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Table 3
Physical or sexual assault since age 15 among women, by region and Indigenous identity, Canada, 2018

Table 3
Physical or sexual assault since age 15 among women, by region and Indigenous identity, Canada, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Physical or sexual assault since age 15 among women. The information is grouped by Province or region (appearing as row headers), Physical assault since age 15, Sexual assault since age 15, Total physical or sexual assault since age 15, Indigenous Women, Non-Indigenous Women, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or region	Physical assault since age 15						Sexual assault since age 15						Total physical or sexual assault since age 15
	Indigenous Women			Non-Indigenous Women^{Table 3 Note †}			Indigenous Women			Non-Indigenous Women^{Table 3 Note †}			Indigenous Women			Non-Indigenous Women^{Table 3 Note †}
	percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval
	percent	from	to	percent	from	to	percent	from	to	percent	from	to	percent	from	to	percent	from	to
Atlantic provinces^{Table 3 Note 1}	54.7^Note *	45.4	63.6	34.6	32.8	36.3	50.9^Note *	41.9	59.9	33.3	31.5	35.1	64.2^Note *	55.1	72.4	44.9	43.0	46.8
Central Canada^{Table 3 Note 2}	58.0^Note *	47.3	67.9	32.7	31.2	34.1	41.2^Note *	31.8	51.4	30.8	29.4	32.3	62.4^Note *	51.8	71.9	42.6	41.1	44.1
Prairies^{Table 3 Note 3}	53.9^Note *	47.0	60.6	36.9	35.2	38.7	46.3^Note *	39.5	53.2	36.1	34.4	37.9	61.3^Note *	54.6	67.6	48.0	46.2	49.9
British Columbia	54.0^Note *	41.1	66.4	38.6	36.3	40.9	53.9^Note *	41.3	66.0	38.4	36.1	40.7	65.3^Note *	51.7	76.8	49.7	47.4	52.1
Territories^{Table 3 Note 4}	54.8	48.0	61.3	50.4	46.4	54.4	38.2^Note *	33.7	42.8	47.0	42.9	51.2	61.8	55.9	67.4	61.3	57.2	65.1
Canada	55.5^Note *	50.6	60.3	34.3	33.3	35.4	46.2^Note *	41.5	50.9	32.9	31.9	33.9	62.7^Note *	57.9	67.3	44.7	43.6	45.7
Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 Includes Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Includes Quebec and Ontario. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Includes Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Return to note 4 referrer Note: Province or region refers to the respondent’s province or region of residence at the time of the survey, and does not necessarily correspond to where the victimization occurred. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces.

Date modified:: 2022-04-26