Table 2.3
Child and youth victims of police-reported family and non-family violence, by gender of victim, type of weapon present and level of injury, Canada, 2019


Table 2.3
Child and youth victims of police-reported family and non-family violence, by gender of victim, type of weapon present and level of injury, 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 Type of weapon present and level of injury (appearing as row headers), Family violence, Non-family violence, Female victims, Male victims and Total victims, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of weapon present and level of injury Family violence Non-family violence
Female victims Male victims Total victims Female victims Male victims Total victims
number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent
Type of weapon present
No weaponTable 2.3 Note 1 876 10 312 5 1,188 8 3,197 17 961 6 4,158 12
ThreatsTable 2.3 Note 2 253 3 266 4 519 3 1,660 9 1,692 11 3,352 9
Physical force 6,840 76 4,260 71 11,100 74 12,386 64 8,901 56 21,287 60
Weapon 1,080 12 1,128 19 2,208 15 2,038 11 4,482 28 6,520 18
Firearm 35 Note 0svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 44 1 79 1 307 2 746 5 1,053 3
Knife or other piercing instrumentTable 2.3 Note 3 215 2 249 4 464 3 586 3 1,742 11 2,328 7
Club or other blunt instrument 132 1 136 2 268 2 100 1 332 2 432 1
Other weaponTable 2.3 Note 4 698 8 699 12 1,397 9 1,045 5 1,662 10 2,707 8
Unknown 752 Note ...: not applicable 316 Note ...: not applicable 1,068 Note ...: not applicable 962 Note ...: not applicable 441 Note ...: not applicable 1,403 Note ...: not applicable
Total 9,801 100 6,282 100 16,083 100 20,243 100 16,477 100 36,720 100
Level of injury
No physical injuryTable 2.3 Note 5 5,933 69 3,193 57 9,126 64 13,593 73 9,738 63 23,331 68
Physical injury 2,641 31 2,408 43 5,049 36 5,114 27 5,748 37 10,862 32
Minor physical injuryTable 2.3 Note 6 2,561 30 2,311 41 4,872 34 4,985 27 5,379 35 10,364 30
Major physical injury or deathTable 2.3 Note 7 80 1 97 2 177 1 129 1 369 2 498 1
Unknown 1,227 Note ...: not applicable 681 Note ...: not applicable 1,908 Note ...: not applicable 1,536 Note ...: not applicable 991 Note ...: not applicable 2,527 Note ...: not applicable
Total 9,801 100 6,282 100 16,083 100 20,243 100 16,477 100 36,720 100
... not applicable
0s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded
Note 1

Includes no threat, physical force or weapon.

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Note 2

Includes threats that are construed to imply that death or injury is possible.

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Note 3

Includes other piercing or cutting instruments, such as hatchets, razor blades and arrows.

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Note 4

Includes other types of weapons such as explosives, fire, motor vehicles, poison and weapons not otherwise classified.

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Note 5

Includes incidents that did not involve the use of a weapon or physical force as well as those in which a weapon or physical force was used but no visible physical injury was noted by police.

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Note 6

Refers to injuries that required no professional medical treatment or only some first aid (e.g., bandage, ice).

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Note 7

Refers to injuries that required professional medical attention at the scene or transportation to a medical facility, or injuries that resulted in death.

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Note: The weapon present in an incident (if any) may or may not have caused the injury to the victim (if any). 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. Excludes victims of dating or other intimate partner violence under the age of 12 years. Excludes victims where the gender or the age was unknown or where the accused-victim relationship was unknown. Excludes data from the province of Quebec due to data quality concerns. Percentages have been calculated excluding unknown type of weapon present and unknown level of injury. 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.
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