Table 11
Victims of spousal violence in the past year and the past five years, by victim characteristic and time frame, Canada, 2019


Table 11
Victims of spousal violence in the past year and the past five years, by victim characteristic and time frame, Canada, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of spousal violence in the past year and the past five years. The information is grouped by Victim characteristic (appearing as row headers), Past year, Past five years, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Victim characteristic Past year Past five years
percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval
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Age group (years)
15 to 24 4.4Note E: Use with caution 1.6 11.1 10.4Note E: Use with caution Note * 4.8 20.8
25 to 34 2.7Note * 1.6 4.3 6.0Note * 4.5 7.8
35 to 44 1.6Note * 1.0 2.7 5.9Note * 4.5 7.5
45 to 54 0.9Note * 0.6 1.6 3.1Note * 2.3 4.0
55 and olderTable 11 Note † 0.4 0.3 0.7 1.3 1.0 1.6
Sexual orientation
HeterosexualTable 11 Note † 1.2 0.9 1.5 3.4 3.0 3.9
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, sexual orientation n.e.c.Table 11 Note 1 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 5.3 3.0 9.1
Gay, lesbian 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
Bisexual Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 10.3Note E: Use with caution 5.2 19.4
Sexual orientation n.e.c.Table 11 Note 1 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
Indigenous identity
Indigenous 3.0 1.5 6.0 7.5Note * 4.9 11.1
First Nations 4.1 1.6 10.5 7.3 3.7 13.9
Métis Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 9.4Note * 5.2 16.5
Inuit 6.3Note E: Use with caution Note * 3.9 10.2 15.0Note E: Use with caution Note * 9.1 23.6
Non-IndigenousTable 11 Note † 1.2 0.9 1.5 3.4 2.9 3.9
DisabilityTable 11 Note 2
Has a disability 1.7Note * 1.2 2.5 5.1Note * 4.2 6.2
Mild or moderate disability 1.5 1.1 2.1 4.9Note * 4.0 6.1
Severe or very severe disability 2.9 1.3 6.7 5.8Note * 3.6 9.3
Unknown severity 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
Does not have a disabilityTable 11 Note † 0.9 0.6 1.3 2.7 2.2 3.2
Visible minority
Visible minority 0.8 0.4 1.9 2.3Note * 1.4 3.6
South Asian 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
Chinese Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 1.9 0.7 5.3
Black 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
Filipino 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
Arab 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
Latin American 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
Southeast Asian 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
West Asian 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
Korean 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
Japanese 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
Visible minority n.i.e.Table 11 Note 3 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
Multiple visible minorities 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
Non-visible minorityTable 11 Note † 1.3 1.0 1.7 3.9 3.4 4.4
Immigrant status
Immigrant 0.4Note * 0.2 0.8 1.6Note * 1.1 2.3
Non-immigrantTable 11 Note † 1.5 1.1 1.9 4.2 3.7 4.9
Personal income
Less than $20,000Table 11 Note † 1.9 1.1 3.2 4.3 3.1 6.0
$20,000 to less than $40,000 1.0 0.7 1.5 3.2 2.4 4.2
$40,000 to less than $60,000 1.2 0.6 2.2 3.4 2.5 4.5
$60,000 to less than $80,000 1.2 0.7 2.2 3.5 2.5 4.7
$80,000 or more 0.9 0.5 1.4 3.2 2.5 4.1
Highest level of education
High school diploma or lessTable 11 Note † 1.1 0.7 1.9 2.9 2.2 3.6
Trade or college certificate or diploma, or university certificate or diploma below the bachelor's level 1.4 0.9 2.1 3.7 3.0 4.6
Bachelor's degree or above 1.1 0.7 1.6 3.8 3.1 4.8
Place of residenceTable 11 Note 4
Census metropolitan areaTable 11 Note † 1.2 0.9 1.6 3.5 3.0 4.1
Not a census metropolitan area 1.1 0.7 1.8 3.5 2.7 4.4
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

n.e.c.: not elsewhere classified.

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Note 2

A person is defined as having a disability if they have one or more of the following types of disability: seeing, hearing, mobility, flexibility, dexterity, pain-related, learning, developmental, memory, mental health-related or unknown. Based on the global severity score, severity classes were established. Severity scores increase with the number of disability types, the level of difficulty associated with the disability and the frequency of the activity limitation. The name assigned to each class is simply intended to facilitate use of the severity score. It is not a label or judgement concerning the person’s level of disability.

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Note 3

n.i.e.: not included elsewhere.

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Note 4

A census metropolitan area (CMA) consists of one or more neighbouring municipalities situated around a major urban core. A CMA must have a total population of at least 100,000, of which 50,000 or more live in the urban core. To be included in the CMA, adjacent municipalities must have a high degree of integration with the central urban area, as measured by commuting flows derived from census data. Reflects where the respondent was living at the time of the survey and not necessarily where the victimization occurred.

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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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