Table 1.6
Child and youth victims of police-reported family and non-family violence, by victim sex and province or territory, 2016 to 2017

Table 1.6
Child and youth victims of police-reported family and non-family violence, by victim sex and province or territory, 2016 to 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 Province or territory (appearing as row headers), 2017, Percent change in rate: 2016 to 2017, Female victims, Male victims and Total victims, calculated using number, rate and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory 2017 Percent change in rate: 2016 to 2017
Female victims Male victims Total victims Female victims Male victims Total victims
number rate number rate number rate percent
Family violence
Newfoundland and Labrador 146 328 108 233 254 279 -7 5 -2
Prince Edward Island 31 215 22 148 53 181 17 -6 6
Nova Scotia 310 395 206 247 516 319 19 24 21
New BrunswickTable 1.6 Note 1 214 359 148 236 362 296 -3 21 6
Quebec 3,081 411 2,113 269 5,194 338 12 1 7
Ontario 2,665 205 1,817 133 4,482 168 6 3 5
Manitoba 649 458 372 250 1,021 351 2 -8 -2
Saskatchewan 720 568 514 387 1,234 475 -1 4 1
Alberta 1,364 299 913 190 2,277 243 10 7 9
British Columbia 954 231 576 131 1,530 180 10 6 9
Yukon 19 529 17 434 36 480 -17 -23 -20
Northwest Territories 77 1,429 26 459 103 932 27 -30 5
Nunavut 122 1,840 66 949 188 1,384 10 -25 -6
Canada 10,352 305 6,898 193 17,250 247 8 3 6
Non-family violence
Newfoundland and Labrador 354 796 312 672 666 733 1 -10 -5
Prince Edward Island 86 597 74 498 160 546 8 43 22
Nova Scotia 749 955 521 625 1,270 785 20 13 17
New BrunswickTable 1.6 Note 1 481 807 426 680 907 742 4 8 6
Quebec 4,963 662 4,117 524 9,080 591 12 3 8
Ontario 7,088 546 7,125 521 14,213 533 10 8 9
Manitoba 1,708 1,204 1,087 730 2,795 961 -1 -3 -2
Saskatchewan 1,464 1,155 1,140 857 2,604 1,003 -0.3 -4 -2
Alberta 2,606 571 2,231 464 4,837 516 5 4 5
British Columbia 2,174 527 1,760 401 3,934 462 12 2 7
Yukon 82 2,285 31 792 113 1,506 3 -34 -11
Northwest Territories 181 3,359 81 1,429 262 2,370 29 30 29
Nunavut 141 2,126 105 1,510 246 1,811 -29 28 -12
Canada 22,077 650 19,010 531 41,087 589 8 4 6
Note 1

Excludes data from the Saint John Police Service due to data quality concerns.

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Note: Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population aged 17 years and younger. 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 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 a small number of victims in Quebec whose age was unknown but was miscoded as 0. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. Based on the Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Trend Database, which, as of 2009, includes data for 99% of the population 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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