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Table 1
Admissions to shelters for victims of abuse, by type of shelter, and region, 2017/2018

Table 1
Admissions to shelters for victims of abuse, by type of shelter, and region, 2017/2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Admissions to shelters for victims of abuse. The information is grouped by Region (appearing as row headers), Indigenous shelters, Non-Indigenous shelters, Total admissions, Women, Accompanying girls and Accompanying boys, calculated using number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Region	Indigenous shelters^{Table 1 Note 1}				Non-Indigenous shelters
	Total admissions^{Table 1 Note 2}^{Table 1 Note 3}	Women	Accompanying girls^{Table 1 Note 4}	Accompanying boys^{Table 1 Note 4}	Total admissions^{Table 1 Note 2}^{Table 1 Note 3}	Women	Accompanying girls^{Table 1 Note 4}	Accompanying boys^{Table 1 Note 4}
	number
Atlantic^{Table 1 Note 5}	272	176	66	30	3,064	2,185	481	398
Quebec	554	294	154	105	12,296	7,349	2,554	2,393
Ontario	1,550	1,008	267	265	16,297	9,677	3,441	3,167
Manitoba	1,823	1,539	131	153	1,615	783	421	404
Saskatchewan	974	385	323	266	2,346	1,029	685	632
Alberta	1,607	853	413	341	9,242	5,157	2,118	1,936
British Columbia	2,749	1,885	453	411	7,106	4,729	1,295	1,082
Territories^{Table 1 Note 6}	995	569	195	231	885	539	203	143
Canada	10,524	6,709	2,002	1,802	52,851	31,448	11,198	10,155
Note 1 Indigenous shelters for victims of abuse include shelters that are part of an Indigenous organization, located in an Indigenous community, located on reserve, or owned or operated by a First Nations government (band council). Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 An admission refers to the official acceptance of a resident into the shelter with the allocation of a bed, child’s bed, crib, bedroom or bedroom unit, or apartment. The total number of admissions is based on all admissions for a 12-month reference period and includes those who may have been admitted more than once. Each shelter visit is counted as a separate admission. For example, the same person being admitted to a shelter three times in a year would count as three admissions. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 To meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act, admissions of men and those where the age or sex of the individual was unknown or not reported are not presented separately in this table. Therefore, total admissions may not equal the sum of adult women, accompanying girls and accompanying boys. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Accompanying children include adult children (typically aged 18 or older) accompanying a parent or caregiver, such as adult children with disabilities and those who are caretakers of a parent experiencing abuse. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Includes Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 Includes Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Return to note 6 referrer Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Survey of Residential Facilities for Victims of Abuse.

Date modified:: 2020-07-22