Table 6
Percent of women and children residing in residential facilities for victims of abuse compared to private households, by selected characteristics, province or territory, April 18, 2018


Table 6
Percent of women and children residing in residential facilities for victims of abuse compared to private households, by selected characteristics, province or territory, April 18, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Percent of women and children residing in residential facilities for victims of abuse compared to private households. The information is grouped by Selected characteristics and province or territory (appearing as row headers),
Women in private households in Canada, Women in facilities,
Children in private households in Canada and Children in facilities, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Selected characteristics and province or territory Women in private households in CanadaTable 6 Note 1 Women in facilities Children in private households in CanadaTable 6 Note 1 Children in facilities
percent
Aboriginal IdentityTable 6 Note 2
Newfoundland and Labrador 8 22 13 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Prince Edward Island 2 0 3 0
Nova Scotia 5 Note F: too unreliable to be published 9 Note F: too unreliable to be published
New Brunswick 3 9 6 4
Quebec 2 7 3 10
Ontario 3 14 4 13
Manitoba 15 70 29 64
Saskatchewan 14 66 27 77
Alberta 6 34 10 36
British Columbia 5 31 10 31
Yukon 23 56 31 71
Northwest Territories 49 100 61 100
Nunavut 82 100 95 100
Canada 4 22 8 25
Non-permanent residentTable 6 Note 3
Newfoundland and Labrador 0.6 20.0 0.6 14.0
Prince Edward Island 0.9 0.0 0.8 0.0
Nova Scotia 0.9 9.0 0.7 7.0
New Brunswick 0.5 10.0 0.4 8.0
Quebec 1.1 9.0 0.6 11.0
Ontario 1.6 7.0 0.9 4.0
Manitoba 1.3 33.0 0.8 18.0
Saskatchewan 1.1 16.0 0.7 12.0
Alberta 2.0 8.0 1.0 F
British Columbia 2.3 7.0 1.7 9.0
Yukon 1.2 0.0 0.3 0.0
Northwest Territories 1.0 0.0 0.2 F
Nunavut 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Canada 1.5 9.0 0.9 8.0
Visible minorityTable 6 Note 4
Newfoundland and Labrador 2 6 4 0
Prince Edward Island 4 0 7 0
Nova Scotia 5 15 10 20
New Brunswick 3 6 6 8
Quebec 12 26 18 33
Ontario 28 28 35 39
Manitoba 16 8 21 5
Saskatchewan 10 4 14 2
Alberta 23 27 28 28
British Columbia 30 19 35 26
Yukon 8 16 12 7
Northwest Territories 10 0 10 0
Nunavut 3 0 1 0
Canada 21 23 27 29
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
F too unreliable to be published
Note 1

Population of women aged 18 or older and children aged 0 to 17 living in private households, based on the 2016 Census of Population estimates from the long-form census questionnaire. Readers should be aware that the universe for the long-form census questionnaire is the population in private households which excludes persons in collective dwellings.

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Note 2

'Aboriginal identity' refers to individuals identifying as First Nations people, Métis or Inuit.

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Note 3

'Non-permanent resident’ includes persons from another country who have a work or study permit or who are refugee claimants, and their family members sharing the same permit and living in Canada with them. Although every attempt has been made by the Census to enumerate non-permanent residents, there are factors (e.g., not being aware of the need to participate) which may have affected the Census estimate of this population. Previous coverage studies have indicated that the non-permanent resident population was missed at a higher proportion than the general population. For more information on coverage, refer to the Census Technical Report: Coverage, Census of Population, 2011 and the Census Technical Report: Coverage, Census of Population, 2006.

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Note 4

'Visible minority' refers to whether a person belongs to a visible minority group as defined by the Employment Equity Act and, if so, the visible minority group to which the person belongs. The Employment Equity Act defines visible minorities as "persons, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour".

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Note: Women and children in facilities excludes women and children who were admitted for reasons other than due to abuse. Women and children in facilities excludes 9% of residents for which Aboriginal identity, residency status and visible minority identity were not reported. For the women and children in facilities, an unknown answer category was included as a valid response to questions pertaining to identity or status. The April 18, 2018 reference period reflects the survey snapshot day, a predetermined business day meant to represent a typical day of operations for facilities across Canada.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Survey of Residential Facilities for Victims of Abuse; Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X.
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