Table 2.2
Victims of police-reported intimate partner and non-intimate partner violence, by victim sex, age group and type of violation, Canada, 2018


Table 2.2
Victims of police-reported intimate partner and non-intimate partner violence, by victim sex, age group and type of violation, Canada, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of police-reported intimate partner and non-intimate partner violence. The information is grouped by Victim sex and type of violation (appearing as row headers), Age group of victim, Total victims, 15 to 24 years, 25 to 34 years, 35 to 44 years, 45 to 54 years and 55 years and older, calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Victim sex and type of violation Age group of victim Total victims
15 to 24 years 25 to 34 years 35 to 44 years 45 to 54 years 55 years and older
number rate number rate number rate number rate number rate number rate
Intimate partner violence
Female victims
Homicide and other violations causing deathTable 2.2 Note 1 15 1 24 1 11 0.4 11 0.4 14 0.2 75 0.5
Attempted murderTable 2.2 Note 2 13 1 28 1 15 1 11 0.4 6 0.1 73 0.5
Sexual assaultTable 2.2 Note 3 1,954 90 1,242 50 822 33 355 14 158 3 4,531 29
Physical assaultTable 2.2 Note 4 14,419 662 20,720 829 13,631 555 6,301 253 2,554 44 57,625 373
Other offences involving violence or the threat of violenceTable 2.2 Note 5 4,386 201 5,576 223 3,946 161 1,885 76 755 13 16,548 107
Total female victims 20,787 954 27,590 1,104 18,425 751 8,563 344 3,487 60 78,852 511
Male victims
Homicide and other violations causing deathTable 2.2 Note 1 2 0.1 7 0.3 3 0.1 4 0.2 5 0.1 21 0.1
Attempted murderTable 2.2 Note 2 1 0.04 23 1 4 0.2 4 0.2 4 0.1 36 0.2
Sexual assaultTable 2.2 Note 3 51 2 40 2 22 1 6 0.2 9 0.2 128 1
Physical assaultTable 2.2 Note 4 2,814 120 5,783 222 4,818 199 2,853 116 1,634 30 17,902 118
Other offences involving violence or the threat of violenceTable 2.2 Note 5 373 16 696 27 662 27 488 20 294 5 2,513 17
Total male victims 3,241 138 6,549 252 5,509 228 3,355 136 1,946 36 20,600 136
Total victims
Homicide and other violations causing deathTable 2.2 Note 1 17 0.4 31 1 14 0.3 15 0.3 19 0.2 96 0.3
Attempted murderTable 2.2 Note 2 14 0.3 51 1 19 0.4 15 0.3 10 0.1 109 0.4
Sexual assaultTable 2.2 Note 3 2,005 44 1,282 25 844 17 361 7 167 1 4,659 15
Physical assaultTable 2.2 Note 4 17,233 381 26,503 520 18,449 379 9,154 185 4,188 37 75,527 247
Other offences involving violence or the threat of violenceTable 2.2 Note 5 4,759 105 6,272 123 4,608 95 2,373 48 1,049 9 19,061 62
Total victims 24,028 532 34,139 669 23,934 491 11,918 240 5,433 49 99,452 325
Non-intimate partner violence
Female victims
Homicide and other violations causing deathTable 2.2 Note 1 23 1 17 1 12 0.5 9 0.4 33 1 94 1
Attempted murderTable 2.2 Note 2 38 2 23 1 20 1 14 1 24 0.4 119 1
Sexual assaultTable 2.2 Note 3 8,687 399 3,412 137 1,739 71 1,081 43 985 17 15,904 103
Physical assaultTable 2.2 Note 4 13,503 620 10,890 436 8,457 344 7,643 307 7,094 122 47,587 308
Other offences involving violence or the threat of violenceTable 2.2 Note 5 9,488 436 7,463 299 5,730 233 4,710 189 4,648 80 32,039 208
Total female victims 31,739 1,457 21,805 873 15,958 650 13,457 540 12,784 220 95,743 620
Male victims
Homicide and other violations causing deathTable 2.2 Note 1 68 3 72 3 49 2 50 2 57 1 296 2
Attempted murderTable 2.2 Note 2 180 8 179 7 88 4 53 2 52 1 552 4
Sexual assaultTable 2.2 Note 3 812 35 367 14 230 10 167 7 123 2 1,699 11
Physical assaultTable 2.2 Note 4 21,829 933 19,683 757 14,048 581 12,810 519 12,600 235 80,970 533
Other offences involving violence or the threat of violenceTable 2.2 Note 5 12,758 545 13,347 513 9,827 407 7,226 293 6,748 126 49,906 329
Total male victims 35,647 1,523 33,648 1,294 24,242 1,003 20,306 822 19,580 365 133,423 879
Total victims
Homicide and other violations causing deathTable 2.2 Note 1 91 2 89 2 61 1 59 1 90 1 390 1
Attempted murderTable 2.2 Note 2 218 5 202 4 108 2 67 1 76 1 671 2
Sexual assaultTable 2.2 Note 3 9,499 210 3,779 74 1,969 40 1,248 25 1,108 10 17,603 57
Physical assaultTable 2.2 Note 4 35,332 782 30,573 600 22,505 462 20,453 412 19,694 176 128,557 420
Other offences involving violence or the threat of violenceTable 2.2 Note 5 22,246 492 20,810 408 15,557 319 11,936 241 11,396 102 81,945 268
Total victims 67,386 1,491 55,453 1,087 40,200 825 33,763 681 32,364 290 229,166 748
Note 1

Includes first degree murder, second degree murder, manslaughter, infanticide, criminal negligence causing death, and other related violations causing death.

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Note 2

Includes conspiracy to commit murder.

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Note 3

Includes sexual assault level 1, sexual assault level 2 (with a weapon or causing bodily harm) and sexual assault level 3 (aggravated sexual assault).

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Note 4

Includes assault level 1, assault level 2 (with a weapon or causing bodily harm) and assault level 3 (aggravated assault).

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Note 5

Includes sexual violations against children and all other violent violations not otherwise listed.

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Note: Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population aged 15 to 89 years. Populations based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Intimate partner violence refers to violence committed by legally married, separated or divorced spouses, common-law partners (current and former), boyfriends and girlfriends (current and former) and other intimate partners. Victims refer to those aged 15 to 89 years. Victims aged 90 years and older are excluded from analyses due to possible instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category. Excludes 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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