Table 6
Violent victimization in the 12 months preceding the survey, by type of victimization, gender of victim and selected incident characteristics, territories, 2018


Table 6
Violent victimization in the 12 months preceding the survey, by type of victimization, gender of victim and selected incident characteristics, territories, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Violent victimization in the 12 months preceding the survey. The information is grouped by Selected incident characteristics (appearing as row headers), Physical assault, Sexual assault, Women, Men, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Selected incident characteristics Physical assault Sexual assault
Women Men Women Men
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Incident location
Private residence or property or surrounding area 43 28 61 17Note * 11 26 27 16 42 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Business or institution 19 11 32 18 10 29 30 17 47 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Street or other public space 23 12 42 50Note * 37 64 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
Other location 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 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Not stated 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 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Incident location is the workplace
Yes 22 13 36 16 9 29 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
No 78 64 87 84 71 91 84 67 93 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Not stated 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 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 perpetrator 87 72 95 79 67 87 86 68 95 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
More than one perpetrator Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 21 13 33 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
Do not know / Not stated 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 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Sex of perpetratorTable 6 Note 2
Male (one or several perpetrators, all male) 60 43 74 81Note * 64 92 X 89 100 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Female (one or several perpetrators, all female) 36 22 53 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
Several perpetrators, both sexes 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 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Relationship with perpetratorTable 6 Note 2 Table 6 Note 3
Family 21 11 36 11 6 21 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
Friend, neighbour, acquaintance 23 11 40 30 19 44 36 22 53 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Other known person 21 11 36 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
Stranger or person known by sight only 34 22 48 53Note * 41 64 42 26 59 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Incident linked to perpetrator's use of alcohol or drugs
Yes 49 36 62 75Note * 61 84 46 31 62 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
No 35 24 49 23 13 36 36 22 52 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Do not know / Not stated 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 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 28 17 43 34 21 50 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
No 65 50 78 61 46 74 88 70 95 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Do not know / Not stated 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 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Victim suffered injuries
Yes 34 19 52 35 23 48 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
No 66 48 81 65 52 77 86 71 94 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Not stated 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 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Incident reported to police
Yes 39 26 52 32 21 46 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
No 61 48 74 68 54 79 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 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 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Assistance sought from victim services
Yes 23 13 36 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 15 7 29 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
No 76 64 84 93Note * 84 98 78 61 88 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Not stated 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 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Victim felt blamed
Yes 29 19 42 16 8 30 20 10 37 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
No 69 57 79 81 66 91 72 54 85 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Not stated 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 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
F too unreliable to be published
X suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Note *

significantly different from the estimate for women (p < 0.05)

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Note 1

Percentage calculations include missing or unspecified responses, but these data are not shown unless they represent 5% or more of the total responses.

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Note 2

Includes only people who previously gave a valid response to the question on the number of perpetrators.

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Note 3

In cases where there were several perpetrators, corresponds to closest relationship.

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Note: Excludes intimate partner violence; those results will be published at a later date. In cases where the respondent was a victim of more than one physical or sexual assault, they were asked to provide details regarding the most serious incident of physical assault and sexual assault.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces.
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