Table 1.6
Persons accused of police-reported family and non-family violence against children and youth, by accused sex, age group and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2018


Table 1.6
Persons accused of police-reported family and non-family violence against children and youth, by accused sex, age group and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Persons accused of police-reported family and non-family violence against children and youth. The information is grouped by Accused sex and relationship of accused to victim (appearing as row headers), Age group of accused, Total accused, 17 years and younger, 18 to 44 years, 45 to 64 years and 65 years and older, calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Accused sex and relationship of accused to victim Age group of accused Total accused
17 years and younger 18 to 44 years 45 to 64 years 65 years and older
number rate number rate number rate number rate number rate
Female accused
Family relationship 218 6 1,216 19 266 5 9 0.3 1,709 9
ParentTable 1.6 Note 1 11 0.3 927 14 196 4 2 0.1 1,136 6
SiblingTable 1.6 Note 2 118 3 102 2 18 0.4 5 0.2 243 1
Other familyTable 1.6 Note 3 89 3 187 3 52 1 2 0.1 330 2
Non-family relationship 2,482 71 699 11 131 3 21 1 3,333 18
Dating or other intimate partnerTable 1.6 Note 4 158 5 75 1 3 0.1 0 0 236 1
FriendTable 1.6 Note 5 482 14 75 1 1 0.02 0 0 558 3
Casual acquaintanceTable 1.6 Note 6 1,681 48 339 5 38 1 9 0.3 2,067 11
Authority figureTable 1.6 Note 7 12 0.3 72 1 59 1 8 0.2 151 1
Stranger 137 4 132 2 27 1 4 0.1 300 2
OtherTable 1.6 Note 8 12 0.3 6 0.1 3 0.1 0 0 21 0.1
Total female accused 2,700 77 1,915 29 397 8 30 1 5,042 27
Male accused
Family relationship 1,097 30 3,266 48 1,182 24 169 6 5,714 31
ParentTable 1.6 Note 1 28 1 1,933 29 813 16 31 1 2,805 15
SiblingTable 1.6 Note 2 584 16 461 7 98 2 59 2 1,202 7
Other familyTable 1.6 Note 3 485 13 872 13 271 5 79 3 1,707 9
Non-family relationship 7,647 210 4,671 69 859 17 204 7 13,381 73
Dating or other intimate partnerTable 1.6 Note 4 1,043 29 1,279 19 13 0.3 1 0.04 2,336 13
FriendTable 1.6 Note 5 1,331 37 456 7 55 1 10 0.4 1,852 10
Casual acquaintanceTable 1.6 Note 6 4,614 127 1,658 25 358 7 67 2 6,697 37
Authority figureTable 1.6 Note 7 50 1 303 4 164 3 39 1 556 3
Stranger 574 16 903 13 238 5 79 3 1,794 10
OtherTable 1.6 Note 8 35 1 72 1 31 1 8 0.3 146 1
Total male accused 8,744 240 7,937 118 2,041 41 373 13 19,095 105
Total accused
Family relationship 1,315 18 4,482 34 1,448 14 178 3 7,423 20
ParentTable 1.6 Note 1 39 1 2,860 22 1,009 10 33 1 3,941 11
SiblingTable 1.6 Note 2 702 10 563 4 116 1 64 1 1,445 4
Other familyTable 1.6 Note 3 574 8 1,059 8 323 3 81 1 2,037 6
Non-family relationship 10,129 142 5,370 40 990 10 225 4 16,714 46
Dating or other intimate partnerTable 1.6 Note 4 1,201 17 1,354 10 16 0.2 1 0.02 2,572 7
FriendTable 1.6 Note 5 1,813 25 531 4 56 1 10 0.2 2,410 7
Casual acquaintanceTable 1.6 Note 6 6,295 88 1,997 15 396 4 76 1 8,764 24
Authority figureTable 1.6 Note 7 62 1 375 3 223 2 47 1 707 2
Stranger 711 10 1,035 8 265 3 83 1 2,094 6
OtherTable 1.6 Note 8 47 1 78 1 34 0.3 8 0.1 167 0.5
Total accused 11,444 160 9,852 74 2,438 24 403 7 24,137 66
Note 1

Includes biological, step, adoptive and foster parents.

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Note 2

Includes biological, step, half, adoptive and foster brothers and sisters.

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Note 3

Includes all other family members related by blood, marriage (including common-law) or adoption. Examples include grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and in-laws. For accused and victims aged 15 to 17 years, includes current and former legally married and common-law spouses. Also includes a small proportion of family violence victims where the relationship of accused to victim was miscoded.

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Note 4

Includes current and former dating partners or other intimate partners. Other intimate partners refers to violence committed by a person with whom the victim had a sexual relationship or a mutual sexual attraction.

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Note 5

Includes roommates. "Roommates" was added as a relationship category in 2013.

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Note 6

Includes neighbours.

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Note 7

Includes persons in a position of trust or authority who are not family members. Includes authority figures and reverse authority figures (e.g., student-to-teacher, patient-to-doctor, teen-to-youth counsellor, prisoner-to-guard). "Reverse authority figures" was added as a relationship category in 2013.

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Note 8

Includes business relationships and criminal relationships (relationships with the victim based on illegal activities, such as drugs or prostitution).

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Note: Includes incidents with a single accused and a single victim. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Family violence refers to violence committed by parents (biological, step, adopted and foster), siblings (biological, step, half, adopted and foster), extended family members (e.g., grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and in-laws) and spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law). Victims refer to those aged 17 years and younger. Excludes accused aged 90 years and older. Excludes accused and victims of spousal violence under the age of 15 years and accused and victims of dating or other intimate partner violence under the age of 12 years. Excludes accused and victims where the sex or the age was unknown or where the accused-victim relationship was unknown.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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