Table 9
Percent of adult females and children residing in residential facilities for victims of abuse compared with individuals living in Canada, by selected characteristics, province or territory, April 14, 2021


Table 9
Percent of adult females and children residing in residential facilities for victims of abuse compared with individuals living in Canada, by selected characteristics, province or territory, April 14, 2021
Table summary
This table displays the results of Percent of adult females and children residing in residential facilities for victims of abuse compared with individuals living in Canada. The information is grouped by Selected characteristics and province or territory (appearing as row headers),
Adult females living in Canada, Adult females residing in facilities,
Children living in Canada and Children residing in facilities, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Selected characteristics and province or territory Adult females living in Canada Adult females residing in facilities Children living in Canada Children residing in facilities
percent
IndigenousTable 9 Note 1 Table 9 Note 2
Newfoundland and Labrador 9.6 45.0 14.3 0.0
Prince Edward Island 1.9 X 3.7 X
Nova Scotia 6.3 10.0 10.2 8.0
New Brunswick 4.2 5.3 7.2 10.5
Quebec 2.4 2.9 3.7 3.7
Ontario 2.9 17.3 4.5 14.4
Manitoba 16.9 64.4 29.4 62.3
Saskatchewan 14.9 63.5 26.1 77.6
Alberta 6.3 38.5 9.8 48.3
British Columbia 5.7 19.1 10.3 19.0
Yukon 22.4 58.3 28.2 62.5
Northwest Territories 48.7 92.0 58.7 100.0
Nunavut 82.3 X 96.3 X
Canada 4.7 20.9 8.2 21.5
Non-permanent residentTable 9 Note 3
Newfoundland and Labrador 1.0 X 0.3 0.0
Prince Edward Island 4.5 0.0 1.7 0.0
Nova Scotia 2.4 8.6 0.7 22.0
New Brunswick 1.4 10.5 0.5 21.1
Quebec 2.7 13.2 1.2 13.3
Ontario 3.8 9.0 1.0 6.1
Manitoba 2.5 10.2 0.5 7.2
Saskatchewan 1.5 15.4 0.4 14.3
Alberta 1.7 17.6 0.5 24.4
British Columbia 4.6 11.2 1.9 8.9
Yukon 2.4 0.0 0.6 0.0
Northwest Territories 0.7 X 0.2 0.0
Nunavut 0.2 X 0.0 X
Canada 3.2 11.2 1.0 11.3
Visible minorityTable 9 Note 1 Table 9 Note 4
Newfoundland and Labrador 2.4 X 5.4 X
Prince Edward Island 8.1 0.0 11.7 0.0
Nova Scotia 7.8 17.1 13.3 40.0
New Brunswick 4.1 18.4 7.8 31.6
Quebec 14.4 28.8 21.9 36.8
Ontario 32.6 32.4 38.9 41.7
Manitoba 20.2 16.9 24.5 20.3
Saskatchewan 14.3 17.3 19.3 8.2
Alberta 26.4 30.8 31.9 24.9
British Columbia 33.8 39.3 37.9 43.9
Yukon 11.7 0.0 12.0 0.0
Northwest Territories 13.8 0.0 12.2 0.0
Nunavut 3.7 X 1.0 X
Canada 25.2 29.4 30.9 36.0
X suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Note 1

Populations based on projected estimates for 2021 based on the 2016 Census of Population, produced by Statistics Canada’s Centre for Demography. The data were adjusted to reflect various factors, including census net undercoverage and incompletely enumerated Indian reserves and Indian settlements, and were calibrated to match exactly the population estimates on July 1, 2021, by province or territory, age and sex.

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Note 2

'Indigenous' refers to individuals identifying as First Nations people, Métis or Inuit.

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Note 3

A 'non-permanent resident' is a person who is lawfully in Canada on a temporary basis and who holds a work, study or other (excluding visitor visas) permit issued for that person along with members of their family living with them. This group also includes individuals who seek refugee status upon or after their arrival in Canada and remain in the country pending the outcome of processes relative to their claim.

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Note 4

'Visible minority' refers to whether a person is designated as belonging to a visible minority group as defined by the Employment Equity Act and, if so, the visible minority group to which the person belongs. The Employment Equity Act defines visible minorities as "persons, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour".

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Note: Adult females and children residing in facilities excludes adult females and children who were admitted for reasons other than due to 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 females residing in the facilities includes transgender adults identifying as female. Children in facilities includes adult children (typically aged 18 or older) accompanying a parent or caregiver, such as adult children with disabilities and those who are caretakers of a parent experiencing abuse. Excludes between 27% and 28% of adult females and between 25% and 26% of children in facilities nationally for whom Indigenous identity, residency status and visible minority identity were not reported. The percentage of excluded adult females and children in facilities varies by province or territory. For the adult females and children in facilities, an unknown answer category was included as a valid response to questions pertaining to identity or status. 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. While the Survey of Residential Facilities for Victims of Abuse collected information based on gender, population estimates were based on the sex variable as defined in the 2016 Census of Population.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Survey of Residential Facilities for Victims of Abuse; Centre for Demography, Demographic Estimates Program, Customized estimations, DEMOSIM, Customized estimations.
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