violence committed by a person with whom the victim had a sexual relationship or a mutual sexual attraction. Accused and victims under the age of 12 years are excluded. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 Includes roommates. "Roommates" was added as a relationship category in 2013. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7 Includes neighbours. Return to note 7 referrer Note 8 Includes persons in a position of trust or authority who are not family members. Includes authority figures and reverse authority figures (e.g., student-to-teacher, patient-to-doctor, teen-to-youth counsellor, prisoner-to-guard). "Reverse authority figures" was added as a relationship category in 2013. Return to note 8 referrer Note 9 Includes business relationships and criminal relationships (relationships with the victim based on illegal activities, such as drugs or prostitution). Return to note 9 referrer Note: Includes incidents with a single accused and a single victim. 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 accused aged 90 years and older. Excludes accused and victims of spousal under the age of 15 years and accused and victims of dating or other intimate partner violence under the age of 12 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. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.

Date modified:: 2018-12-05

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Table 1.5
Persons accused of police-reported family and non-family violence against children and youth, by accused sex, age group and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2017

Table 1.5 Persons accused of police-reported family and non-family violence against children and youth, by accused sex, age group and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2017

Table 1.5
Persons accused of police-reported family and non-family violence against children and youth, by accused sex, age group and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2017