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Table 10
Victims of spousal violence in the past five years, by gender of victim, actions taken and year, provinces, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019

Table 10
Victims of spousal violence in the past five years, by gender of victim, actions taken 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 Actions taken (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).
Actions taken	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
Reported to police
Yes^{Table 10 Note 1}	38.2^Note *	34.5	42.0	15.4^Note **	12.3	18.9	28.1^Note *	25.5	30.8
Satisfaction with police response^{Table 10 Note 2}
Satisfied	68.7	63.1	73.8	57.9	46.9	68.3	66.1	61.0	70.8
Not satisfied	30.1	25.2	35.5	39.9	29.7	51.0	32.5	27.9	37.5
No	61.7^Note *	57.9	65.3	84.6^Note **	81.1	87.7	71.9^Note *	69.1	74.4
Used a formal support service^{Table 10 Note 3}
Yes	48.5	44.6	52.4	16.7^Note **	13.9	20.0	34.4	31.6	37.3
No	48.5	44.5	52.5	80.5^Note **	76.9	83.6	62.7	59.7	65.6
Sought informal support^{Table 10 Note 4}
Yes	81.3	78.0	84.2	56.4^Note **	51.5	61.1	70.3	67.3	73.1
No	16.0^Note *	13.3	19.0	40.8^Note **	36.1	45.6	26.9	24.2	29.8

Table 10
Victims of spousal violence in the past five years, by gender of victim, actions taken 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 Actions taken (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).
Actions taken	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
Reported to police
Yes^{Table 10 Note 1}	36.5^Note *	32.5	40.6	17.4^Note **	14.1	21.4	27.8^Note *	25.0	30.7
Satisfaction with police response^{Table 10 Note 2}
Satisfied	63.8	57.2	69.9	62.6	50.8	73.1	63.5	57.6	69.0
Not satisfied	35.5	29.4	42.2	32.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	22.3	44.3	34.6	29.1	40.5
No	62.6^Note *	58.4	66.6	82.1^Note **	78.2	85.4	71.5^Note *	68.5	74.3
Used a formal support service^{Table 10 Note 3}
Yes	46.7	42.7	50.9	19.5^Note **	16.0	23.5	34.3	31.3	37.4
No	52.5	48.4	56.5	79.4^Note **	75.3	82.9	64.7	61.6	67.7
Sought informal support^{Table 10 Note 4}
Yes	83.4^Note *	79.9	86.4	60.0^Note **	54.7	65.1	72.7	69.6	75.7
No	15.9^Note *	13.0	19.3	39.0^Note **	34.0	44.2	26.4^Note *	23.5	29.5

Table 10
Victims of spousal violence in the past five years, by gender of victim, actions taken 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 Actions taken (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).
Actions taken	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
Reported to police
Yes^{Table 10 Note 1}	30.0	25.4	35.1	13.4^Note **	9.9	17.9	21.8	18.7	25.4
Satisfaction with police response^{Table 10 Note 2}
Satisfied	65.5	54.9	74.7	52.4	36.9	67.5	61.5	52.8	69.5
Not satisfied	34.5	25.3	45.1	40.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	26.8	56.3	36.4	28.5	45.1
No	68.9	63.8	73.6	85.9^Note **	81.2	89.6	77.3	73.7	80.5
Used a formal support service^{Table 10 Note 3}
Yes	37.9	33.1	43.0	18.0^Note **	14.0	22.7	28.1^Note *	24.9	31.5
No	61.5	56.4	66.3	81.2^Note **	76.4	85.1	71.2^Note *	67.8	74.4
Sought informal support^{Table 10 Note 4}
Yes	79.5	74.7	83.6	56.0^Note **	49.4	62.4	67.9	63.6	71.9
No	19.5	15.5	24.3	43.5^Note **	37.1	50.1	31.3	27.4	35.6

Table 10
Victims of spousal violence in the past five years, by gender of victim, actions taken 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 Actions taken (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).
Actions taken	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
Reported to police
Yes^{Table 10 Note 1}	35.3^Note *	29.6	41.4	24.0^Note ***	18.1	31.2	29.1^Note *	24.9	33.7
Satisfaction with police response^{Table 10 Note 2}
Satisfied	73.8	64.2	81.5	54.9^Note **	39.2	69.7	65.2	55.9	73.5
Not satisfied	26.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	18.4	35.7	40.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	26.7	56.3	32.7	24.7	41.9
No	64.0^Note *	57.9	69.6	76.0^Note ***	68.8	81.9	70.6^Note *	66.0	74.8
Used a formal support service^{Table 10 Note 3}
Yes	55.8^Note *	49.5	61.9	19.9^Note **	15.2	25.6	36.0	31.7	40.6
No	43.2^Note *	37.2	49.5	79.1^Note **	73.4	83.9	63.0	58.5	67.3
Sought informal support^{Table 10 Note 4}
Yes	80.4	75.2	84.8	58.4^Note **	51.5	64.9	68.3	63.7	72.5
No	18.6	14.3	23.8	40.6^Note **	34.2	47.5	30.7	26.5	35.3

Table 10
Victims of spousal violence in the past five years, by gender of victim, actions taken 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 Actions taken (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).
Actions taken	2019^{Table 10 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
Reported to police
Yes^{Table 10 Note 1}	22.1	16.2	29.4	13.8	7.7	23.7	18.7	14.3	24.1
Satisfaction with police response^{Table 10 Note 2}
Satisfied	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	73.3^{Note E: Use with caution}	58.7	84.1
Not satisfied	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	26.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	15.9	41.3
No	77.0	69.5	83.1	85.7	75.9	92.0	80.6	75.1	85.0
Used a formal support service^{Table 10 Note 3}
Yes	44.2	35.4	53.5	25.4^Note **	17.2	35.9	36.6	30.5	43.2
No	55.7	46.5	64.6	73.2^Note **	62.8	81.6	62.8	56.2	69.0
Sought informal support^{Table 10 Note 4}
Yes	72.2	61.9	80.6	54.7^Note **	44.5	64.6	65.6	58.5	72.0
No	27.7	19.4	38.0	43.9^Note **	34.4	54.0	33.9	27.6	40.8
^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 1 Includes those who personally reported to police and those who said the violence they experienced was reported to police by someone else. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Includes those who personally reported to police. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 For a list of formal support services, see Table 9. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 For a list of informal supports, see Table 9. Return to note 4 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 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