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Table 3
Residents in shelters for victims of abuse, by resident type, type of shelter, and region, April 18, 2018

Table 3
Residents in shelters for victims of abuse, by resident type, type of shelter, and region, April 18, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Residents in shelters for victims of abuse. The information is grouped by Region (appearing as row headers), Indigenous shelters, Non-Indigenous shelters, Total residents, Women and Accompanying children, calculated using number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Region	Indigenous shelters^{Table 3 Note 1}			Non-Indigenous shelters
	Total residents^{Table 3 Note 2}	Women	Accompanying children^{Table 3 Note 3}	Total residents^{Table 3 Note 2}	Women	Accompanying children^{Table 3 Note 3}
	number
Atlantic^{Table 3 Note 4}	29	22	7	417	259	158
Quebec	51	22	29	1,238	731	507
Ontario	117	70	47	2,426	1,349	1,066
Manitoba	53	35	18	164	64	100
Saskatchewan	72	24	48	195	74	121
Alberta	155	91	64	845	367	475
British Columbia	195	101	94	822	469	353
Territories^{Table 3 Note 5}	86	59	27	52	29	23
Canada	758	424	334	6,159	3,342	2,803
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 To meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act, men residents and those where the age or sex of the individual was unknown or not reported are not presented separately in this table. Therefore, total residents may not equal the sum of adult women and accompanying children. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 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 3 referrer Note 4 Includes Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Includes Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Return to note 5 referrer Note: The April 18, 2018 reference period reflects the survey snapshot day, a predetermined business day meant to represent a typical day of operations for shelters across Canada. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Survey of Residential Facilities for Victims of Abuse.

Date modified:: 2020-07-22