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Table 4.2
Senior victims of police-reported family and non-family violence, by gender of victim and type of violation, Canada, 2019

Table 4.2
Senior victims of police-reported family and non-family violence, by gender of victim and type of violation, Canada, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Senior victims of police-reported family and non-family violence. The information is grouped by Type of violation (appearing as row headers), Female victims, Male victims and Total victims, calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of violation	Female victims		Male victims		Total victims
Type of violation	number	rate	number	rate	number	rate
Family violence
Homicide, other violations causing death and attempted murder^{Table 4.2 Note 1}	24	1	10	Note 0^svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	34	1
Sexual assault^{Table 4.2 Note 2}	32	1	5	Note 0^svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	37	1
Physical assault^{Table 4.2 Note 3}	1,886	57	1,374	47	3,260	52
Other offences involving violence or the threat of violence^{Table 4.2 Note 4}	671	20	516	18	1,187	19
Total family violence	2,613	79	1,905	65	4,518	72
Non-family violence
Homicide, other violations causing death and attempted murder^{Table 4.2 Note 1}	13	Note 0^svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	25	1	38	1
Sexual assault^{Table 4.2 Note 2}	507	15	55	2	562	9
Physical assault^{Table 4.2 Note 3}	2,207	67	3,822	131	6,029	97
Other offences involving violence or the threat of violence^{Table 4.2 Note 4}	1,083	33	1,909	66	2,992	48
Total non-family violence	3,810	115	5,811	199	9,621	154
Total victims	6,423	194	7,716	265	14,139	227
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 first degree murder, second degree murder, manslaughter, criminal negligence causing death, other related violations causing death and conspiracy to commit murder. Return to note 1 referrer 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). Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes assault level 1, assault level 2 (with a weapon or causing bodily harm) and assault level 3 (aggravated assault). Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Includes all other violent violations not otherwise listed. Return to note 4 referrer Note: Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population aged 65 to 89 years. Populations based on July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography. Family violence refers to violence committed by spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law), children (biological, step, adopted and foster), siblings (biological, step, half, adopted and foster) and extended family members (e.g., grandchildren, nephews, nieces, cousins and in-laws). Victims refer to those aged 65 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.

Date modified:: 2021-03-02