Table 1
Victims of police-reported sexual assault, by quarterly #MeToo period and province or territory, Canada, 2016 and 2017


Table 1
Victims of police-reported sexual assault, by quarterly #MeToo period and province or territory, Canada, 2016 and 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of police-reported sexual assault. The information is grouped by Province and territory (appearing as row headers), Pre-#MeToo
(Jan. 2016 to Sept. 2017), Post-#MeToo
(Oct. 2017 to Dec. 2017) and Percent change in rate (pre- to post-#MeToo), calculated using number, average rate, rate and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province and territory Pre-#MeToo
(Jan. 2016 to Sept. 2017)		 Post-#MeToo
(Oct. 2017 to Dec. 2017)		 Percent change in rate (pre- to post-#MeToo)
number average rate number rate percent
Newfoundland and Labrador 536 14.5 104 19.8 36
Prince Edward Island 128 12.2 19 12.6 3
Nova Scotia 1,185 18.0 195 20.6 15
New Brunswick 648 12.3 101 13.4 9
Quebec 7,199 12.4 1,665 20.0 61
Ontario 13,856 14.2 2,377 16.9 19
Manitoba 2,396 26.0 438 33.0 27
Saskatchewan 2,030 25.3 294 25.5 1
Alberta 4,969 16.8 761 17.9 7
British Columbia 4,294 12.9 718 15.0 16
Yukon 135 50.6 16 41.7 -18
Northwest Territories 273 87.7 35 78.8 -10
Nunavut 275 104.8 43 113.2 8
Canada 37,924 15.0 6,766 18.6 24
Note: Sexual assault offences include sexual assault level 1, level 2, and level 3. Counts are based on the number of victims where the most serious violation in the incident was sexual assault. Rates for the pre-#MeToo period represent the average rate across the seven quarters preceding #MeToo on the basis of 100,000 annual population figures, which means that rates will be lower than overall annual rates and thus are not comparable to annual sexual assault rates reported elsewhere. Populations are based upon July 1st annual estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. The pre-#MeToo period is defined as sexual assaults reported to police and classified as founded between January 1, 2016 and September 30, 2017. The post-#MeToo period includes those reported and founded between October 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017. Excludes incidents where the age or sex of the victim was unknown or over 89 years of age (<1%). Exercise caution when interpreting rates and percent change in rates when base figures for incidents are low.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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