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Table 2
Victims of spousal violence in the past five years, by gender of victim, province and year, provinces, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019

Table 2
Victims of spousal violence in the past five years, by gender of victim, province and year, provinces, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of spousal violence in the past five years. The information is grouped by Province (appearing as row headers), 1999, Women, Men, Total, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province	1999
	Women			Men			Total
	percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval
	percent	from	to	percent	from	to	percent	from	to
Newfoundland and Labrador	4.2^{Note E: Use with caution} ^Note *	2.8	6.1	5.4^{Note E: Use with caution} ^Note *	3.4	8.4	4.8^Note *	3.5	6.4
Prince Edward Island	11.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	7.6	17.7	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	9.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	6.7	13.8
Nova Scotia	8.4^Note *	6.0	11.6	6.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	3.9	9.4	7.3^Note *	5.5	9.5
New Brunswick	8.6^Note *	6.3	11.7	7.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	5.0	10.7	8.0^Note *	6.3	10.2
Quebec	7.9^Note *	6.7	9.3	7.0^Note *	5.7	8.5	7.4^Note *	6.5	8.5
Ontario	7.0^Note *	6.1	8.0	5.0^Note ***	4.2	6.1	6.0^Note *	5.4	6.7
Manitoba	9.0	6.5	12.3	6.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	4.3	10.0	7.8^Note *	6.0	10.1
Saskatchewan	11.3^Note *	8.5	15.0	7.8^{Note E: Use with caution} ^Note *	5.4	11.3	9.6^Note *	7.6	12.1
Alberta	11.2^Note *	9.3	13.4	8.6^Note *	6.9	10.8	9.9^Note *	8.6	11.4
British Columbia	10.0^Note *	8.4	11.8	8.8^Note *	7.3	10.7	9.4^Note *	8.3	10.6
Provincial total	8.3^Note *	7.7	8.9	6.6^Note ***	6.0	7.3	7.5^Note *	7.0	7.9

Table 2
Victims of spousal violence in the past five years, by gender of victim, province and year, provinces, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of spousal violence in the past five years. The information is grouped by Province (appearing as row headers), 2004, Women, Men, Total, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province	2004
	Women			Men			Total
	percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval
	percent	from	to	percent	from	to	percent	from	to
Newfoundland and Labrador	6.1^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	4.0	9.2	4.1^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	2.4	7.0	5.1^Note *	3.7	7.0
Prince Edward Island	6.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	3.5	10.7	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	5.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	3.3	8.0
Nova Scotia	7.6^Note *	5.7	10.2	7.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	5.2	10.5	7.5^Note *	6.0	9.4
New Brunswick	6.2^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	4.3	8.8	6.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	4.6	9.7	6.5^Note *	5.0	8.3
Quebec	6.1	5.1	7.4	4.7^Note *	3.6	6.0	5.4^Note *	4.6	6.3
Ontario	6.6^Note *	5.7	7.6	6.3^Note *	5.3	7.4	6.4^Note *	5.7	7.2
Manitoba	8.0	6.3	10.1	6.7^Note *	4.8	9.1	7.3^Note *	6.1	8.8
Saskatchewan	8.8	6.5	11.8	7.9^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	5.6	11.1	8.4^Note *	6.6	10.6
Alberta	9.9^Note *	8.0	12.2	7.5^Note *	5.7	9.7	8.7^Note *	7.4	10.3
British Columbia	8.7^Note *	6.9	10.9	6.3^Note *	4.7	8.4	7.5^Note *	6.3	8.9
Provincial total	7.2^Note *	6.7	7.8	6.1^Note ***	5.5	6.7	6.6^Note *	6.2	7.1

Table 2
Victims of spousal violence in the past five years, by gender of victim, province and year, provinces, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of spousal violence in the past five years. The information is grouped by Province (appearing as row headers), 2009, Women, Men, Total, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province	2009
	Women			Men			Total
	percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval
	percent	from	to	percent	from	to	percent	from	to
Newfoundland and Labrador	5.0^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	3.0	8.3	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	4.1^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	2.7	6.2
Prince Edward Island	6.3^{Note E: Use with caution}	3.4	11.3	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	7.0^{Note E: Use with caution}	4.3	11.2
Nova Scotia	6.2^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	4.1	9.3	4.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	2.9	7.9	5.5	4.0	7.5
New Brunswick	5.6^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	3.5	8.7	5.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	3.5	8.5	5.5	4.0	7.6
Quebec	5.5	4.4	7.0	5.1^Note *	3.9	6.5	5.3^Note *	4.4	6.3
Ontario	6.3^Note *	5.2	7.5	6.2^Note *	5.0	7.6	6.2^Note *	5.4	7.1
Manitoba	6.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	4.3	9.4	8.3^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	5.4	12.5	7.4^Note *	5.5	9.8
Saskatchewan	8.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	6.0	12.2	7.9^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	5.2	11.8	8.2^Note *	6.2	10.8
Alberta	8.6^Note *	6.5	11.4	6.5^Note *	4.8	8.9	7.6^Note *	6.2	9.3
British Columbia	6.2^Note *	4.6	8.4	6.7^Note *	4.8	9.3	6.5^Note *	5.2	8.1
Provincial total	6.4^Note *	5.7	7.1	6.0^Note *	5.3	6.8	6.2^Note *	5.7	6.7

