Table 3
Intimate partner violence, since age 15 and in the past 12 months, by selected characteristics of victim, Canada, 2018

Table 3
Intimate partner violence, since age 15 and in the past 12 months, by selected characteristics of victim, Canada, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Intimate partner violence. The information is grouped by Selected characteristic (appearing as row headers), Intimate partner violence since age 15, Intimate partner violence in the past 12 months, Women, Men, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Selected characteristic	Intimate partner violence since age 15						Intimate partner violence in the past 12 months
	Women			Men			Women			Men
	percent^{Table 3 Note 1}	95% confidence interval		percent^{Table 3 Note 1}	95% confidence interval		percent^{Table 3 Note 1}	95% confidence interval		percent^{Table 3 Note 1}	95% confidence interval
	percent^{Table 3 Note 1}	from	to	percent^{Table 3 Note 1}	from	to	percent^{Table 3 Note 1}	from	to	percent^{Table 3 Note 1}	from	to
Age group (years)
15 to 24^{Table 3 Note †}	56	50	62	56	51	62	29	24	35	26	21	32
25 to 34	54	51	57	47^Note ***	44	50	14^Note *	12	16	14^Note *	12	16
35 to 44	49^Note *	46	51	43^Note ***	41	46	13^Note *	11	15	13^Note *	12	15
45 to 54	48^Note *	46	51	36^Note ***	34	38	10^Note *	9	12	11^Note *	9	12
55 to 64	40^Note *	38	43	29^Note ***	27	31	8^Note *	7	10	7^Note *	6	9
65 to 74	32^Note *	30	35	23^Note ***	21	25	5^Note *	4	6	5^Note *	4	6
75 and older	24^Note *	22	27	16^Note ***	14	19	5^Note *	3	9	5^Note *	3	6
First Nations, Métis, or Inuit identity
Indigenous person	61^Note *	56	66	54^Note *	48	59	17^Note *	13	22	16	11	22
First Nations person	58^Note *	51	66	53^Note *	44	62	16	11	23	16	8	29
Métis person	64^Note *	57	70	56^Note *	48	64	15	10	23	15	10	23
Inuit person	41	26	58	59^Note *	47	70	12	6	21	18	11	28
Non-Indigenous person^{Table 3 Note †}	44	42	45	36^Note **	34	37	12	11	13	11	10	12
LGBTQ2 person
Yes^{Table 3 Note 2}^{Table 3 Note †}	67	60	73	54^Note **	47	61	20	15	25	21	15	28
No	44^Note *	43	45	36^Note ***	35	37	12^Note *	11	13	11^Note *	11	12
Ethnocultural group
Designated as visible minority	29^Note *	27	32	28^Note *	26	31	9^Note *	7	11	12	10	14
Arab	44	32	56	35	27	44	21	11	37	20^Note *	13	30
Black	42	34	49	41	33	50	13	8	20	12	8	18
Chinese	23^Note *	19	28	27^Note *	23	33	8^Note *	5	12	13	9	17
Filipino	18^Note *	13	25	26^Note *	18	35	3^Note *	2	7	10	5	17
Japanese	32	18	50	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
Korean	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	18^Note *	9	33	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
Latin American	47	37	57	39	29	50	12	6	24	16	8	28
South Asian	30^Note *	24	38	20^Note ***	15	25	9	6	15	9	6	13
Southeast Asian	32^Note *	21	45	32	21	45	8	4	17	9	4	22
West Asian	32	17	50	33	22	47	23	9	45	12	7	22
Group not indicated elsewhere	43	29	57	31	19	46	14	6	28	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Not designated as visible minority^{Table 3 Note 3}^{Table 3 Note †}	47	46	48	38^Note **	37	40	13	12	14	11	11	12
Immigrant status
Immigrant^{Table 3 Note †}	30	28	33	27	25	29	10	8	11	11	9	13
Non-immigrant	48^Note *	47	50	40^Note ***	38	41	13^Note *	12	14	12	11	13
Disability
Person with disability^{Table 3 Note †}	55	53	57	44^Note **	42	46	16	15	18	15	13	16
Person without disability	37^Note *	36	38	32^Note ***	31	34	10^Note *	9	11	10^Note *	9	11
Physical or sexual abuse before age 15
Never^{Table 3 Note †}	35	34	36	30^Note **	29	31	10	9	11	10	9	11
At least once	67^Note *	65	68	53^Note ***	51	55	18^Note *	16	19	17^Note *	15	19
Harsh parenting
Never^{Table 3 Note †}	25	24	27	21^Note **	19	23	8	7	9	7	6	8
At least once	54^Note *	53	55	45^Note ***	44	46	14^Note *	13	15	14^Note *	13	15
Employed in past 12 months
