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Table 6
Residents in shelters for victims of abuse, by type of shelter and region, April 14, 2021

Table 6
Residents in shelters for victims of abuse, by type of shelter and region, April 14, 2021
Table summary
This table displays the results of Residents in shelters for victims of abuse. The information is grouped by Region (appearing as row headers), Indigenous shelters, Non-Indigenous shelters, Total residents, Adult females, Adult males, Adults of another gender and Accompanying children, calculated using number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Region	Indigenous shelters^{Table 6 Note 1}					Non-Indigenous shelters
	Total residents	Adult females	Adult males	Adults of another gender	Accompanying children^{Table 6 Note 2}	Total residents	Adult females	Adult males	Adults of another gender	Accompanying children^{Table 6 Note 2}
	number
Atlantic^{Table 6 Note 3}	50	38	0	0	12	325	186	0	4	135
Quebec	33	22	0	0	11	1,051	587	0	0	464
Ontario	141	85	0	0	56	1,810	922	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	852
Manitoba	25	15	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	9	133	64	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	68
Saskatchewan	32	18	0	0	14	113	55	0	0	58
Alberta	50	32	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	16	553	289	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	256
British Columbia	159	101	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	57	617	345	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	261
Territories^{Table 6 Note 4}	42	33	4	0	5	59	34	0	0	25
Canada	532	344	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	180	4,661	2,482	48	12	2,119
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note 1 Indigenous shelters for victims of abuse include shelters that are part of an Indigenous organization, are located in an Indigenous community, are located on a reserve, or are owned or operated by a First Nations government (band council). Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Accompanying children include 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. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Includes Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Return to note 4 referrer Note: In 2020/2021, the Survey of Residential Facilities for Victims of Abuse was updated to collect resident information for adult females, adult males, adults of another gender, accompanying female children, accompanying male children, and accompanying children of another gender. Adult females include transgender adults identifying as female and adult males include transgender adults identifying as male. Adults and accompanying children of another gender include people whose current gender was not reported exclusively as male or female. Also includes persons who are unsure of their gender, persons who identify as both male and female, or neither male nor female. The April 14, 2021 reference period reflects the survey snapshot day, a predetermined business day meant to represent a typical day of operations for shelters across Canada. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Survey of Residential Facilities for Victims of Abuse.

Date modified:: 2022-09-16