Table 1
Incidents of police-reported intimate partner violence in Canada, by sex of victim, and same-/opposite-sex status, 2009 to 2017


Table 1
Incidents of police-reported intimate partner violence in Canada, by sex of victim, and same-/opposite-sex status, 2009 to 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Incidents of police-reported intimate partner violence in Canada. The information is grouped by Year (appearing as row headers), Same-sex , Opposite-sex , Females, Males, Total and Year-over-year change, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year Same-sex Opposite-sex
Females Males Total Year-over-year change Females Males Total Year-over-year change
number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent
2009 1,165 45 1,446 55 2,611 Note ...: not applicable 61,938 84 12,108 16 74,046 Note ...: not applicable
2010 1,280 47 1,426 53 2,706 4 62,242 83 12,684 17 74,926 1
2011 1,140 45 1,368 55 2,508 -7 60,055 83 12,399 17 72,454 -3
2012 1,100 43 1,430 57 2,530 1 58,255 83 12,344 17 70,599 -3
2013 1,060 44 1,370 56 2,430 -4 54,813 82 12,020 18 66,833 -5
2014 981 43 1,322 57 2,303 -5 53,207 81 12,176 19 65,383 -2
2015 1,107 45 1,348 55 2,455 7 54,778 82 12,291 18 67,069 3
2016 1,094 45 1,359 55 2,453 0 55,703 81 12,905 19 68,608 2
2017 1,048 45 1,279 55 2,327 -5 56,435 82 12,808 18 69,243 1
2009 to 2017 9,975 45 12,348 55 22,323 -11 517,426 82 111,735 18 629,161 -6
... not applicable
Note: Intimate partner violence refers to police-reported incidents of violent Criminal Code offences committed among individuals in current or former legally married or common-law partnerships, boyfriend or girlfriend relationships, or other intimate relationships. Same-/opposite-sex status was derived from the relationship variable, and the sex of the victim and of the accused. Only incidents which involved one victim and one accused person are included. Excludes incidents where the sex or the age of the victim or the accused were unknown, or where the accused-victim relationship was unknown. Incidents involving victims and accused individuals aged 90 years and older are excluded from analyses due to possible instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category. Incidents involving children under 15 years are excluded from the analysis.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (Trend Database).
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