Table 5
Types of abuse experienced by women residing in shelters for victims of abuse, by type of shelter, Canada, April 18, 2018


Table 5
Types of abuse experienced by women residing in shelters for victims of abuse, by type of shelter, Canada, April 18, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Types of abuse experienced by women residing in shelters for victims of abuse. The information is grouped by Type of abuse (appearing as row headers), Indigenous shelters and Non-Indigenous shelters, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of abuse Indigenous sheltersTable 5 Note 1 Non-Indigenous shelters
number percent number percent
Total women residentsTable 5 Note 2 328 Note ...: not applicable 2,779 Note ...: not applicable
Physical 242 74 2,022 73
Sexual 89 27 921 33
Financial 151 46 1,448 52
Emotional/
psychological		 283 86 2,470 89
Harassment 122 37 834 30
Forced marriage 4 1 45 2
Human trafficking:
sex work		 22 7 57 2
Human trafficking:
forced labour/other		 5 2 20 1
Cultural 40 12 176 6
Spiritual 28 9 145 5
OtherTable 5 Note 3 x x 153 6
... not applicable
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
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 5% of women residents in Indigenous shelters and 7% of women residents in non-Indigenous shelters for which the type of abuse experienced was unknown or not reported.

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Note 3

Other includes abuse through technology or cyber abuse, and abuse related to immigrant status (withholding status or information).

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Note: The sum of the response categories can exceed 100% as respondents could mark all categories that apply. 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.
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