Table 8
Types of abuse experienced by adult female residents of residential facilities for victims of abuse, province or territory, April 14, 2021


Table 8
Types of abuse experienced by adult female residents of residential facilities for victims of abuse, province or territory, April 14, 2021
Table summary
This table displays the results of Types of abuse experienced by adult female residents of residential facilities for victims of abuse. The information is grouped by Province or territory, or rural or urban designation (appearing as row headers), Total adult female residents, Type of abuse, Physical, Sexual, Financial, Emotional/
psychological, Harassment, Forced marriage, Human trafficking:
sex work, Human trafficking:
forced labour/other, Cultural, Spiritual and Other, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory Total adult female residentsTable 8 Note 1 Type of abuse
Physical abuse Sexual abuse Financial abuse Emotional or psychological abuse Harassment Forced marriage Human trafficking:
sex work		 Human trafficking:
forced labour/other		 Cultural abuse Spiritual abuse OtherTable 8 Note 2
number percent
Newfoundland and Labrador 20 85 X 50 75 30 0 0 0 0 0 0
Prince Edward Island X 71 X 57 100 X 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nova Scotia 70 84 37 51 79 53 X X 0 X X X
New Brunswick 76 82 32 58 92 29 X X 0 0 5 0
Quebec 397 65 41 57 92 38 2 3 X 8 4 6
Ontario 721 77 35 56 90 29 2 5 1 10 5 2
Manitoba 59 80 44 64 95 53 X X X 7 7 0
Saskatchewan 52 87 27 31 85 27 X X X 12 15 0
Alberta 230 79 39 57 90 44 0 2 X 13 15 5
British Columbia 301 75 34 55 88 31 4 2 X 7 5 X
Yukon 12 83 0 33 100 X 0 0 0 X 0 0
Northwest Territories 25 96 X 20 100 X 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nunavut X X X X X X X X X X X X
Canada 1,986 76 35 54 89 34 2 3 1 8 6 3
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
X suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Note 1

Includes residents in the facilities for reasons of abuse. In 2020/2021, the Survey of Residential Facilities for Victims of Abuse was updated to collect resident information based on gender instead of sex. Adult female residents includes transgender adults identifying as female.

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Note 2

For example abuse through technology or cyber abuse, or abuse related to immigration status (withholding status or information).

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Note: The sum of the response categories can exceed 100% as respondents could mark all categories that apply. The April 14, 2021 reference period reflects the survey snapshot day, a predetermined business day meant to represent a typical day of operations for facilities across Canada. Information in this tables excludes 27% of facilities nationally that did not provide a response to these questions. The percentage of excluded facilities varies by province or territory.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Survey of Residential Facilities for Victims of Abuse.
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