Table 1A
Intimate partner violence, since age 15 and in the past 12 months, by type of intimate partner violence, Canada, 2018


Table 1A
Table summary
This table displays the results of Intimate partner violence. The information is grouped by Type of intimate partner violence (appearing as row headers), Women, Men, Experienced since age 15, Experienced in the past 12 months, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of intimate partner violence WomenTable 1A Note † Men
Experienced since age 15Table 1AfNote 1 Experienced in the past 12 monthsTable 1A Note 2 Experienced since age 15Table 1A Note 1 Experienced in the past 12 monthsTable 1A Note 2
percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to from to
Emotional, financial, or psychological abuse
Been jealous and didn't want you to talk to other men or women 29.4 28.5 30.4 5.4 4.8 6.1 26.5Note * 25.6 27.5 6.9Note * 6.3 7.7
Harmed, or threatened to harm your pets 4.3 3.9 4.8 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.8Note * 0.7 1.0 0.1Note * 0.1 0.2
Demanded to know who you were with and where you were at all times 19.2 18.3 20.0 3.3 2.8 3.8 14.6Note * 13.8 15.3 4.0Note * 3.5 4.6
Put you down or called you names to make you feel bad 31.2 30.3 32.2 8.4 7.7 9.2 19.0Note * 18.2 19.8 6.1Note * 5.4 6.7
Forced you to give them money or possessions 6.4 5.9 6.9 0.6 0.4 0.8 3.6Note * 3.2 4.0 0.6 0.4 0.9
Told you you were crazy, stupid, or not good enoughTable 1A Note 3 26.9 26.0 27.8 6.9 6.3 7.6 16.4Note * 15.6 17.2 4.8Note * 4.3 5.4
Tried to convince your family, children, or friends that you are crazy or tried to turn them against youTable 1A Note 3 9.8 9.2 10.5 1.9 1.5 2.3 6.7Note * 6.1 7.2 1.1Note * 0.9 1.4
Followed you or hung around outside your home or workTable 1A Note 3 12.1 11.4 12.7 0.9 0.3 0.7 3.9Note * 3.6 4.4 0.5Note * 0.3 0.7
Kept you from seeing or talking to your family or friendsTable 1A Note 3 10.6 10.0 11.2 1.1 0.9 1.4 5.7Note * 5.2 6.3 1.2 0.9 1.6
Harassed you by phone, text, email, or using social mediaTable 1A Note 3 13.5 12.8 14.3 2.7 2.2 3.2 7.9Note * 7.3 8.5 2.0Note * 1.6 2.4
Kept you from having access to a job, money, or financial resourcesTable 1A Note 3 5.1 4.7 5.6 0.5 0.4 0.7 1.5Note * 1.3 1.8 0.2Note * 0.1 0.3
Confined or locked you in a room or other spaceTable 1A Note 3 3.4 3.1 3.9 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.5Note * 0.4 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.2
Damaged or destroyed your possessions or property 12.1 11.4 12.8 1.2 1.0 1.5 6.9Note * 6.4 7.5 0.9 0.7 1.2
Made comments about your sexual past or your sexual performance that made you feel ashamed, inadequate, or humiliated 14.5 13.7 15.2 3.1 2.6 3.6 6.7Note * 6.2 7.3 1.8Note * 1.5 2.2
Revealed, or threatened to reveal, your sexual orientation or your relationship to anyone who you did not want to know about your sexuality or sexual orientationTable 1A Note 4 6.3 4.6 8.7 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 7.2 5.1 10.1 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Blamed you for causing their abusive or violent behaviourTable 1A Note 3 Table 1A Note 5 46.8 45.0 48.5 9.0 7.9 10.3 30.1Note * 28.0 32.3 7.8 6.5 9.3
Total 42.7 41.6 43.7 11.9 11.1 12.8 34.9Note * 33.8 35.9 11.2 10.4 12.0
Physical abuse
Shook, pushed, grabbed, or threw youTable 1A Note 3 17.2 16.4 17.9 1.5 1.2 1.9 6.7Note * 6.1 7.2 1.2 0.9 1.6
Hit you with a fist or object, kicked or bit youTable 1A Note 3 11.3 10.7 12.0 0.7 0.5 1.1 9.0Note * 8.4 9.6 1.3Note * 1.0 1.6
Threatened to harm or kill you or someone close to youTable 1A Note 3 7.2 6.7 7.7 0.5 0.3 0.8 2.0Note * 1.7 2.4 0.2Note * 0.1 0.3
Choked youTable 1A Note 3 6.5 6.0 7.0 0.5 0.3 0.7 1.1Note * 0.9 1.4 0.2Note * 0.1 0.4
Used or threatened to use a knife or gun or other weapon to harm youTable 1A Note 3 3.9 3.6 4.3 0.2 0.1 0.3 1.8Note * 1.5 2.1 0.2 0.1 0.3
Threatened to hit you with their fist or anything that could hurt you 11.8 11.2 12.5 1.0 0.8 1.3 6.4Note * 5.9 7.0 1.0 0.8 1.3
Thrown anything at you that could have hurt you 10.8 10.2 11.4 0.8 0.6 1.1 8.8Note * 8.2 9.5 1.2 0.9 1.5
Slapped you 11.4 10.8 12.1 0.8 0.6 1.1 10.8 10.1 11.4 1.7Note * 1.4 2.1
Beaten you 6.0 5.6 6.5 0.2 0.1 0.4 1.7Note * 1.4 2.0 0.2 0.1 0.3
Total 23.0 22.1 23.8 2.4 2.1 2.8 16.5Note * 15.8 17.4 2.8 2.4 3.3
Sexual abuse
Made you perform sex acts that you did not want to performTable 1A Note 3 8.5 7.9 9.1 0.8 0.6 1.1 1.2Note * 1.0 1.5 0.2Note * 0.1 0.5
Forced or tried to force you to have sexTable 1A Note 3 9.8 9.2 10.4 1.0 0.7 1.3 1.6Note * 1.3 1.9 0.4Note * 0.2 0.6
Total 11.5 10.9 12.2 1.2 0.9 1.5 2.0Note * 1.7 2.3 0.4Note * 0.3 0.7
Total intimate partner violence 44.1 43.1 45.1 12.1 11.3 13.0 36.1Note * 35.1 37.1 11.4 10.6 12.3
F too unreliable to be published
Note *

significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)

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Note †

reference category

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Note 1

Represents the percentage of all respondents, excluding those who reported that they have never been in an intimate partner relationship.

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Note 2

Represents the percentage of all respondents, excluding those who reported that they have never been in an intimate partner relationship and those who stated that they had not had contact with any current or former intimate partner in the past 12 months.

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Note 3

This is an item taken from the Composite Abuse Scale - revised short form (CASr-SF).

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Note 4

This item was only asked of respondents who did not identify as heterosexual.

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Note 5

This item was only asked of respondents who indicated yes to at least one item from the CASr-SF. The percent calculation therefore does not include all respondents.

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Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces.
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