Table 1B
Frequency of violence among those who experienced intimate partner violence in the past 12 months, by type of violence and gender, Canada, 2018


Table 1B
Table summary
This table displays the results of Frequency of violence among those who experienced intimate partner violence in the past 12 months. The information is grouped by Type of intimate partner violence (appearing as row headers), Women who were victims of intimate partner violence in the past 12 months, Men who were victims of intimate partner violence in the past 12 months, Once, A few times, Monthly or more, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of intimate partner violence Women who were victims of intimate partner violence in the past 12 monthsTable 1B Note † Men who were victims of intimate partner violence in the past 12 months
OnceTable 1B Note 1 A few timesTable 1B Note 1 Monthly or moreTable 1B Note 1 OnceTable 1B Note 1 A few timesTable 1B Note 1 Monthly or moreTable 1B Note 1
percentTable 1B Note 2 95% confidence interval percentTable 1B Note 2 95% confidence interval percentTable 1B Note 2 95% confidence interval percentTable 1B Note 2 95% confidence interval percentTable 1B Note 2 95% confidence interval percentTable 1B Note 2 95% confidence interval
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Emotional, financial, or psychological abuse
Been jealous and didn't want you to talk to other men or women 21.6 16.4 28.0 46.7 40.4 53.1 31.7 25.7 38.3 28.1 23.7 32.9 50.4 45.1 55.7 21.5Note * 17.0 26.8
Harmed, or threatened to harm your pets Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Demanded to know who you were with and where you were at all times 9.3 6.1 14.0 40.4 33.3 47.9 50.3 42.4 58.1 15.9Note * 12.1 20.6 49.0 41.8 56.2 35.1Note * 28.3 42.6
Put you down or called you names to make you feel bad 13.7 11.0 17.0 57.5 52.9 61.9 28.8 24.7 33.3 19.1Note * 15.6 23.3 56.3 51.0 61.5 24.5 19.9 29.8
Forced you to give them money or possessions 16.1 6.6 34.5 38.3 24.4 54.4 45.5 31.4 60.4 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Told you you were crazy, stupid, or not good enoughTable 1B Note 3 17.7 14.2 21.8 55.6 50.5 60.6 26.7 22.4 31.6 20.7 16.8 25.1 55.9 50.1 61.6 23.4 18.8 28.7
Tried to convince your family, children, or friends that you are crazy or tried to turn them against youTable 1B Note 3 25.0 14.8 39.2 45.1 34.5 56.1 29.9 20.8 40.9 21.7 13.9 32.4 57.7 45.3 69.2 20.6 11.8 33.3
Followed you or hung around outside your home or workTable 1B Note 3 20.8 8.2 43.6 49.2 34.6 63.9 29.9 19.4 43.1 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Kept you from seeing or talking to your family or friendsTable 1B Note 3 11.0 6.2 18.8 43.1 32.6 54.2 45.9 34.6 57.6 12.0 6.5 21.3 59.5 47.0 70.9 28.4Note * 18.7 40.7
Harassed you by phone, text, email, or using social mediaTable 1B Note 3 14.1 8.2 23.1 37.9 30.3 46.2 48.0 39.3 56.9 15.9 9.1 26.2 49.7 39.6 59.8 34.4Note * 25.0 45.3
Kept you from having access to a job, money, or financial resourcesTable 1B Note 3 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Confined or locked you in a room or other spaceTable 1B Note 3 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Damaged or destroyed your possessions or property 41.8 32.4 51.9 47.9 37.9 58.1 10.3 5.4 18.7 53.1 39.6 66.2 41.2 28.4 55.4 5.6 2.6 11.7
Made comments about your sexual past or your sexual performance that made you feel ashamed, inadequate, or humiliated 32.8 24.9 41.8 43.9 36.0 52.1 23.3 17.5 30.3 26.7 19.3 35.7 56.6Note * 47.0 65.7 16.7 10.5 25.5
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 1B Note 4 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 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 1B Note 3 Table 1B Note 5 16.2 12.2 21.3 46.6 39.5 53.9 37.2 30.3 44.5 26.5Note * 19.2 35.4 48.4 39.1 57.8 25.1Note * 16.8 35.8
TotalTable 1B Note 6 16.3 13.6 19.6 53.6 49.8 57.3 30.1 26.7 33.7 21.4Note * 18.6 24.5 51.5 47.7 55.2 27.1 23.7 30.9
Physical abuse
Shook, pushed, grabbed, or threw youTable 1B Note 3 47.2 37.0 57.6 42.8 32.2 54.1 10.0 5.7 17.0 38.6 27.3 51.3 53.5 40.4 66.2 7.9 3.2 18.6
Hit you with a fist or object, kicked or bit youTable 1B Note 3 41.7 26.3 58.8 43.0 25.8 62.1 15.3 7.5 28.7 53.6 42.2 64.6 30.8 22.4 40.7 15.6 7.4 29.8
Threatened to harm or kill you or someone close to youTable 1B Note 3 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Choked youTable 1B Note 3 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Used or threatened to use a knife or gun or other weapon to harm youTable 1B Note 3 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Threatened to hit you with their fist or anything that could hurt you 34.8 24.7 46.4 51.3 38.1 64.2 14.0 7.3 25.1 44.7 32.2 57.9 37.7 26.6 50.2 17.7 8.0 34.4
Thrown anything at you that could have hurt you 49.5 36.9 62.2 39.5 28.3 51.9 11.0 4.7 23.7 57.1 44.6 68.8 32.1 22.0 44.1 10.8 4.0 25.9
Slapped you 65.8 48.6 79.6 21.7 11.8 36.5 12.5 5.6 25.8 56.4 46.1 66.2 39.7Note * 30.2 50.1 3.9 1.7 8.6
Beaten you Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
TotalTable 1B Note 6 45.5 37.9 53.3 43.8 35.8 52.1 10.7 7.1 15.9 45.9 39.1 54.4 42.4 34.8 50.4 11.3 6.5 17.7
Sexual abuse
Made you perform sex acts that you did not want to performTable 1B Note 3 41.5 28.4 55.9 36.6 24.9 50.1 22.0 13.3 34.0 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Forced or tried to force you to have sexTable 1B Note 3 24.3 14.2 38.3 56.3 42.1 69.5 19.5 11.1 31.9 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
TotalTable 1B Note 6 31.0 20.7 43.5 49.0 37.1 61.0 20.0 12.7 30.2 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Total intimate partner violenceTable 1B Note 6 16.8 13.9 20.0 53.5 49.7 57.2 29.7 26.3 33.3 22.0Note * 19.3 24.9 51.3 47.6 54.9 26.8 23.4 30.4
F too unreliable to be published
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significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)

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Note †

reference category

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Note 1

Respondents were able to indicate if they experienced each behaviour once, a few times, monthly, weekly, or daily or almost daily. For the purposes of analysis, monthly, weekly, and daily or almost daily have been combined.

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Note 2

Percent calculation is based on the number of respondents who experienced the behaviour in the past 12 months. See Table 1A for the overall prevalence of each behaviour.

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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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Note 6

For totals, monthly or more includes respondents who reported one or more types of intimate partner violence in the past 12 months and at least one occurred monthly or more frequently. A few times includes respondents who reported one or more types of intimate partner violence in the past 12 months where at least one occurred a few times but none occurred more frequently. Once includes respondents who reported one or more types of intimate partner violence in the past 12 months but no specific type occurred more than once. If multiple behaviours were each reported as happening once, this is considered once for the purposes of the frequency measure in this table, though in some instances these may have been separate occurrences.

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