Table 1
Self-reported violence in the past 12 months, by type of violence, relative remoteness of area of residence and gender, Canada, 2018


Table 1
Self-reported violence in the past 12 months, by type of violence, relative remoteness of area of residence and gender, Canada, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Self-reported violence in the past 12 months. The information is grouped by Type of violence (appearing as row headers), Remote area, Less accessible area, Accessible area, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of violence Remote area Less accessible area Accessible areaTable 1 Note †
percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to
Women
Intimate partner violenceTable 1 Note 1
Emotional, financial, or psychological 11 8.4 14.7 11 9.3 13.8 12 11.2 13.1
Physical or sexual 4 2.7 6.5 3 1.9 3.7 3 2.6 3.7
Physical 4 2.4 6.2 2Note * 1.2 2.5 2 2.0 2.9
Sexual 1 0.6 2.2 1 0.5 2.0 1 0.9 1.6
Total intimate partner violence 12 8.7 15.1 12 9.6 14.1 12 11.4 13.3
Non-intimate partner violence
Physical 3 1.6 4.3 2 0.9 3.2 2 1.7 2.5
Sexual 2 1.0 3.8 2 1.6 3.3 3 2.5 3.6
Total non-intimate partner violence 4 2.6 6.2 3 2.3 5.0 4 3.9 5.1
Total physical and sexual violence
Physical or sexual 7 4.7 9.0 5 3.6 6.4 6 5.7 7.0
Physical 5 3.4 7.0 3Note * 1.8 4.2 4 3.2 4.2
Sexual 3 1.6 4.6 3 2.0 3.8 4 3.2 4.3
Men
Intimate partner violenceTable 1 Note 1
Emotional, financial, or psychological 10 7.4 12.9 10 7.5 12.5 11 10.6 12.4
Physical or sexual 1Note * 0.5 1.9 4Note * 2.0 6.5 3 2.6 3.5
Physical 1Note * 0.5 1.9 4Note * 1.9 6.5 3 2.3 3.3
Sexual 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 0.4 0.3 0.7
Total intimate partner violence 10 7.4 12.9 10 7.6 12.6 12 10.9 12.7
Non-intimate partner violence
Physical 3 1.7 4.7 4 2.5 5.2 4 3.1 4.1
Sexual 1 0.3 2.0 1 0.6 1.8 1 0.7 1.2
Total non-intimate partner violence 3 2.1 5.4 4 3.1 6.1 4 3.8 4.8
Total physical and sexual violence
Physical or sexual 4Note * 2.7 6.1 7Note * 5.1 9.6 6 5.6 6.9
Physical 4Note * 2.3 5.5 6Note * 4.4 8.9 5 4.9 6.1
Sexual 1 0.3 2.1 1 0.7 1.9 1 1.0 1.6
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

Intimate partner violence includes violence committed by a current or former legally married spouse, common-law partner, boyfriend or girlfriend. Percent calculations reflect the proportion of people in a current intimate relationship or who have had contact with a former partner in the 12 months preceding the survey who were victimized.

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Note: See Table 2 for a complete list of types of victimization included in each category presented here. Includes people aged 15 and older. Remote areas include remote and very remote areas, and accessible areas include accessible and easily accessible areas, as defined by the manual classification approach to the Remoteness Index.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces and Remoteness Index.
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