Yes^{Table 3 Note †}	49	48	50	39^Note **	38	41	14	13	15	13	12	14
No	35^Note *	33	37	26^Note ***	24	28	8^Note *	7	9	7^Note *	6	9
Highest degree earned
Less than high school^{Table 3 Note †}	34	31	37	29^Note **	26	32	12	9	16	10	8	14
High school	43^Note *	41	45	38^Note ***	36	41	14	12	16	12	10	14
College or trade school	48^Note *	46	50	38^Note ***	36	40	11	10	13	11	10	13
University	45^Note *	43	46	36^Note ***	34	38	12	11	13	12	11	13
Household income group^{Table 3 Note 4}
Less than $20,000^{Table 3 Note †}	57	52	62	53	48	58	15	11	19	16	12	22
$20,000 to $59,999	43^Note *	42	45	37^Note ***	34	39	13	11	15	11^Note *	9	13
$60,000 to $99,999	43^Note *	41	45	34^Note ***	32	35	11	9	12	12	10	13
$100,000 to $149,999	43^Note *	41	45	35^Note ***	33	37	12	11	14	10^Note *	9	12
$150,000 or more	44^Note *	41	46	36^Note ***	34	39	13	11	15	12	10	14
Location of residence
Rural^{Table 3 Note †}	45	42	47	36^Note **	33	38	12	10	14	9	8	12
Urban	44	43	45	35^Note **	34	36	12	11	13	12^Note *	11	13
Marital status
Married or common-law^{Table 3 Note †}	38	37	39	30^Note **	28	31	10	9	11	10	9	11
Separated or divorced	67^Note *	64	69	59^Note ***	56	62	20^Note *	16	23	18^Note *	15	22
Widowed	26^Note *	24	29	22^Note *	19	27	7	3	14	6	3	12
Single, never married	62^Note *	59	65	54^Note ***	51	57	19^Note *	16	22	16^Note *	14	19
F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from reference category only (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note significantly different from estimate for women only (p < 0.05) Return to note referrer Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) and estimate for women (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 Percent calculation excludes respondents who reported that they have never been in an intimate partner relationship and, for the past 12 months, those who stated that they had not had contact with any current or former intimate partner in the past 12 months. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Includes those whose sexual orientation was lesbian, gay, bisexual, or another sexual orientation that was not heterosexual. Also includes respondents whose sex at birth did not align with their gender (i.e. they are transgender). Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 The non-visible minority population includes single origin White, single origin Indigenous persons, and multiple origin White/Latin American and White/Arab-West Asian, as per Census definition. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Represents before-tax household income and comes from multiple sources. For 84% of respondents, income data was obtained from successful linkage to tax records. For 15% of respondents, linkage to tax records was not successful or respondents did not consent to linkage with other sources; income data for these respondents is imputed. In the territories (less than 1% of the total sample), respondents were asked to self-report their personal and household income or provide a range in which their before-tax income fell. Return to note 4 referrer Note: Intimate partner violence includes psychological violence, physical violence, and sexual violence. See Table 1A for a full list of behaviours included. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces.

Date modified:: 2021-04-26

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Table 3
Intimate partner violence, since age 15 and in the past 12 months, by selected characteristics of victim, Canada, 2018

Table 3 Intimate partner violence, since age 15 and in the past 12 months, by selected characteristics of victim, Canada, 2018

Table 3
Intimate partner violence, since age 15 and in the past 12 months, by selected characteristics of victim, Canada, 2018