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Table 8
Young female victims of police-reported violent crime, by province or territory and North/South region, Canada, 2017

Table 8
Young female victims of police-reported violent crime, by province or territory and North/South region, Canada, 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Young female victims of police-reported violent crime. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Territories, Provincial North, North (overall), South and Gap in rate, calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory	Territories		Provincial North		North (overall)		South		Gap in rate^{Table 7 Note 1}
Province or territory	number	rate	number	rate	number	rate	number	rate	Gap in rate^{Table 7 Note 1}
Provinces overall	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	10,470	3,391	10,470	3,391	58,022	1,235	2.7
Newfoundland and Labrador	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	270	6,153	270	6,153	807	1,351	4.6
Prince Edward Island	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	241	1,155	Note ...: not applicable
Nova Scotia	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	2,124	1,776	Note ...: not applicable
New Brunswick	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	1,481	1,730	Note ...: not applicable
Quebec	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	1,068	2,279	1,068	2,279	14,554	1,399	1.6
Ontario	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	2,888	2,734	2,888	2,734	18,676	1,000	2.7
Manitoba	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	2,093	9,025	2,093	9,025	3,353	1,827	4.9
Saskatchewan	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	1,285	13,886	1,285	13,886	3,636	2,158	6.4
Alberta	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	1,719	2,460	1,719	2,460	7,274	1,272	1.9
British Columbia	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	1,147	2,316	1,147	2,316	5,876	1,014	2.3
Territories overall	1,566	7,232	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	1,566	7,232	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Yukon	228	4,356	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	228	4,356	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Northwest Territories	678	8,909	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	678	8,909	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Nunavut	660	7,491	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	660	7,491	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Canada	1,566	7,232	10,470	3,391	12,036	3,643	58,022	1,235	2.9
... not applicable Note 1 Represents how many times greater the violent crime rate against young women and girls was in the North (overall) compared with the South, for a given province or territory. Rate gaps may be adjusted from baseline figures provided in table due to rounding. Return to note 1 referrer Note: Number columns represent the number of young female victims of a police-reported violent crime in 2017. Young women and girls/female victims include those aged 0 to 24 years at the time of the incident. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations are based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. The territories includes Yukon, Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories. The Provincial North includes 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 North includes the three territories as well as the Provincial North. The South includes the southern regions of these provinces in addition to all of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Excludes victims where sex or age was unknown. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.

Date modified:: 2019-07-04