Table 8
Victims of spousal violence in the past five years, by gender of victim, physical injury and emotional impact, Canada, 2019


Table 8
Victims of spousal violence in the past five years, by gender of victim and physical injury or emotional impact, Canada, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of spousal violence in the past five years. The information is grouped by Physical injury or emotional impact (appearing as row headers), Women, Men, Total, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Physical injury and emotional impact WomenTable 8 Note † Men TotalTable 8 Note 1
percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to
Physical injury
Yes 39.1 30.4 48.6 22.8Note * 15.4 32.4 32.5 26.2 39.5
Type of physical injuryTable 8 Note 2
Bruises 86.9Note E: Use with caution 70.2 94.9 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 83.2 70.6 91.1
Cuts, scratches, burns 39.4Note E: Use with caution 24.9 55.9 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 43.9 31.3 57.3
Fractures, broken bones 6.8Note E: Use with caution 3.4 13.4 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 8.9 4.7 16.2
MiscarriageTable 8 Note 3 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
Internal injuries 15.5Note E: Use with caution 8.6 26.3 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 15.8 8.9 26.3
Other 7.0Note E: Use with caution 2.7 16.7 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 5.6 2.3 12.8
No 60.3 50.8 69.0 76.8Note * 67.1 84.3 67.0 59.9 73.3
Emotional impactTable 8 Note 4
Upset 62.7 53.5 71.0 35.7Note * 27.2 45.3 51.8 45.1 58.4
Hurt, disappointed 59.2 49.6 68.1 31.5Note * 22.9 41.6 48.0 41.2 54.9
Angry 52.1 42.8 61.2 31.2Note * 23.2 40.4 43.6 37.0 50.5
Annoyed 41.2 32.2 50.7 24.6Note * 16.5 35.1 34.4 28.0 41.5
Lowered self-esteem 41.1 32.8 50.0 21.7Note * 14.6 30.9 33.3 27.6 39.5
Sleeping problems 42.7 34.1 51.9 16.8Note * 10.6 25.7 32.4 26.5 38.9
Shock, disbelief 41.9 32.6 51.9 14.6Note * 9.6 21.6 31.0 24.9 37.9
More cautious, aware 40.3 31.9 49.4 14.4Note * 9.5 21.2 30.0 24.4 36.1
Depression, anxiety attacks 38.8 30.6 47.6 15.5Note * 9.4 24.7 29.5 23.8 35.9
Fearful 37.8 29.6 46.9 11.0Note * 6.3 18.4 27.1 21.7 33.4
Isolated 36.7 28.5 45.8 11.2Note * 6.9 17.9 26.6 21.3 32.6
Ashamed, guilty 29.1 21.7 37.8 15.1Note * 9.4 23.3 23.4 18.5 29.3
Increased self-reliance 26.8 19.9 35.0 10.7Note * 6.3 17.6 20.4 15.7 26.0
Victimized 28.1 20.9 36.6 9.9Note * 5.6 17.1 20.8 16.1 26.5
Afraid for children 17.6 12.4 24.3 8.6Note * 4.4 16.1 14.0 10.4 18.4
Suicidal thoughts 13.3 9.0 19.3 5.6Note * 2.4 12.9 10.3 7.1 14.5
Problems relating to men, women 13.5 9.3 19.2 3.4Note * 1.2 9.0 9.5 6.7 13.2
Other 2.6 1.1 5.9 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 2.8 1.5 5.1
Not much 10.7 5.1 21.1 14.8 9.4 22.4 12.9 8.2 19.6
Nothing 7.5 3.5 15.4 22.4Note * 15.1 31.9 13.3 9.3 18.6
... not applicable
E use with caution
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

In addition to women and men, includes a small number of respondents who identified as gender diverse or did not state their gender.

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Note 2

Includes those who were physically injured. Respondents could select as many types of injury that applied in their situation.

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Note 3

Includes those whose sex at birth and gender were female.

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Note 4

Respondents could select as many emotional impacts that applied in their situation.

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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. Missing responses are included in percent calculations. 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).
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