Table 3
Violent victimization in the past 12 months, by type of victimization, sexual minority identity, and selected incident characteristic, Canada, 2018

Table 3
Violent victimization in the past 12 months, by type of victimization, sexual minority identity, and selected incident characteristic, Canada, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Violent victimization in the past 12 months. The information is grouped by Selected incident characteristic (appearing as row headers), Physical assault, Sexual assault, Heterosexual, Sexual minority, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from, to, from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Selected incident characteristic	Physical assault						Sexual assault
	Heterosexual^{Table 3 Note †}			Sexual minority^{Table 3 Note 1}			Heterosexual^{Table 3 Note †}			Sexual minority^{Table 3 Note 1}
	percent^{Table 3 Note 2}	95% confidence interval		percent^{Table 3 Note 2}	95% confidence interval		percent^{Table 3 Note 2}	95% confidence interval		percent^{Table 3 Note 2}	95% confidence interval
	percent^{Table 3 Note 2}	from	to	percent^{Table 3 Note 2}	from	to	percent^{Table 3 Note 2}	from	to	percent^{Table 3 Note 2}	from	to
Location of the incident
Private residence, property, or surrounding area	30.9	25.8	36.6	18.3	8.3	35.7	34.6	28.0	41.8	37.4	23.7	53.5
Commercial or institutional establishment	35.9	30.5	41.7	29.2	16.6	46.1	41.4	34.4	48.8	28.1	17.4	42.0
Street or other public place	25.3	21.1	30.1	27.5	16.4	42.3	15.3	10.7	21.3	15.1	8.1	26.6
Other	7.4	5.2	10.5	14.5	6.2	30.4	7.0	4.2	11.6	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Number of perpetrators
One	83.2	78.9	86.7	80.9	62.0	91.6	92.0	87.4	95.0	89.7	69.3	97.1
More than one	15.2	11.7	19.4	8.5	4.0	17.3	6.3	3.5	11.0	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Not stated	1.6	0.8	3.2	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	1.7	0.9	3.1	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Sex of perpetrator
Male (single perpetrator or multiple perpetrators, all of whom were male)	80.6	75.5	84.9	66.8	48.4	81.2	81.1	75.3	85.8	86.6	67.4	95.3
Female (single perpetrator or multiple perpetrators, all of whom were female)	13.8	10.1	18.7	18.3	8.1	36.3	16.2	11.7	21.9	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Multiple perpetrators, both male and female	3.4	2.0	5.7	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Not stated	2.2	1.2	3.8	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	1.9	1.1	3.3	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Presence of a weapon
Yes	21.5	17.1	26.7	32.7	19.6	49.3	2.8	1.5	5.2	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
No	69.4	63.7	74.5	53.5	36.8	69.5	95.3	92.7	97.0	82.5	61.6	93.3
Don't know	8.7	5.6	13.2	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	1.1	0.6	2.2	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Victim sustained injuries
Yes	24.6	20.0	30.0	31.0	17.8	48.2	5.9	3.9	8.9	16.3	7.6	31.5
No	75.1	69.7	79.8	58.5	40.9	74.2	93.6	90.5	95.7	77.2^Note *	58.7	89.0
Incident reported to police
Yes	30.3	25.4	35.7	18.8	9.9	33.0	4.4	2.8	7.1	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
No	69.6	64.2	74.4	70.7	52.7	84.0	95.0	92.3	96.8	90.0	69.3	97.3
F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 Sexual minority refers to those who reported their sexual orientation as gay or lesbian, bisexual, or a sexual orientation not elsewhere classified. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Percent calculations include missing or not stated responses but are not displayed unless they represent 5% or more of total responses. Return to note 2 referrer Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces.

Date modified:: 2020-09-09

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Table 3
Violent victimization in the past 12 months, by type of victimization, sexual minority identity, and selected incident characteristic, Canada, 2018

Table 3 Violent victimization in the past 12 months, by type of victimization, sexual minority identity, and selected incident characteristic, Canada, 2018

Table 3
Violent victimization in the past 12 months, by type of victimization, sexual minority identity, and selected incident characteristic, Canada, 2018