Table 2
Population aged 15 and over who experienced sexual or physical violence by an adult before the age of 15, by type of violence and frequency, and by Indigenous identity group, Canada, 2019


Table 2
Population aged 15 and over who experienced sexual or physical violence by an adult before the age of 15, by type of violence and frequency, and by Indigenous identity group, Canada, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Population aged 15 and over who experienced sexual or physical violence by an adult before the age of 15. The information is grouped by Type of sexual or physical violence by an adult before the age of 15 (appearing as row headers), First Nations, Métis, Inuit, Total - Indigenous persons, Non-Indigenous persons, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of sexual or physical violence by an adult before the age of 15 First Nations Métis InuitNote E: Use with caution Total - Indigenous persons Non-Indigenous personsTable 2 Note ‡
percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to from to from to
Experienced sexual or physical violence
No 56.9Note * 48.2 65.1 59.4Note * 51.2 67.2 53.2Note * 40.4 65.6 58.0Note * 52.4 63.5 73.0 72.1 74.0
Yes 42.3Note * 34.1 50.9 39.4Note * 31.7 47.7 45.0Note * 32.3 58.4 41.0Note * 35.6 46.6 24.8 23.9 25.8
Experienced sexual violence
No 85.6Note * 80.3 89.6 81.4Note * 74.4 86.8 70.6Note * 55.5 82.2 83.0Note * 79.1 86.4 92.1 91.6 92.7
Yes 13.8Note * 9.8 19.0 17.5Note * 12.1 24.6 27.2Note * 15.6 43.0 16.0Note * 12.7 20.0 6.1 5.6 6.6
Was touched in a sexual way
1 to 5 times 9.1Note * 6.0 13.6 10.6Note * 7.1 15.5 12.5 5.8 24.9 9.7Note * 7.4 12.7 4.5 4.1 5.0
More than 5 times 3.8Note * 2.0 6.9 6.9Note * 3.5 13.2 14.5Note * 5.6 32.7 5.9Note * 3.8 8.8 1.4 1.2 1.6
Someone forced or attempted to force into an unwanted sexual activity
1 to 5 times 6.4Note * 3.8 10.6 7.4Note * 4.5 11.8 11.6 4.0 29.2 6.9Note * 4.9 9.6 2.2 1.9 2.5
More than 5 times 2.8 1.2 6.2 6.5Note * 3.2 12.7 2.5 0.9 6.6 4.5Note * 2.7 7.6 0.8 0.7 1.0
Experienced physical violence
No 61.3Note * 52.7 69.2 63.6Note * 55.4 71.1 64.7 50.4 76.8 62.8Note * 57.2 68.0 76.5 75.6 77.4
Yes 37.9Note * 30.1 46.5 35.7Note * 28.2 43.9 33.9 21.7 48.7 36.5Note * 31.3 42.0 22.0 21.1 22.9
Was slapped on the face, head or ears, or hit with something hard
1 to 5 times 20.3 13.8 28.8 18.2 12.5 25.8 9.6 4.4 19.7 18.9Note * 14.5 24.4 12.8 12.1 13.5
More than 5 times 11.8Note * 7.8 17.5 14.5Note * 9.5 21.3 14.0 5.7 30.4 12.9Note * 9.7 16.9 6.5 6.0 7.1
Was pushed, grabbed, shoved or had something thrown at them
1 to 5 times 11.8 7.1 18.9 10.9 6.0 19.1 6.4 3.6 10.9 11.1 7.5 15.9 7.1 6.6 7.6
More than 5 times 11.0Note * 7.2 16.5 10.2Note * 6.0 16.9 18.1Note * 7.5 37.3 10.7Note * 7.9 14.5 3.3 3.0 3.7
Was kicked, bitten, punched, choked, burned, or physically attacked in some other way
1 to 5 times 6.0 3.4 10.4 4.6 2.2 9.3 3.3 2.0 5.3 5.3 3.5 8.0 3.2 2.9 3.7
More than 5 times 7.6Note * 4.7 12.1 6.4Note * 3.8 10.6 11.4 3.7 29.9 6.9Note * 4.8 9.7 1.6 1.3 1.8
Has ever been under the legal responsibility of the governmentTable 2 Note 1 15.5Note * 10.3 22.5 7.3Note * 4.2 12.3 19.1Note * 8.9 36.3 11.4Note * 8.2 15.6 1.3 1.1 1.5
Experienced sexual or physical violence while under the legal responsibility of the government 6.8Note * 3.5 12.9 2.2Note * 0.9 5.1 2.6Note * 1.4 4.9 4.2Note * 2.4 7.2 0.2 0.2 0.4
E use with caution
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significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)

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reference category

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Note 1

In this case, the government assumes the rights and responsibilities of a parent for the purpose of the child’s care, custody and control (e.g., in foster care, group home under child protection or child welfare services, orphanage, residential school for Indigenous children, under the custody of a youth justice facility or group home.)

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Note: Indigenous people include those who reported being a First Nations, Métis or Inuit person. Respondents could report belonging to more than one Indigenous group. These were included in each of the groups they identified with. Percent calculations include missing or not stated responses.
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2019.
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