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, Visible minority women, Non-visible minority women, 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
	Visible minority women			Non-visible minority women			Visible minority women			Non-visible minority women
	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 †}	43	30	57	59^Note **	53	65	25	16	36	30	24	36
25 to 34	34	27	41	61^Note **	57	64	8^Note *	5	13	16^Note ***	14	18
35 to 44	29	24	34	56^Note **	53	59	7^Note *	4	10	15^Note ***	13	17
45 to 54	29	24	35	53^Note **	50	56	7^Note *	4	12	11^Note *	9	12
55 to 64	23^Note *	18	30	43^Note ***	41	45	8^Note *	4	14	9^Note *	7	10
65 to 74	16^Note *	10	24	34^Note ***	32	36	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	5^Note *	4	6
75 and older	16^Note *	8	28	25^Note *	22	27	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	5^Note *	3	9
LGBTQ2 person^{Table 3 Note 2}
Yes^{Table 3 Note †}	50	29	70	69	63	75	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	19	15	25
No	29	27	32	47^Note ***	46	48	9	7	11	13^Note ***	12	14
Ethnocultural group
Designated as visible minority	29	27	32	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	9	7	11	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Arab	44	32	56	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	21	11	37	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Black	42	34	49	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	13	8	20	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Chinese	23	19	28	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	8	5	12	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Filipino	18	13	25	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	3	2	7	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Japanese	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Korean	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Latin American	47	37	57	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	12	6	24	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
South Asian	30	24	38	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	9	6	15	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Southeast Asian	32	21	45	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	8	4	17	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
West Asian	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Group not indicated elsewhere	43	29	57	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	14	6	28	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Not designated as visible minority^{Table 3 Note 3}	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	47	46	48	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	13	12	14
Indigenous person	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	61	56	66	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	17	13	22
Non-Indigenous person	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	44	42	45	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	12	11	13
Immigrant status
Immigrant^{Table 3 Note †}	26	23	29	38^Note **	34	41	8	7	11	12	9	15
Non-immigrant	47^Note *	40	54	48^Note *	47	50	12	9	17	13	12	14
Disability
Person with disability^{Table 3 Note †}	38	33	44	58^Note **	56	59	15	11	20	16	15	18
Person without disability	26^Note *	23	29	40^Note ***	39	41	7^Note *	5	9	10^Note ***	9	11
Physical or sexual abuse before age 15
Never^{Table 3 Note †}	21	18	24	38^Note **	37	40	7	5	9	10^Note **	9	11
At least once	55^Note *	48	61	69^Note ***	67	71	15^Note *	11	20	18^Note *	16	20
Harsh parenting
Never^{Table 3 Note †}	13	10	17	29^Note **	27	31	5	3	8	9^Note **	7	10
At least once	42^Note *	37	46	56^Note ***	55	57	12^Note *	9	15	15^Note *	13	16
Employed in past 12 months
Yes^{Table 3 Note †}	31	28	35	53^Note **	52	55	9	7	12	15^Note **	14	16
No	25^Note *	20	30	37^Note ***	35	38	10	7	14	8^Note *	6	9
Highest degree earned
Less than high school^{Table 3 Note †}	27	19	39	35	32	38	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	12	9	17
High school	33	26	41	45^Note ***	42	47	13	9	19	13	11	16
College or trade school	29	23	35	51^Note ***	49	53	8	5	12	12^Note **	11	14
University	29	25	33	50^Note ***	48	52	9	7	12	13^Note **	12	14
Household income group^{Table 3 Note 4}
Less than $20,000^{Table 3 Note †}	34	24	45	64^Note **	59	69	13	7	25	15	11	20
$20,000 to $59,999	29	24	34	46^Note ***	44	48	11	7	16	13	11	15
$60,000 to $99,999	27	22	33	47^Note ***	45	49	6	4	9	12^Note **	10	14
$100,000 to $149,999	30	24	37	46^Note ***	43	48	11	7	17	12	11	14
$150,000 or more	30	24	38	46^Note ***	44	49	8	5	13	13^Note **	11	15
Marital status
Married or common-law^{Table 3 Note †}	22	19	25	41^Note **	40	43	7	5	9	10^Note **	9	11
Separated or divorced	48^Note *	41	56	71^Note ***	68	73	19	11	31	20^Note *	16	24
Widowed	12^Note *	6	22	27^Note ***	25	30	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	8	4	16
Single, never married	46^Note *	38	53	67^Note ***	63	70	15	10	21	20^Note *	17	23
... not applicable 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 visible minority women only (p < 0.05) Return to note referrer Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) and estimate for visible minority 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 1 for a full list of behaviours included. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces.

Date modified:: 2021-05-19

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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