Table 7
Characteristics of violent incidents, by reporting to police, Canada, 2019


Table 7
Characteristics of violent incidents, by reporting to police, Canada, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Characteristics of violent incidents. The information is grouped by Characteristic of incident (appearing as row headers), Reported to police, Not reported to police, All incidents, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristic of incident Reported to policeTable 7 Note † Not reported to police All incidents
percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to
Resulted in injury
Yes 26 17 38 11Note * 5 23 15 9 23
Medical attention received 7 3 16 3 1 7 4 2 7
No medical attention received 19 11 31 9 3 21 11 6 20
No 74 62 83 88Note * 77 95 85 77 90
Resulted in three or more long-term psychological consequences
Yes 23 15 32 15 8 27 16 10 25
No 76 67 84 85 73 92 83 75 89
Location of incident
Victim's home or surrounding area 36 26 46 17Note * 11 24 22 17 28
Other private residence 6 3 10 17Note * 9 29 14 8 24
Commercial or institutional establishment 35 26 47 46 37 55 43 36 50
Street or other public place 22 15 32 19 14 26 19 15 25
Other Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 2 1 4 2 1 3
Location of incident was victim's workplace
Yes 37 27 48 23Note * 17 30 26 20 33
No 63 52 73 76Note * 69 82 73 66 79
Number of offenders
One 65 54 74 89Note * 83 93 83 77 87
Two or more 22 15 32 6Note * 3 12 10 7 15
Don't know 10 5 20 4 2 8 6 3 9
Relationship to offenderTable 7 Note 1
Relative 5 2 9 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 3 1 5
Friend, neighbour, or acquaintance 26 18 37 47Note * 38 58 42 34 51
Stranger 60 49 70 44Note * 34 53 48 40 56
Other 9 4 19 7 4 12 7 4 11
Age of offender (years)Table 7 Note 2
Under 18 10 4 23 15 7 29 14 7 25
18 to 24 12 6 22 16 9 25 15 10 22
25 to 34 36 25 49 29 20 38 30 23 38
35 to 44 22 12 35 14 10 21 16 11 21
45 to 54 8 4 15 13 8 20 12 8 17
55 and older 9 4 20 12 8 18 11 8 16
Sex of offenderTable 7 Note 2
Male 86 75 93 89 83 93 89 84 92
Female 12 6 22 7 4 12 8 5 12
Don't know 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 2 1 6
Weapon presentTable 7 Note 3
Yes 52 42 62 16Note * 11 21 25 20 31
Firearm 8 3 18 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 2 1 5
Knife 11 5 22 6 3 11 8 5 13
Other 41 31 51 8Note * 5 12 16 12 20
No 39 30 49 76Note * 68 82 66 59 72
Don't know/not applicableTable 7 Note 4 8 5 15 9 5 15 8 5 13
Incident related to offender's drug or alcohol use
Yes 54 44 63 39Note * 30 49 43 36 51
No 20 13 29 39Note * 29 49 34 26 42
Don't know/not applicableTable 7 Note 4 27 19 35 22 15 30 23 17 29
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

Based on incidents where the number of offenders was known. Represents relationship to offender (single offender) or closest accused-victim relationship (multiple offenders).

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Note 2

Based on single-offender incidents.

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Note 3

Sum of firearm, knife, and other weapon does not equal the total percentage of incidents with a weapon present, as victims could report as many weapons as applicable.

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Note 4

This category includes a small number of respondents who said they were not physically present during the incident.

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Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey on Canadians’ Safety (Victimization).
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