Table 6
Senior and non-senior victims of police-reported violence, by accused-victim relationship and victim gender, Canada, 2020


Table 6
Senior and non-senior victims of police-reported violence, by accused-victim relationship and victim gender, Canada, 2020
Table summary
This table displays the results of Senior and non-senior victims of police-reported violence. The information is grouped by Accused-victim relationship (appearing as row headers), Seniors, Non-seniors, Female victims, Male victims and Total victims, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Accused-victim relationship Seniors Non-seniors
Female victims Male victims Total victimsTable 6 Note 1 Female victims Male victims Total victimsTable 6 Note 1
number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent
Intimate partner 1,086 16 577 7 1,665 11 86,652 42 23,291 13 110,066 29
SpouseTable 6 Note 2 937 14 453 5 1,390 9 48,175 24 13,710 8 61,928 16
Non-spousal intimate partnerTable 6 Note 3 118 2 76 1 194 1 29,553 14 6,834 4 36,405 10
Other intimate partnerTable 6 Note 4 31 Note 0s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 48 1 81 1 8,924 4 2,747 2 11,733 3
Non-spousal family 2,009 30 1,826 22 3,839 25 32,693 16 23,624 14 56,415 15
ParentTable 6 Note 5 360 5 334 4 695 5 11,393 6 8,619 5 20,048 5
ChildTable 6 Note 6 889 13 888 10 1,778 12 5,698 3 3,182 2 8,887 2
SiblingTable 6 Note 7 317 5 209 2 527 3 6,482 3 5,059 3 11,559 3
OtherTable 6 Note 8 443 7 395 5 839 6 9,120 4 6,764 4 15,921 4
Non-family 3,665 54 6,073 72 9,747 64 84,768 42 127,319 73 212,492 56
FriendTable 6 Note 9 302 4 517 6 820 5 10,530 5 10,297 6 20,857 6
AcquaintanceTable 6 Note 10 1,817 27 2,444 29 4,265 28 34,393 17 40,104 23 74,593 20
Authority figureTable 6 Note 11 196 3 159 2 355 2 5,717 3 9,936 6 15,750 4
OtherTable 6 Note 12 240 4 460 5 700 5 5,785 3 8,572 5 14,365 4
Stranger 1,110 16 2,493 29 3,607 24 28,343 14 58,410 34 86,927 23
Unknown 0 Note ...: not applicable 9 Note ...: not applicable 9 Note ...: not applicable 94 Note ...: not applicable 241 Note ...: not applicable 340 Note ...: not applicable
Total 6,760 100 8,485 100 15,260 100 204,207 100 174,475 100 379,313 100
... not applicable
0s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded
Note 1

Includes a relatively small number of victims whose gender was coded as unknown.

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Note 2

Includes current and former legally married spouses and common-law partners, and current and former dating partners (i.e., boyfriends and girlfriends) of victims aged 15 and older who were living with the victim at the time of the incident.

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Note 3

Includes current and former dating partners (i.e., boyfriends and girlfriends) of victims aged 15 and older who were not living with the victim at the time of the incident. Includes current and former dating partners of victims aged 12 to 14, regardless of their living situation at the time of the incident.

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Note 4

Includes other intimate partners (e.g., one-night stands) and current and former dating partners (i.e., boyfriends and girlfriends) of victims aged 15 and older where it was unknown if they were living with the victim at the time of the incident. Includes other intimate partners of victims aged 12 to 14.

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Note 5

Includes biological, step, adoptive and foster parents.

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Note 6

Includes biological, step, adopted and foster children. Includes victims aged 18 and older.

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Note 7

Includes biological, step, half, adopted and foster brothers and sisters.

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Note 8

Includes all other family members related by blood, marriage (including common-law) or adoption (e.g., grandchildren, nieces, nephews and in-laws).

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Note 9

Includes roommates.

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Note 10

Includes neighbours.

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Note 11

Includes persons in a position of trust or authority. Includes authority figures and reverse authority figures (e.g., student-to-teacher and patient-to-doctor).

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Note 12

Includes business relationships and criminal relationships (i.e., relationships based on illegal activities, such as drugs or prostitution).

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Note: Seniors include those aged 65 and older while non-seniors include those aged 64 and younger. Excludes victims where age was coded as unknown and those where age was greater than 110 are excluded from analyses due to possible instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category. Excludes a small number of victims in Quebec whose age was unknown but was miscoded as 0. Percent calculations exclude unknown relationships. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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