Table 3.2
Victims of police-reported intimate partner and non-intimate partner violence, by gender and age group of victim, and type of violation, Canada, 2019


Table 3.2
Victims of police-reported intimate partner and non-intimate partner violence, by gender and age group of victim, and type of violation, 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 type of violation (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 rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Gender of victim and type of violation 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 rate number rate number rate number rate number rate number rate
Intimate partner violence
Female victims
Homicide, other violations causing death and attempted murderTable 3.2 Note 1 16 1 47 2 28 1 28 1 27 Note 0svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 146 1
Sexual assaultTable 3.2 Note 2 2,138 97 1,459 57 975 39 469 19 177 3 5,218 33
Physical assaultTable 3.2 Note 3 14,533 660 22,339 879 14,855 594 6,552 268 2,947 49 61,226 391
Other offences involving violence or the threat of violenceTable 3.2 Note 4 4,927 224 5,978 235 4,331 173 1,978 81 860 14 18,074 115
Total female victims 21,614 982 29,823 1,173 20,189 807 9,027 369 4,011 67 84,664 541
Male victims
Homicide, other violations causing death and attempted murderTable 3.2 Note 1 5 Note 0svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 8 Note 0svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 17 1 6 Note 0svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 10 Note 0svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 46 Note 0svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded
Sexual assaultTable 3.2 Note 2 51 2 47 2 32 1 18 1 5 Note 0svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 153 1
Physical assaultTable 3.2 Note 3 2,966 126 6,482 244 5,473 221 3,170 131 1,886 34 19,977 130
Other offences involving violence or the threat of violenceTable 3.2 Note 4 444 19 829 31 809 33 545 23 343 6 2,970 19
Total male victims 3,466 147 7,366 277 6,331 256 3,739 154 2,244 41 23,146 150
Total victims
Homicide, other violations causing death and attempted murderTable 3.2 Note 1 21 Note 0svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 55 1 45 1 34 1 37 Note 0svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 192 1
Sexual assaultTable 3.2 Note 2 2,189 48 1,506 29 1,007 20 487 10 182 2 5,371 17
Physical assaultTable 3.2 Note 3 17,499 384 28,821 554 20,328 409 9,722 200 4,833 42 81,203 261
Other offences involving violence or the threat of violenceTable 3.2 Note 4 5,371 118 6,807 131 5,140 103 2,523 52 1,203 10 21,044 68
Total victims 25,080 550 37,189 715 26,520 533 12,766 262 6,255 55 107,810 347
Non-intimate partner violence
Female victims
Homicide, other violations causing death and attempted murderTable 3.2 Note 1 52 2 45 2 15 1 24 1 48 1 184 1
Sexual assaultTable 3.2 Note 2 8,977 408 3,531 139 1,922 77 1,106 45 1,024 17 16,560 106
Physical assaultTable 3.2 Note 3 14,483 658 12,251 482 9,782 391 8,342 341 8,667 145 53,525 342
Other offences involving violence or the threat of violenceTable 3.2 Note 4 10,519 478 8,111 319 6,219 249 4,840 198 4,808 81 34,497 220
Total female victims 34,031 1,546 23,938 941 17,938 717 14,312 584 14,547 244 104,766 669
Male victims
Homicide, other violations causing death and attempted murderTable 3.2 Note 1 241 10 278 10 148 6 113 5 97 2 877 6
Sexual assaultTable 3.2 Note 2 886 38 414 16 228 9 135 6 161 3 1,824 12
Physical assaultTable 3.2 Note 3 23,819 1,009 21,698 816 15,798 639 13,782 569 14,693 267 89,790 582
Other offences involving violence or the threat of violenceTable 3.2 Note 4 13,775 583 14,189 534 10,054 406 7,665 316 7,238 132 52,921 343
Total male victims 38,721 1,640 36,579 1,376 26,228 1,060 21,695 896 22,189 403 145,412 943
Total victims
Homicide, other violations causing death and attempted murderTable 3.2 Note 1 293 6 323 6 163 3 137 3 145 1 1,061 3
Sexual assaultTable 3.2 Note 2 9,863 216 3,945 76 2,150 43 1,241 25 1,185 10 18,384 59
Physical assaultTable 3.2 Note 3 38,302 840 33,949 653 25,580 514 22,124 454 23,360 204 143,315 461
Other offences involving violence or the threat of violenceTable 3.2 Note 4 24,294 532 22,300 429 16,273 327 12,505 257 12,046 105 87,418 281
Total victims 72,752 1,595 60,517 1,164 44,166 888 36,007 739 36,736 320 250,178 805
0s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded
Note 1

Includes first degree murder, second degree murder, manslaughter, criminal negligence causing death, other related violations causing death and conspiracy to commit murder.

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Note 2

Includes sexual assault level 1, sexual assault level 2 (with a weapon or causing bodily harm) and sexual assault level 3 (aggravated sexual assault).

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Note 3

Includes assault level 1, assault level 2 (with a weapon or causing bodily harm) and assault level 3 (aggravated assault).

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Note 4

Includes all other violent violations not otherwise listed.

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Note: Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population aged 15 to 89 years. Populations based on July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography. 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 or where the accused-victim relationship was unknown.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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