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Table 1
Overrepresentation of young females among victims of police-reported violent crimes in the North, Canada, 2017

Table 1
Overrepresentation of young females among victims of police-reported violent crimes in the North, Canada, 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Overrepresentation of young females among victims of police-reported violent crimes in the North. The information is grouped by Population and age group (appearing as row headers), Population, Victims, Percent difference, Canada, Young females
(0 to 24)
in the North and Young females account for, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Population and age group	Population^{Table 1 Note 1}			Victims^{Table 1 Note 2}			Percent difference^{Table 1 Note 4}
	Canada	Young females (0 to 24) in the North	Young females account for^{Table 1 Note 3}	Canada	Young females (0 to 24) in the North	Young females account for^{Table 1 Note 3}
	number	number	percent	number	number	percent
Total Canadians (0 to 89)	36,203,036	330,387	0.9	350,457	12,036	3	3
Females (0 to 89)	18,183,711	330,387	2	185,586	12,036	6	5
Young Canadians (0 to 24)	10,337,135	330,387	3	124,742	12,036	10	6
Young females (0 to 24)	5,027,049	330,387	7	70,058	12,036	17	11
Total Canadians in the North (0 to 89)	2,196,843	330,387	15	54,040	12,036	22	7
Females in the North (0 to 89)	1,079,625	330,387	31	30,922	12,036	39	8
Young Canadians in the North (0 to 24)	682,855	330,387	48	19,404	12,036	62	14
Young females in the North (0 to 24)	330,387	330,387	100	12,036	12,036	100	0
Note 1 Populations are based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Excludes records where sex or age was unknown or over 89 years. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Represents victims of a police-reported violent crime in 2017. Excludes victims where sex or age was unknown or over 89 years. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 The proportion of the population/victims that young females (aged 24 and younger) living in the North represent, out of the corresponding total group as indicated in the far left population or victim column (Canada). Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 The difference, in percentage points, between the percent of victims that females 24 and younger in the North account for out of all victims of a given group, and the percent the same group accounts for out of the population. May not equal the exact difference between the percent of population and victim columns due to rounding. Return to note 4 referrer Interpretation: This table provides a measure of how disproportionately young women and girls in the North are overrepresented among victims of violent crime. Each row of different population groups can be considered independently. For example, the first row, Total Canadians (0 to 89) would be interpreted as: while young females (0 to 24) in the North account for 0.9% of the total Canadian population (0 to 89), they accounted for 3% of all victims of violent crime in Canada. Another example, for young Canadians in the North (0 to 24) (second to last row): while young females (0 to 24 years of age) in the North account for just under half (48%) of the young (0 to 24) population in the North, they accounted for over three-in-five (62%) young victims of crime in the North. Note: Young women and girls/female victims include those aged 0 to 24 years at the time of the incident. The North includes the three territories as well as the northern regions of Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, based on a geographical definition used by the Conference Board of Canada's Centre for the North. The South includes the southern regions of these provinces in addition to all of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.

Date modified:: 2019-07-04