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Table 6
Physical and sexual assault committed by intimate partners and non-intimate partners since age 15, by region, 2018

Table 6
Physical and sexual assault committed by intimate partners and non-intimate partners since age 15, by region, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Physical and sexual assault committed by intimate partners and non-intimate partners since age 15. The information is grouped by Province or region (appearing as row headers), Physical and sexual assault committed by intimate partners, Physical and sexual assault committed by non-intimate partners, Total physical and sexual assault , Visible minority women, Non-visible minority women, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or region	Physical and sexual assault committed by intimate partners^{Table 6 Note 1}						Physical and sexual assault committed by non-intimate partners						Total physical and sexual assault
	Visible minority women^{Table 6 Note †}			Non-visible minority women			Visible minority women^{Table 6 Note †}			Non-visible minority women			Visible minority women^{Table 6 Note †}			Non-visible minority women
	percent^{Table 6 Note 1}	95% confidence interval		percent^{Table 6 Note 1}	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval
	percent^{Table 6 Note 1}	from	to	percent^{Table 6 Note 1}	from	to	percent	from	to	percent	from	to	percent	from	to	percent	from	to
Atlantic provinces^{Table 6 Note 2}	22.2	13.9	33.4	28.1	26.5	29.9	31.0	22.5	40.9	38.8	37.0	40.6	36.9	27.5	47.3	45.9	44.1	47.7
Quebec	13.5	9.0	19.8	22.5^Note *	20.8	24.3	23.6	18.1	30.2	33.0^Note *	31.0	34.9	26.8	21.0	33.5	40.5^Note *	38.5	42.5
Ontario	14.8	11.6	18.6	27.5^Note *	25.5	29.6	26.3	22.0	31.0	43.7^Note *	41.4	46.0	30.9	26.4	35.8	50.5^Note *	48.2	52.8
Manitoba	19.0	13.1	26.8	30.2^Note *	27.4	33.1	27.8	21.6	35.0	44.5^Note *	41.5	47.4	30.6	24.0	38.0	50.8^Note *	47.8	53.8
Saskatchewan	9.5	5.6	15.7	31.2^Note *	28.9	33.6	21.0	14.7	29.0	40.5^Note *	38.2	42.9	24.1	17.6	32.1	48.8^Note *	46.3	51.3
Alberta	20.0	15.2	25.9	32.1^Note *	29.4	34.9	31.7	26.0	37.9	47.0^Note *	44.2	49.8	36.0	30.0	42.4	53.8^Note *	51.0	56.6
British Columbia	13.2	10.3	16.6	35.4^Note *	32.8	38.1	28.1	24.0	32.6	51.4^Note *	48.8	54.1	30.8	26.6	35.4	58.4^Note *	55.7	61.0
Territories^{Table 6 Note 3}	15.9	10.0	24.5	45.6^Note *	41.7	49.5	27.0	19.1	36.6	54.9^Note *	51.2	58.6	32.5	23.9	42.4	64.6^Note *	60.9	68.2
Canada	15.1	13.0	17.3	28.0^Note *	27.1	29.0	26.9	24.2	29.7	41.9^Note *	40.8	42.9	30.9	28.1	33.8	48.9^Note *	47.9	50.0
Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 Includes violence committed by a current or former spouse, common-law partner, dating partner, or someone with whom the victim was in another type of intimate relationship. Percent calculation excludes respondents who reported that they have never been in an intimate partner relationship. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. Return to note 3 referrer Note: Province or region refers to the respondent’s province or region of residence at the time of the survey, and does not necessarily correspond to where the victimization occurred. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces.

Date modified:: 2021-05-19