Table 3.6
Persons accused of police-reported family and non-family violence against seniors, by accused sex, age group and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2018


Table 3.6
Persons accused of police-reported family and non-family violence against seniors, 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 seniors. 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 14 0.4 294 4 237 5 127 4 672 4
ChildTable 3.6 Note 1 4 0.1 120 2 62 1 2 0.1 188 1
SpouseTable 3.6 Note 2 0 0 20 0.3 109 2 105 3 234 1
SiblingTable 3.6 Note 3 4 0.1 43 1 22 0.4 8 0.2 77 0.4
Other familyTable 3.6 Note 4 6 0.2 111 2 44 1 12 0.4 173 1
Non-family relationship 21 1 320 5 298 6 262 8 901 5
Dating or other intimate partnerTable 3.6 Note 5 1 0.03 28 0.4 46 1 13 0.4 88 0.5
FriendTable 3.6 Note 6 0 0 29 0.4 42 1 25 1 96 1
Casual acquaintanceTable 3.6 Note 7 3 0.1 131 2 140 3 187 6 461 3
Authority figureTable 3.6 Note 8 6 0.2 17 0.3 14 0.3 3 0.1 40 0.2
Stranger 10 0.3 95 1 34 1 28 1 167 1
OtherTable 3.6 Note 9 1 0.03 20 0.3 22 0.4 6 0.2 49 0.3
Total female accused 35 1 614 9 535 10 389 12 1,573 9
Male accused
Family relationship 73 2 757 11 485 10 538 19 1,853 10
ChildTable 3.6 Note 1 17 0.5 366 5 221 4 3 0.1 607 3
SpouseTable 3.6 Note 2 0 0 6 0.1 88 2 488 17 582 3
SiblingTable 3.6 Note 3 15 0.4 85 1 62 1 24 1 186 1
Other familyTable 3.6 Note 4 41 1 300 4 114 2 23 1 478 3
Non-family relationship 58 2 1,067 16 997 20 740 26 2,862 16
Dating or other intimate partnerTable 3.6 Note 5 1 0.03 19 0.3 66 1 47 2 133 1
FriendTable 3.6 Note 6 0 0 51 1 92 2 73 3 216 1
Casual acquaintanceTable 3.6 Note 7 8 0.2 357 5 528 11 501 18 1,394 8
Authority figureTable 3.6 Note 8 9 0.2 46 1 21 0.4 6 0.2 82 0.5
Stranger 37 1 512 8 199 4 90 3 838 5
OtherTable 3.6 Note 9 3 0.1 82 1 91 2 23 1 199 1
Total male accused 131 4 1,824 27 1,482 30 1,278 45 4,715 26
Total male and female accused
Family relationship 87 1 1,051 8 722 7 665 11 2,525 7
ChildTable 3.6 Note 1 21 0.3 486 4 283 3 5 0.1 795 2
SpouseTable 3.6 Note 2 0 0 26 0.2 197 2 593 10 816 2
SiblingTable 3.6 Note 3 19 0.3 128 1 84 1 32 1 263 1
Other familyTable 3.6 Note 4 47 1 411 3 158 2 35 1 651 2
Non-family relationship 79 1 1,387 10 1,295 13 1,002 17 3,763 10
Dating or other intimate partnerTable 3.6 Note 5 2 0.03 47 0.4 112 1 60 1 221 1
FriendTable 3.6 Note 6 0 0 80 1 134 1 98 2 312 1
Casual acquaintanceTable 3.6 Note 7 11 0.2 488 4 668 7 688 11 1,855 5
Authority figureTable 3.6 Note 8 15 0.2 63 0.5 35 0.3 9 0.1 122 0.3
Stranger 47 1 607 5 233 2 118 2 1,005 3
OtherTable 3.6 Note 9 4 0.1 102 1 113 1 29 0.5 248 1
Total accused 166 2 2,438 18 2,017 20 1,667 28 6,288 17
Note 1

Includes biological, step, adoptive and foster children.

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Note 2

Includes current and former legally married and common-law spouses.

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Note 3

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

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Note 4

Includes all other family members related by blood, marriage (including common-law) or adoption. Examples include grandchildren, nephews, nieces, cousins and in-laws.

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Note 5

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 6

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

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Note 7

Includes neighbours.

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Note 8

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 and patient-to-doctor). "Reverse authority figures" was added as a relationship category in 2013.

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Note 9

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 spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law), children (biological, step, adopted and foster), siblings (biological, step, half, adopted and foster) and extended family members (e.g., grandchildren, nephews, nieces, cousins and in-laws). Victims refer to those aged 65 to 89 years. Accused and victims aged 90 years and older are excluded from analyses due to possible instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category. Excludes accused and victims where the sex or the age was unknown. Percentages have been calculated excluding accused where the accused-victim relationship was unknown. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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