Table 5
Victims of police-reported violent crime, by victim age group and sex, and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2017

Table 5
Victims of police-reported violent crime, by victim age group and sex, and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of police-reported violent crime. The information is grouped by Relationship of accused to victim (appearing as row headers), Victim age group and sex, 24 and younger, 25 and older, 11 and younger, 12 to 17, 18 to 24, Total, Female and Male, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Relationship of accused to victim	Victim age group and sex
	24 and younger								25 and older^{Table 5 Note 2}
	11 and younger		12 to 17		18 to 24		Total^{Table 5 Note 1}		25 and older^{Table 5 Note 2}
	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
	percent
Family	60	53	22	15	21	12	26	19	36	17
Parent^{Table 5 Note 3}	36	40	10	8	3	3	9	10	2	2
Spouse	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	1	0.2	12	3	7	2	24	7
Current spouse^{Table 5 Note 4}	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	1	0.1	8	2	4	1	17	5
Former spouse^{Table 5 Note 5}	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	1	0.1	4	1	2	1	7	2
Sibling^{Table 5 Note 6}	10	6	4	3	3	3	4	4	2	2
Child^{Table 5 Note 7}	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.4	5	3
Other family^{Table 5 Note 8}	14	7	7	4	3	3	6	4	3	3
Non-family	40	47	78	85	79	88	74	81	64	83
Intimate partner	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	14	2	35	8	24	5	24	8
Current intimate partner^{Table 5 Note 9}	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	8	1	22	5	15	3	14	5
Former intimate partner^{Table 5 Note 10}	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	6	1	13	3	9	2	9	3
Friend^{Table 5 Note 11}	5	5	11	8	5	6	7	7	3	4
Authority figure^{Table 5 Note 12}	6	7	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	6
Neighbour	3	3	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	4
Business relationship^{Table 5 Note 13}	0.2	0.3	1	1	3	2	2	1	4	5
Criminal relationship^{Table 5 Note 14}	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	0.2	0.3	0.3	2	0.2	1	0.2	1
Casual acquaintance	17	21	34	40	16	22	22	28	12	17
Stranger	9	10	14	31	17	43	15	34	15	36
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
... not applicable Note 1 Includes victims aged 24 and younger. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Includes victims aged 25 to 89. Victims aged 90 and older are excluded due to possible instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes biological, step, adoptive and foster parents. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Includes current spouses and common-law partners. Includes victims aged 16 and older. Victims aged 15 and younger where the accused was classified as a current spouse were recoded as "other family." Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Includes former spouses and common-law partners. Includes victims aged 16 and older. Victims aged 15 and younger where the accused was classified as a former spouse were recoded as "other family." Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 Includes biological, half, step, adoptive and foster brothers and sisters. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7 Includes biological, step, adoptive and foster children. Includes victims aged 16 and older. Victims aged 15 and younger where the accused was classified as a child were recoded as "other family." Return to note 7 referrer Note 8 Includes all other family members related to the victim by blood or marriage (e.g., grandparents, aunts, uncles, current and former in-laws). Return to note 8 referrer Note 9 Includes those who have a close and affectionate relationship with the victim (e.g., boyfriend, girlfriend). Includes victims aged 12 and older. Victims aged 11 and younger where the accused was classified as a current intimate partner were recoded as "unknown." Return to note 9 referrer Note 10 Includes those who had a close and affectionate relationship with the victim (e.g., ex-boyfriend, ex-girlfriend), and those who had a sexual or mutual sexual attraction with the victim (e.g., one-night stand). Includes victims aged 12 and older. Victims aged 11 and younger where the accused was classified as a former intimate partner were recoded as "unknown." Return to note 10 referrer Note 11 Includes those who have a long-term and friendly relationship with the victim, and roommates. Return to note 11 referrer Note 12 Includes those who are in a position of authority to the victim (e.g., teacher, doctor), and reverse authority figures (e.g., student, patient). Return to note 12 referrer Note 13 Includes those who have a relationship in the workplace or where business is the primary source of contact with the victim (e.g., employer and employee, worker and client). Return to note 13 referrer Note 14 Includes those who have a relationship based on illegal activity (e.g., drugs, prostitution). Includes victims aged 12 and older. Victims aged 11 and younger where the accused was classified as a criminal relationship were recoded as "unknown." Return to note 14 referrer Note: Victims refer to those aged 89 and younger. Excludes victims where the age or the sex was unknown. Percentages have been calculated excluding unknown. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.

Date modified:: 2018-12-17

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Table 5
Victims of police-reported violent crime, by victim age group and sex, and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2017

Table 5 Victims of police-reported violent crime, by victim age group and sex, and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2017

Table 5
Victims of police-reported violent crime, by victim age group and sex, and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2017