Table 12
Young female victims of police-reported violent crime, by selected accused-victim relationship characteristics and North/South region, single victim/single accused cases only, Canada, 2017


Table 12
Young female victims of police-reported violent crime, by selected accused-victim relationship characteristics and North/South region, single victim/single accused cases only, Canada, 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Young female victims of police-reported violent crime. The information is grouped by Selected incident characteristics (appearing as row headers), North, South and Percent difference, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Selected incident characteristics North South Percent differenceTable 12 Note 1
number percent number percent
Relationship between accused and victim
Stranger 361 5 2,376 8 -3
Known to the victim 6,858 95 26,427 92 3
Intimate partner 3,167 44 12,745 44 -0.4
Current spouse 408 6 2,191 8 -2
Current boyfriend or girlfriend 1,931 27 5,900 20 6
Ex-spouse 105 1 1,078 4 -2
Ex-boyfriend or girlfriend 699 10 3,383 12 -2
Other intimate partnerTable 12 Note 2 24 0.3 193 1 -0.3
Family member 1,447 20 4,655 16 4
Parent or step-parentTable 12 Note 3 467 6 2,245 8 -1
Extended familyTable 12 Note 4 619 9 1,053 4 5
Other immediate familyTable 12 Note 5 321 4 1,166 4 0.4
ChildTable 12 Note 6 40 1 191 1 -0.1
Casual acquaintanceTable 12 Note 7 1,573 22 5,517 19 3
Friend, neighbour or roommate 505 7 2,330 8 -1
Authority figureTable 12 Note 8 104 1 386 1 0.1
Other relationship typeTable 12 Note 9 62 1 794 3 -2
Relationship by sex
Female victim, male accused 5,579 77 23,771 83 -5
Female victim, female accused 1,640 23 5,032 17 5
Age gap between victim and accusedTable 12 Note 10
Victim younger than accused 5,695 79 22,296 77 1
1 to 5 years younger 2,627 36 10,778 37 -1
6 to 10 years younger 1,118 15 3,704 13 3
11 to 15 years younger 567 8 1,713 6 2
16 or more years younger 1,383 19 6,101 21 -2
Same age 623 9 3,181 11 -2
Victim older than accused 901 12 3,326 12 1
1 to 5 years older 822 11 3,078 11 1
6 to 10 years older 73 1 223 1 0.2
11 to 15 years older 6 0.1 25 0.1 0.0
Total single victims with single accused 7,219 100 28,803 100 0
Note 1

The difference, in percentage points, between the proportion of victims/accused with a given characteristic in the North compared with the South. When the number of victims is low for a selected characteristic, exercise caution when interpreting percent difference. Percent difference may be adjusted from baseline figures provided in table due to rounding.

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Note 2

Includes relationships where the victim had a sexual or a mutual sexual attraction to the accused but none of the other relationship options applied, including ‘one-night stands’ or otherwise a person with whom the victim had a brief sexual relationship.

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Note 3

Parents, step-parents and legal guardians with legal custody and care of the child.

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Note 4

Family related to the victim either by blood or by marriage (e.g., grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, sister/brother-in-law, parents-in-law, etc.).

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Other family related to the victim, including the natural brother or sister of the victim or step/half/foster/adopted sibling.

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The child or step-child of the victim or child who is under the legal care and custody of the victim.

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Note 7

A social relationship which is neither long-term nor close; includes acquaintances known by sight only.

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Note 8

A person who is in a position of trust or authority and is not a family member.

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Note 9

Includes business relationships, criminal relationships and reverse authority relationships.

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Note 10

The age difference (in years) between the victim and their assailant at the time of the crime.

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Note: Young women and girls/female victims include those aged 0 to 24 years at the time of the incident. Number columns represent the number of young female victims of a police-reported violent crime in 2017 who were the only victim in the incident (single victim) in which there was also only one accused (single accused). 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. Excludes victims and accused where sex or age was unknown. Numbers may not add up to totals due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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