Table 5
Characteristics of persons accused in police-reported online child sexual exploitation incidents, by type of offence and accused characteristics, Canada, 2014 to 2022
Accused characteristics | Online sexual offences against children | Online child pornography | Total online child sexual exploitation and abuseTable 5 Note 5 | ||||||
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Luring a child | Non-consensual distribution of intimate imagesTable 5 Note 1 | Invitation to sexual touching | Other sexual offences against childrenTable 5 Note 2 | Total online sexual offences against childrenTable 5 Note 3 | Child pornography—possessing or accessingTable 5 Note 4 | Child pornography—making or distributingTable 5 Note 4 | Total online child pornographyTable 5 Note 4 | ||
percent | |||||||||
Women and girls accused | 4 | 25 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 9 |
12 to 17 years | 60 | 95 | 12 | 42 | 72 | 84 | 76 | 80 | 77 |
18 to 24 years | 19 | 4 | 26 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
25 to 44 years | 18 | 2 | 62 | 39 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 13 |
45 to 64 years | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
65 to 110 years | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unknown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Median ageTable 5 Note 6 | 15 | 14 | 28 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Men and boys accused | 96 | 75 | 97 | 89 | 92 | 90 | 88 | 89 | 91 |
12 to 17 years | 20 | 88 | 10 | 18 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
18 to 24 years | 27 | 10 | 29 | 10 | 24 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 19 |
25 to 44 years | 39 | 1 | 48 | 47 | 36 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 36 |
45 to 64 years | 11 | 0 | 12 | 23 | 11 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 15 |
65 to 110 years | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
Unknown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Median ageTable 5 Note 6 | 25 | 15 | 28 | 35 | 24 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 26 |
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. |
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