Table 3
Victims of police-reported incidents of online sexual offences against children and youth, by type of offence and accused to victim relationship, Canada, 2014 to 2022

Table 3
Victims of police-reported incidents of online sexual offences against children and youth, by type of offence and accused to victim relationship, Canada, 2014 to 2022
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of police-reported incidents of online sexual offences against children and youth. The information is grouped by Accused to victim relationship (appearing as row headers), Luring a child, Non-consensual distribution of intimate images, Invitation to sexual touching, Other sexual offences against children and Total online sexual offences against children, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Accused to victim relationship	Luring a child	Non-consensual distribution of intimate images^{Table 3 Note 1}	Invitation to sexual touching	Other sexual offences against children^{Table 3 Note 2}	Total online sexual offences against children^{Table 3 Note 3}
Accused to victim relationship	percent
Children (aged 11 years and younger)	18	3	15	19	16
Family	12	18	18	37	14
Parent^{Table 3 Note 4}	4	2	5	23	5
Sibling^{Table 3 Note 5}	2	11	4	8	3
Other family^{Table 3 Note 6}	6	5	10	7	6
Non-family	81	77	70	50	78
Dating or other intimate partner^{Table 3 Note 7}	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Friend^{Table 3 Note 8}	4	18	5	2	4
Casual acquaintance^{Table 3 Note 9}	13	39	13	16	14
Authority figure^{Table 3 Note 10}	2	4	12	13	3
Stranger	62	16	39	20	57
Other^{Table 3 Note 11}	0	0	0	0	0
Unknown	7	5	12	13	8
Youth (aged 12 to 17 years)	82	97	85	81	84
Family	8	2	11	16	8
Parent^{Table 3 Note 4}	2	0	3	7	2
Sibling^{Table 3 Note 5}	1	0	1	3	1
Other family^{Table 3 Note 6}	5	2	6	6	4
Non-family	85	96	85	82	87
Dating or other intimate partner^{Table 3 Note 7}	4	28	5	8	9
Friend^{Table 3 Note 8}	7	21	7	10	9
Casual acquaintance^{Table 3 Note 9}	25	33	32	26	27
Authority figure^{Table 3 Note 10}	3	0	10	16	4
Stranger	45	14	29	17	37
Other^{Table 3 Note 11}	1	0	1	4	1
Unknown	6	2	5	3	5
.. not available for a specific reference period 0 true zero or a value rounded to zero Note 1 Non-consensual distribution of intimate images became an offence in 2015 under the Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 The category “other sexual offences against children” is a catch all category that encompasses all sexual violations against children (excluding child pornography) which were facilitated by or involved the use of technology. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes sexual violations against children and other sexual offences where a victim was identified as being a person younger than 18. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Includes biological, step, adoptive and foster parents. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Includes biological, step, half, adopted and foster brothers and sisters. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 Includes all other family members related by blood, marriage (including common-law) or adoption. Examples include grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and in-laws. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7 Includes current and former boyfriends and girlfriends (intimate relationships) and other intimate partners (sexual relationships or a mutual sexual attraction). Return to note 7 referrer Note 8 Includes roommates. Return to note 8 referrer Note 9 Includes neighbours. Return to note 9 referrer Note 10 Includes persons in a position of trust or authority. Includes authority figures and reverse authority figures (example student-to-teacher and patient-to-doctor). Return to note 10 referrer Note 11 Includes business relationships and criminal relationships (relationships based on illegal activities). Return to note 11 referrer Note: An incident is considered to be an online incident if it was flagged as a cybercrime. An incident is flagged as a cybercrime when the crime targets information and communication technology (ICT), or when the crime used ICT to commit the offence. ICT includes, but is not limited to, the internet, computers, servers, digital technology, digital telecommunications devices, phones and networks. Crimes committed over text and through messages using social media platforms are also considered cybercrime activity. Calculations are based on victim records, where the most serious violation against the victim was identified as the cyber violation. Victims of dating or other intimate partner violence under the age of 12 years are included in the category "unknown." Excludes victims where the gender or the age was unknown. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. Prior to 2020, the number of cybercrimes is an undercount as some police services were unable to report the cybercrime indicator for all years. The data exclude the Quebec City Police in 2014 and 2015, the municipal police service of Calgary from 2014 to 2016, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) from 2014 to 2017 and both the Saint John Police Force and the Canadian Forces Military Police from 2014 to 2019. For 2022, the data exclude Dryden, a detachment of the OPP. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.

Date modified:: 2024-03-12

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Table 3
Victims of police-reported incidents of online sexual offences against children and youth, by type of offence and accused to victim relationship, Canada, 2014 to 2022

Table 3 Victims of police-reported incidents of online sexual offences against children and youth, by type of offence and accused to victim relationship, Canada, 2014 to 2022

Table 3
Victims of police-reported incidents of online sexual offences against children and youth, by type of offence and accused to victim relationship, Canada, 2014 to 2022