Table 4
Percent of shelters for victims of abuse offering selected services, by type of service and type of shelter, Canada, 2017/2018


Table 4
Percent of shelters for victims of abuse offering selected services, by type of service and type of shelter, Canada, 2017/2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Percent of shelters for victims of abuse offering selected services. The information is grouped by Selected services (appearing as row headers), Indigenous shelters and Non-Indigenous shelters, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Selected services Indigenous sheltersTable 4 Note 1 Non-Indigenous shelters
percent
General services
Crisis phone line 83 79
Transportation 78 69
Pet accommodationTable 4 Note 2 20 19
Housing referrals 84 86
Professional services
Addictions or substance use 49 26
LegalTable 4 Note 3 61 73
Employment 47 27
Services for adults
Individual counselling 78 88
Group counselling 58 70
Safety or protection planning 95 98
Life skills trainingTable 4 Note 4 84 82
Parenting skills training 73 71
Services for children
Childcare 84 67
CounsellingTable 4 Note 5 78 87
Services for vulnerable populations
Culturally sensitive services for Indigenous persons 89 50
Services in non-official languages 43 55
Immigrants or refugees 28 63
Wheelchair accessibilityTable 4 Note 6 80 71
Persons with mobility disabilities 21 20
Persons with visual disabilities 11 22
Persons with hearing disabilities 21 37
Persons with development or intellectual disabilities 24 34
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).

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Note 2

Excludes accommodation of service animals.

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Note 3

For example paralegal services, assistance with legal documents, legal aid.

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Note 4

For example help with budgeting, banking, groceries, day-to-day management.

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Note 5

For example play therapy, role playing and goal oriented programming.

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Note 6

Includes shelters that are either fully or partially wheelchair accessible based on whether or not at least one building entrance, bedroom or bathroom is wheelchair accessible; excludes the provision of additional services for persons with mobility disabilities.

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Note: Information in this table excludes some additional services that were collected in the survey. Information for services in this table excludes the following number of shelters that did not report services offered in a particular category: General services excludes 7 shelters, professional services excludes 155 shelters, services for adults excludes 15 shelters, services for children excludes 147 shelters and services for vulnerable populations excludes 121 shelters except for wheelchair accessibility which excludes 6 shelters. The sum of the response categories can exceed 100% as respondent shelters could mark all categories that apply.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Survey of Residential Facilities for Victims of Abuse.
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