Table 3.1
Victims of police-reported intimate partner and non-intimate partner violence, by gender and age group of victim, and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2019


Table 3.1
Victims of police-reported intimate partner and non-intimate partner violence, by gender and age group of victim, and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of police-reported intimate partner and non-intimate partner 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, 15 to 24 years , 25 to 34 years , 35 to 44 years , 45 to 54 years and 55 years and older , 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
15 to 24 years 25 to 34 years 35 to 44 years 45 to 54 years 55 years and older
number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent
Female victims
Intimate partner 21,614 39 29,823 55 20,189 53 9,027 39 4,011 22 84,664 45
SpouseTable 3.1 Note 1 4,678 8 11,881 22 10,570 28 4,964 21 2,676 14 34,769 18
Current spouse 3,053 5 8,385 16 7,408 19 3,679 16 2,169 12 24,694 13
Former spouse 1,625 3 3,496 7 3,162 8 1,285 6 507 3 10,075 5
Dating partnerTable 3.1 Note 2 16,517 30 17,531 33 9,349 25 3,927 17 1,263 7 48,587 26
Current boyfriend or girlfriend 10,492 19 11,024 21 5,897 15 2,336 10 724 4 30,473 16
Former boyfriend or girlfriend 6,025 11 6,507 12 3,452 9 1,591 7 539 3 18,114 10
Other intimate partnerTable 3.1 Note 3 419 1 411 1 270 1 136 1 72 Note 0svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 1,308 1
Non-intimate partner 34,031 61 23,938 45 17,938 47 14,312 61 14,547 78 104,766 55
Non-spousal familyTable 3.1 Note 4 6,734 12 3,715 7 3,961 10 4,059 17 4,849 26 23,318 12
Stranger 9,045 16 7,691 14 5,195 14 3,757 16 3,531 19 29,219 15
OtherTable 3.1 Note 5 18,252 33 12,532 23 8,782 23 6,496 28 6,167 33 52,229 28
Unknown 3 Note ...: not applicable 10 Note ...: not applicable 7 Note ...: not applicable 2 Note ...: not applicable 11 Note ...: not applicable 33 Note ...: not applicable
Total female victims 55,648 100 53,771 100 38,134 100 23,341 100 18,569 100 189,463 100
Male victims
Intimate partner 3,466 8 7,366 17 6,331 19 3,739 15 2,244 9 23,146 14
SpouseTable 3.1 Note 1 805 2 2,760 6 3,163 10 1,918 8 1,248 5 9,894 6
Current spouse 539 1 1,946 4 2,217 7 1,370 5 966 4 7,038 4
Former spouse 266 1 814 2 946 3 548 2 282 1 2,856 2
Dating partnerTable 3.1 Note 2 2,580 6 4,447 10 3,046 9 1,744 7 917 4 12,734 8
Current boyfriend or girlfriend 1,700 4 2,948 7 2,004 6 1,106 4 585 2 8,343 5
Former boyfriend or girlfriend 880 2 1,499 3 1,042 3 638 3 332 1 4,391 3
Other intimate partnerTable 3.1 Note 3 81 Note 0svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 159 Note 0svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 122 Note 0svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 77 Note 0svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 79 Note 0svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 518 Note 0svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded
Non-intimate partner 38,721 92 36,579 83 26,228 81 21,695 85 22,189 91 145,412 86
Non-spousal familyTable 3.1 Note 4 4,516 11 3,020 7 2,506 8 2,897 11 4,108 17 17,047 10
Stranger 16,946 40 16,817 38 11,350 35 8,734 34 8,116 33 61,963 37
OtherTable 3.1 Note 5 17,259 41 16,742 38 12,372 38 10,064 40 9,965 41 66,402 39
Unknown 60 Note ...: not applicable 73 Note ...: not applicable 33 Note ...: not applicable 24 Note ...: not applicable 33 Note ...: not applicable 223 Note ...: not applicable
Total male victims 42,247 100 44,018 100 32,592 100 25,458 100 24,466 100 168,781 100
Total victims
Intimate partner 25,080 26 37,189 38 26,520 38 12,766 26 6,255 15 107,810 30
SpouseTable 3.1 Note 1 5,483 6 14,641 15 13,733 19 6,882 14 3,924 9 44,663 12
Current spouse 3,592 4 10,331 11 9,625 14 5,049 10 3,135 7 31,732 9
Former spouse 1,891 2 4,310 4 4,108 6 1,833 4 789 2 12,931 4
Dating partnerTable 3.1 Note 2 19,097 20 21,978 22 12,395 18 5,671 12 2,180 5 61,321 17
Current boyfriend or girlfriend 12,192 12 13,972 14 7,901 11 3,442 7 1,309 3 38,816 11
Former boyfriend or girlfriend 6,905 7 8,006 8 4,494 6 2,229 5 871 2 22,505 6
Other intimate partnerTable 3.1 Note 3 500 1 570 1 392 1 213 Note 0svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 151 Note 0svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 1,826 1
Non-intimate partner 72,752 74 60,517 62 44,166 62 36,007 74 36,736 85 250,178 70
Non-spousal familyTable 3.1 Note 4 11,250 11 6,735 7 6,467 9 6,956 14 8,957 21 40,365 11
Stranger 25,991 27 24,508 25 16,545 23 12,491 26 11,647 27 91,182 25
OtherTable 3.1 Note 5 35,511 36 29,274 30 21,154 30 16,560 34 16,132 38 118,631 33
Unknown 63 Note ...: not applicable 83 Note ...: not applicable 40 Note ...: not applicable 26 Note ...: not applicable 44 Note ...: not applicable 256 Note ...: not applicable
Total victims 97,895 100 97,789 100 70,726 100 48,799 100 43,035 100 358,244 100
... 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 current and former legally married spouses and common-law partners.

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Note 2

Includes current and former boyfriends and girlfriends (intimate relationships).

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Note 3

Includes sexual relationships or a mutual sexual attraction.

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Note 4

Includes all other family members related by blood, marriage (including common-law) or adoption. Examples include siblings, grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and in-laws.

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Note 5

Includes friends, roommates, casual acquaintances, neighbours, authority figures and reverse authority figures (e.g., student-to-teacher and patient-to-doctor), business relationships and criminal relationships (relationships based on illegal activities, such as drugs or prostitution).

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Note: Intimate partner violence refers to violence committed by current and former legally married spouses, common-law partners, dating partners and other intimate partners. Victims refer to those aged 15 to 89 years. Victims aged 90 years and older are excluded from analyses due to possible instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category. Excludes victims where the gender or the age was unknown. 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.
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