Table 2.1
Child and youth victims of police-reported family and non-family violence, by gender and age group of victim, and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2019

Table 2.1
Child and youth victims of police-reported family and non-family violence, by gender and age group of victim, and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Child and youth victims of police-reported family and non-family violence. The information is grouped by Gender of victim and relationship of accused to victim (appearing as row headers), Age group of victim, Total victims, 5 years and younger, 6 to 11 years, 12 to 14 years and 15 to 17 years, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Gender of victim and relationship of accused to victim	Age group of victim								Total victims
	5 years and younger		6 to 11 years		12 to 14 years		15 to 17 years		Total victims
	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent	number	percent
Female victims
Family	2,414	72	4,291	58	3,366	27	3,377	21	13,448	34
Parent^{Table 2.1 Note 1}	1,707	51	2,479	33	1,757	14	1,435	9	7,378	19
Sibling^{Table 2.1 Note 2}	314	9	809	11	518	4	609	4	2,250	6
Other family^{Table 2.1 Note 3}	393	12	1,003	14	1,091	9	1,333	8	3,820	10
Non-family	917	28	3,112	42	9,009	73	13,085	79	26,123	66
Dating or other intimate partner^{Table 2.1 Note 4}	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	979	8	3,280	20	4,259	11
Friend^{Table 2.1 Note 5}	85	3	412	6	1,539	12	1,800	11	3,836	10
Casual acquaintance^{Table 2.1 Note 6}	366	11	1,579	21	4,497	36	5,175	31	11,617	29
Authority figure^{Table 2.1 Note 7}	226	7	391	5	304	2	350	2	1,271	3
Stranger	231	7	718	10	1,644	13	2,273	14	4,866	12
Other^{Table 2.1 Note 8}	9	Note 0^svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	12	Note 0^svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	46	Note 0^svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	207	1	274	1
Unknown	16	Note ...: not applicable	46	Note ...: not applicable	0	Note ...: not applicable	0	Note ...: not applicable	62	Note ...: not applicable
Total female victims	3,347	100	7,449	100	12,375	100	16,462	100	39,633	100
Male victims
Family	2,058	70	3,438	50	1,721	20	1,634	14	8,851	29
Parent^{Table 2.1 Note 1}	1,598	54	2,584	38	1,047	12	845	7	6,074	20
Sibling^{Table 2.1 Note 2}	180	6	389	6	245	3	310	3	1,124	4
Other family^{Table 2.1 Note 3}	280	10	465	7	429	5	479	4	1,653	6
Non-family	876	30	3,409	50	6,898	80	9,986	86	21,169	71
Dating or other intimate partner^{Table 2.1 Note 4}	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	69	1	345	3	414	1
Friend^{Table 2.1 Note 5}	60	2	422	6	806	9	867	7	2,155	7
Casual acquaintance^{Table 2.1 Note 6}	277	9	1,791	26	3,906	45	4,692	40	10,666	36
Authority figure^{Table 2.1 Note 7}	293	10	433	6	249	3	211	2	1,186	4
Stranger	235	8	747	11	1,828	21	3,729	32	6,539	22
Other^{Table 2.1 Note 8}	11	Note 0^svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	16	Note 0^svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	40	Note 0^svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	142	1	209	1
Unknown	17	Note ...: not applicable	14	Note ...: not applicable	0	Note ...: not applicable	7	Note ...: not applicable	38	Note ...: not applicable
Total male victims	2,951	100	6,861	100	8,619	100	11,627	100	30,058	100
Total victims
Family	4,472	71	7,729	54	5,087	24	5,011	18	22,299	32
Parent^{Table 2.1 Note 1}	3,305	53	5,063	36	2,804	13	2,280	8	13,452	19
Sibling^{Table 2.1 Note 2}	494	8	1,198	8	763	4	919	3	3,374	5
Other family^{Table 2.1 Note 3}	673	11	1,468	10	1,520	7	1,812	6	5,473	8
Non-family	1,793	29	6,521	46	15,907	76	23,071	82	47,292	68
Dating or other intimate partner^{Table 2.1 Note 4}	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	1,048	5	3,625	13	4,673	7
Friend^{Table 2.1 Note 5}	145	2	834	6	2,345	11	2,667	9	5,991	9
Casual acquaintance^{Table 2.1 Note 6}	643	10	3,370	24	8,403	40	9,867	35	22,283	32
Authority figure^{Table 2.1 Note 7}	519	8	824	6	553	3	561	2	2,457	4
Stranger	466	7	1,465	10	3,472	17	6,002	21	11,405	16
Other^{Table 2.1 Note 8}	20	Note 0^svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	28	Note 0^svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	86	Note 0^svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	349	1	483	1
Unknown	33	Note ...: not applicable	60	Note ...: not applicable	0	Note ...: not applicable	7	Note ...: not applicable	100	Note ...: not applicable
Total victims	6,298	100	14,310	100	20,994	100	28,089	100	69,691	100
... not applicable 0^s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded Note 1 Includes biological, step, adoptive and foster parents. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Includes biological, step, half, adopted and foster brothers and sisters. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes all other family members related by blood, marriage (including common-law) or adoption. Examples include grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and in-laws. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Includes current and former boyfriends and girlfriends (intimate relationships) and other intimate partners (sexual relationships or a mutual sexual attraction). Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Includes roommates. "Roommates" was added as a relationship category in 2013. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 Includes neighbours. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7 Includes persons in a position of trust or authority. Includes authority figures and reverse authority figures (e.g., student-to-teacher and patient-to-doctor). "Reverse authority figures" was added as a relationship category in 2013. Return to note 7 referrer Note 8 Includes business relationships and criminal relationships (relationships based on illegal activities, such as drugs or prostitution). Return to note 8 referrer Note: Family violence refers to violence committed by parents (biological, step, adoptive and foster), siblings (biological, step, half, adopted and foster), extended family members (e.g., grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and in-laws) and spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law). Victims refer to those aged 17 years and younger. Victims of dating or other intimate partner violence under the age of 12 years are included in the category "unknown." Excludes victims where the gender or the age was unknown. Excludes a small number of victims in Quebec whose age was unknown but was miscoded as 0. Percentages have been calculated excluding unknown relationships. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.

Date modified:: 2021-03-02

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Table 2.1
Child and youth victims of police-reported family and non-family violence, by gender and age group of victim, and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2019

Table 2.1 Child and youth victims of police-reported family and non-family violence, by gender and age group of victim, and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2019

Table 2.1
Child and youth victims of police-reported family and non-family violence, by gender and age group of victim, and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2019