Table 2
Victims of spousal violence in the past five years, by gender of victim, province and year, provinces, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of spousal violence in the past five years. The information is grouped by Province (appearing as row headers), 2014, Women, Men, Total, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province	2014
	Women			Men			Total
	percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval
	percent	from	to	percent	from	to	percent	from	to
Newfoundland and Labrador	2.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	1.6	4.1	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	2.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	1.4	3.2
Prince Edward Island	6.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	3.6	12.5	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	5.3^{Note E: Use with caution}	3.3	8.4
Nova Scotia	5.4^Note *	4.0	7.2	3.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	2.8	5.4	4.6	3.7	5.8
New Brunswick	4.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	3.4	7.1	4.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	2.6	6.6	4.5	3.4	6.1
Quebec	3.2	2.5	4.2	3.7	2.7	5.1	3.5	2.8	4.3
Ontario	2.7^Note *	2.1	3.4	4.7^Note ***	3.8	5.8	3.7	3.2	4.4
Manitoba	2.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	1.8	4.6	3.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	2.3	5.8	3.3^{Note E: Use with caution}	2.4	4.5
Saskatchewan	6.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	4.4	9.3	3.3^{Note E: Use with caution}	1.8	5.8	4.9	3.6	6.7
Alberta	5.1	3.8	6.9	4.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	2.8	6.4	4.7	3.6	6.0
British Columbia	3.9	2.8	5.2	4.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	3.2	6.6	4.2	3.2	5.4
Provincial total	3.5	3.2	3.9	4.2^Note ***	3.7	4.9	3.9	3.6	4.3

Table 2
Victims of spousal violence in the past five years, by gender of victim, province and year, provinces, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of spousal violence in the past five years. The information is grouped by Province (appearing as row headers), 2019, Women, Men, Total, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province	2019^{Table 2 Note †}
	Women			Men			Total
	percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval
	percent	from	to	percent	from	to	percent	from	to
Newfoundland and Labrador	1.3	0.7	2.7	1.4	0.7	2.8	1.4	0.9	2.3
Prince Edward Island	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
Nova Scotia	2.9	1.6	5.2	4.5	2.6	7.7	3.7	2.5	5.5
New Brunswick	2.6	1.5	4.5	3.6	1.6	8.0	3.1	1.8	5.2
Quebec	4.4	2.7	7.1	2.9	1.8	4.4	3.7	2.6	5.3
Ontario	4.5	3.4	6.0	2.0^Note **	1.4	3.0	3.2	2.6	4.1
Manitoba	5.6	3.5	8.8	3.3	1.6	6.6	4.4	3.0	6.5
Saskatchewan	5.8	3.3	9.8	2.4	1.1	5.0	4.1	2.6	6.3
Alberta	3.7	2.5	5.4	3.7	2.2	6.0	3.7	2.7	5.1
British Columbia	3.7	2.5	5.5	2.8	1.7	4.7	3.3	2.4	4.5
Provincial total	4.2	3.5	5.0	2.7^Note **	2.2	3.3	3.5	3.0	3.9
^E use with caution 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 and estimate for women (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note: Spousal violence includes physical and sexual violence. Includes those who are legally married or living common law, and those who are separated or divorced from a legal marriage or common-law union and have had contact with their former partner in the past five years. Spousal relationships include same-gender relationships. As information about gender was collected as of 2019, data from earlier cycles are based on sex (i.e., sex at birth) instead of gender (i.e., gender identity or gender expression). Missing responses are included in percent calculations. For comparability over time, trend analysis is limited to the provinces. Confidence intervals should be interpreted as follows: if the survey were repeated many times, then 95% of the time (or 19 times out of 20), the confidence interval would cover the true population value. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey on Canadians' Safety (Victimization).

Date modified:: 2021-10-06