Table 7
Senior and non-senior victims of police-reported violence, by type of violation, incident location and victim gender, Canada, 2020


Table 7
Senior and non-senior victims of police-reported violence, by type of violation, incident location 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 Type of violation and incident location (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).
Type of violation and incident location Seniors Non-seniors
Female victims Male victims Total victimsTable 7 Note 1 Female victims Male victims Total victimsTable 7 Note 1
number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent
Type of violation
Homicide, other violations causing death and attempted murderTable 7 Note 2 30 Note 0s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 63 1 93 1 384 Note 0s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 1,194 1 1,585 Note 0s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded
Sexual assaultTable 7 Note 3 570 8 73 1 643 4 24,460 12 2,766 2 27,280 7
Physical assault 4,206 62 5,715 67 9,935 65 117,375 57 112,013 64 229,697 61
Level 3 (aggravated assault) 30 Note 0s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 66 1 96 1 1,050 1 2,596 1 3,648 1
Level 2 (with a weapon or causing bodily harm) 622 9 1,367 16 1,992 13 25,883 13 35,232 20 61,170 16
Level 1 3,554 53 4,282 50 7,847 51 90,442 44 74,185 43 164,879 43
Other offences involving violence or the threat of violence 1,954 29 2,634 31 4,589 30 61,988 30 58,502 34 120,751 32
RobberyTable 7 Note 4 239 4 463 5 702 5 4,464 2 11,202 6 15,670 4
Extortion 58 1 104 1 162 1 1,215 1 1,772 1 2,989 1
Criminal harassment 303 4 242 3 545 4 10,269 5 3,275 2 13,553 4
Indecent or harassing communications 179 3 116 1 295 2 5,128 3 2,025 1 7,160 2
Uttering threats 1,010 15 1,548 18 2,559 17 22,563 11 25,815 15 48,451 13
OtherTable 7 Note 5 165 2 161 2 326 2 18,349 9 14,413 8 32,928 9
Total 6,760 100 8,485 100 15,260 100 204,207 100 174,475 100 379,313 100
Incident location
Residential location 5,461 81 5,311 63 10,780 71 146,255 73 88,225 51 234,835 63
Private residenceTable 7 Note 6 4,219 63 4,753 56 8,979 59 143,267 71 86,063 50 229,670 61
Communal residenceTable 7 Note 7 1,242 18 558 7 1,801 12 2,988 1 2,162 1 5,165 1
Open areaTable 7 Note 8 648 10 1,793 21 2,445 16 28,843 14 46,738 27 75,721 20
OtherTable 7 Note 9 605 9 1,338 16 1,946 13 25,695 13 37,718 22 63,533 17
Unknown 46 Note ...: not applicable 43 Note ...: not applicable 89 Note ...: not applicable 3,414 Note ...: not applicable 1,794 Note ...: not applicable 5,224 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 first degree murder, second degree murder, manslaughter, infanticide, criminal negligence causing death, other related violations causing death and attempted murder.

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Note 3

Includes sexual assault level 1, sexual assault level 2 (with a weapon or causing bodily harm) and sexual assault level 3 (aggravated sexual assault).

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Note 4

Includes robbery to steal firearm.

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Note 5

Includes all other violent violations not otherwise listed.

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Note 6

Includes single homes, dwelling units (e.g., apartment units, condo units), commercial dwelling units (e.g. hotel rooms) and private property structures (e.g., sheds, detached garages, fishing boats).

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Note 7

Includes nursing homes, retirement homes, community group homes and halfway houses.

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Note 8

Includes parking lots, streets, roads, highways and other open areas (e.g., playgrounds, parks, fields). Also includes transit buses and bus shelters, subways and subway stations, and other forms of public transportation and connected facilities.

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Note 9

Includes commercial properties and other corporate places (e.g., banks, bars, restaurants, car dealerships, convenience stores, gas stations), schools (including universities and colleges) during supervised and unsupervised activities, and non-commercial locations (e.g., government buildings, community centres), among others (e.g., religious institutions, hospitals, correctional institutions).

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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. For incident location, percent calculations exclude unknown incident location. 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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