Table 2.2
Victims of police-reported intimate partner and non-intimate partner violence, by victim sex, age group and type of violation, Canada, 2017

Table 2.2
Victims of police-reported intimate partner and non-intimate partner violence, by victim sex, age group and type of violation, Canada, 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of police-reported intimate partner and non-intimate partner violence. The information is grouped by Victim sex and type of violation (appearing as row headers), Age group of victim, Total victims, 15 to 24 years, 25 to 34 years, 35 to 44 years, 45 to 54 years and 55 years and older, calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Victim sex and type of violation Age group of victim Total victims
15 to 24 years 25 to 34 years 35 to 44 years 45 to 54 years 55 years and older
number rate number rate number rate number rate number rate number rate
Intimate partner violence
Female victims
Homicide and other violations causing deathTable 2.2 Note 1 13 1 21 1 8 0.3 11 0.4 13 0.2 66 0.4
Attempted murderTable 2.2 Note 2 19 1 27 1 24 1 11 0.4 8 0.1 89 1
Sexual assaultTable 2.2 Note 3 1,509 69 1,032 41 685 28 311 12 105 2 3,642 24
Physical assaultTable 2.2 Note 4 14,532 665 19,516 767 12,446 512 6,081 243 2,425 43 55,000 359
Other offences involving violence or the threat of violenceTable 2.2 Note 5 4,497 206 5,516 217 3,856 159 1,950 78 783 14 16,602 108
Total female victims 20,570 942 26,112 1,026 17,019 700 8,364 334 3,334 59 75,399 491
Male victims
Homicide and other violations causing deathTable 2.2 Note 1 1 0.04 2 0.1 4 0.2 3 0.1 6 0.1 16 0.1
Attempted murderTable 2.2 Note 2 5 0.2 6 0.2 5 0.2 5 0.2 3 0.1 24 0.2
Sexual assaultTable 2.2 Note 3 41 2 29 1 32 1 7 0.3 7 0.1 116 1
Physical assaultTable 2.2 Note 4 2,987 129 5,757 225 4,501 186 2,770 110 1,522 29 17,537 117
Other offences involving violence or the threat of violenceTable 2.2 Note 5 394 17 751 29 696 29 489 19 282 5 2,612 17
Total male victims 3,428 148 6,545 256 5,238 217 3,274 130 1,820 35 20,305 135
Total victims
Homicide and other violations causing deathTable 2.2 Note 1 14 0.3 23 0.5 12 0.2 14 0.3 19 0.2 82 0.3
Attempted murderTable 2.2 Note 2 24 1 33 1 29 1 16 0.3 11 0.1 113 0.4
Sexual assaultTable 2.2 Note 3 1,550 34 1,061 21 717 15 318 6 112 1 3,758 12
Physical assaultTable 2.2 Note 4 17,519 389 25,273 495 16,947 350 8,851 176 3,947 36 72,537 239
Other offences involving violence or the threat of violenceTable 2.2 Note 5 4,891 109 6,267 123 4,552 94 2,439 49 1,065 10 19,214 63
Total victims 23,998 533 32,657 640 22,257 459 11,638 232 5,154 47 95,704 315
Non-intimate partner violence
Female victims
Homicide and other violations causing deathTable 2.2 Note 1 18 1 8 0.3 18 1 11 0.4 29 1 84 1
Attempted murderTable 2.2 Note 2 27 1 32 1 15 1 20 1 20 0.4 114 1
Sexual assaultTable 2.2 Note 3 7,770 356 2,832 111 1,476 61 859 34 806 14 13,743 90
Physical assaultTable 2.2 Note 4 13,448 616 10,334 406 8,243 339 7,236 289 6,451 114 45,712 298
Other offences involving violence or the threat of violenceTable 2.2 Note 5 9,559 438 7,483 294 5,712 235 4,765 190 4,332 76 31,851 208
Total female victims 30,822 1,411 20,689 813 15,464 636 12,891 514 11,638 205 91,504 596
Male victims
Homicide and other violations causing deathTable 2.2 Note 1 85 4 70 3 48 2 47 2 57 1 307 2
Attempted murderTable 2.2 Note 2 181 8 162 6 110 5 76 3 59 1 588 4
Sexual assaultTable 2.2 Note 3 672 29 241 9 153 6 127 5 94 2 1,287 9
Physical assaultTable 2.2 Note 4 22,090 953 18,612 729 13,301 551 12,462 496 11,460 219 77,925 519
Other offences involving violence or the threat of violenceTable 2.2 Note 5 12,756 550 12,746 499 9,475 392 7,352 292 6,525 125 48,854 325
Total male victims 35,784 1,543 31,831 1,246 23,087 956 20,064 798 18,195 348 128,961 858
Total victims
Homicide and other violations causing deathTable 2.2 Note 1 103 2 78 2 66 1 58 1 86 1 391 1
Attempted murderTable 2.2 Note 2 208 5 194 4 125 3 96 2 79 1 702 2
Sexual assaultTable 2.2 Note 3 8,442 187 3,073 60 1,629 34 986 20 900 8 15,030 49
Physical assaultTable 2.2 Note 4 35,538 789 28,946 567 21,544 445 19,698 392 17,911 164 123,637 407
Other offences involving violence or the threat of violenceTable 2.2 Note 5 22,315 496 20,229 397 15,187 313 12,117 241 10,857 100 80,705 266
Total victims 66,606 1,479 52,520 1,030 38,551 796 32,955 656 29,833 274 220,465 726
Note 1

Includes first degree murder, second degree murder, manslaughter, infanticide, criminal negligence causing death, and other related violations causing death.

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Note 2

Includes conspiracy to commit murder.

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Note 3

Includes sexual assault levels 1, 2 and 3.

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Note 4

Includes physical assault levels 1, 2 and 3.

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Note 5

Includes sexual violations against children and all other violent violations not otherwise listed.

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Note: Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population aged 15 to 89 years. Populations based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Intimate partner violence refers to violence committed by legally married, separated or divorced spouses, common-law partners (current and former), dating partners (current and former) and other intimate partners. Victims refer to those aged 15 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.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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