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Table 7
Victims of spousal violence in the past five years, by gender of victim, most severe type of violence and year, provinces, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019

Table 7
Victims of spousal violence in the past five years, by gender of victim, most severe type of violence 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 Most severe type of violence (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).
Most severe type of violence	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
Beating, choking, threatening to use or using a gun or knife, sexual assault	3.6^Note *	3.3	4.0	1.1^Note ***	0.9	1.3	2.3^Note *	2.1	2.6
Kicking, biting, hitting, hitting with something that could hurt	0.9^Note *	0.8	1.2	2.8^Note ***	2.4	3.3	1.9^Note *	1.7	2.1
Pushing, grabbing, shoving, slapping	2.9^Note *	2.5	3.3	1.6^Note ***	1.3	2.0	2.3^Note *	2.0	2.5
Threatening to hit with fist, throwing something that could hurt	0.8	0.7	1.1	1.1^Note *	0.8	1.4	1.0^Note *	0.8	1.1

Table 7
Victims of spousal violence in the past five years, by gender of victim, most severe type of violence 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 Most severe type of violence (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).
Most severe type of violence	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
Beating, choking, threatening to use or using a gun or knife, sexual assault	2.8^Note *	2.4	3.2	1.0^Note ***	0.8	1.2	1.9^Note *	1.7	2.1
Kicking, biting, hitting, hitting with something that could hurt	0.7^Note *	0.6	0.9	2.1^Note ***	1.7	2.5	1.4^Note *	1.2	1.6
Pushing, grabbing, shoving, slapping	2.9^Note *	2.6	3.3	2.1^Note ***	1.7	2.5	2.5^Note *	2.2	2.8
Threatening to hit with fist, throwing something that could hurt	0.8	0.6	1.0	0.9^Note *	0.7	1.2	0.8	0.7	1.0

Table 7
Victims of spousal violence in the past five years, by gender of victim, most severe type of violence 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 Most severe type of violence (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).
Most severe type of violence	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
Beating, choking, threatening to use or using a gun or knife, sexual assault	2.2^Note *	1.8	2.6	0.6^{Note E: Use with caution} ^Note **	0.4	0.9	1.4^Note *	1.1	1.6
Kicking, biting, hitting, hitting with something that could hurt	0.9^Note *	0.7	1.1	2.2^Note ***	1.8	2.7	1.5^Note *	1.3	1.8
Pushing, grabbing, shoving, slapping	2.4^Note *	2.0	2.8	1.9^Note *	1.6	2.4	2.2^Note *	1.9	2.5
Threatening to hit with fist, throwing something that could hurt	1.0	0.7	1.3	1.3^Note *	1.0	1.6	1.1^Note *	0.9	1.4

Table 7
Victims of spousal violence in the past five years, by gender of victim, most severe type of violence 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 Most severe type of violence (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).
Most severe type of violence	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
Beating, choking, threatening to use or using a gun or knife, sexual assault	1.2	1.0	1.5	0.7^{Note E: Use with caution} ^Note **	0.5	1.0	1.0	0.8	1.2
Kicking, biting, hitting, hitting with something that could hurt	0.3	0.2	0.5	1.5^Note ***	1.2	1.9	0.9^Note *	0.8	1.1
Pushing, grabbing, shoving, slapping	1.4	1.2	1.7	1.3^Note *	1.0	1.6	1.4	1.2	1.6
Threatening to hit with fist, throwing something that could hurt	0.6	0.4	0.8	0.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	0.5	1.1	0.7	0.5	0.8

Table 7
Victims of spousal violence in the past five years, by gender of victim, most severe type of violence 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 Most severe type of violence (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).
Most severe type of violence	2019^{Table 7 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
Beating, choking, threatening to use or using a gun or knife, sexual assault	1.4	1.0	1.8	0.6^Note **	0.4	0.9	1.0	0.7	1.2
Kicking, biting, hitting, hitting with something that could hurt	0.4	0.3	0.7	0.8^Note **	0.6	1.2	0.6	0.5	0.9
Pushing, grabbing, shoving, slapping	1.7	1.2	2.3	0.8^Note **	0.5	1.1	1.2	1.0	1.6
Threatening to hit with fist, throwing something that could hurt	0.7	0.5	1.2	0.5	0.3	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.9
^E use with caution 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). Most severe type of violence is calculated differently in this table compared with Table 6; here, it is based on the population of interest as a whole, not victims of spousal violence. Missing responses are not shown but they are included in percent calculations; therefore, responses may not add up to 100%. 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