Table 1
Types of dating violence experienced since age 15 by teens aged 15 to 17, by gender, Canada, 2018


Table 1
Types of dating violence experienced since age 15 by teens aged 15 to 17, by gender, Canada, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Types of dating violence experienced since age 15 by teens aged 15 to 17. The information is grouped by Type of dating violence (appearing as row headers), Girls aged 15 to 17, Boys aged 15 to 17, Total, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of dating violence Girls aged 15 to 17 Boys aged 15 to 17 TotalTable 1 Note 1
percentTable 1 Note 2 95% confidence interval percentTable 1 Note 2 95% confidence interval percentTable 1 Note 2 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to
Emotional, financial and psychological abuse
Jealous, does not want you to talk to other men or women 34 20.9 49.7 38 25.6 52.6 36 27.2 46.7
Harms or threatens to harm pets Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Demands to know where you are or who you are with 23 12.1 39.4 18 9.5 31.2 20 13.0 29.8
Puts you down or calls you names 29 16.0 46.6 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 17 10.1 27.1
Forces you to give them money or possessions Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Told you that you are crazy, stupid or not good enoughTable 1 Note 3 29 16.8 45.3 17 9.2 30.4 22 14.5 32.5
Tried to convince your friends or family that you are crazyTable 1 Note 3 16 6.5 33.9 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 10 5.2 19.8
Followed you or hung out outside your home or workTable 1 Note 3 8 3.4 17.0 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 5 2.6 10.2
Kept you from seeing family or friendsTable 1 Note 3 6 3.0 11.8 7 2.8 16.5 7 3.6 11.9
Harassed you by phone, text, email or social mediaTable 1 Note 3 16 6.6 33.8 6 2.2 14.9 10 5.3 19.1
Restricted access to a job, money or financesTable 1 Note 3 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Confined you or locked you in a roomTable 1 Note 3 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Damaged or destroyed possessions or property Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 3 1.2 5.7
Made negative comments about your sexual past or performance 11 5.7 21.3 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 9 5.1 13.9
Revealed or threatened to reveal your sexual orientation to someone you don't want to know about itTable 1 Note 4 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Blamed you for their abusive or violent behaviourTable 1 Note 3 Table 1 Note 5 45 19.4 73.4 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 36 20.0 56.0
Total 46 30.8 61.4 46 32.6 60.1 45 35.3 55.4
Physical abuse
Shook, pushed, grabbed or threw youTable 1 Note 3 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 4 1.8 9.3
Hit you with a fist or object, kicked or bit youTable 1 Note 3 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 5 2.0 12.0 4 1.9 8.5
Threatened to harm or kill you or someone close to youTable 1 Note 3 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Choked youTable 1 Note 3 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Used or threatened to use a knife, gun or other weapon to harm youTable 1 Note 3 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Threatened to hit you with a fist or a weapon Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 4 1.8 9.5
Thrown things that could have hurt you Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Slapped you Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 8 3.7 17.4 6 3.0 11.6
Beat you Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Total 5 2.1 11.1 14 7.0 24.4 10 5.6 16.4
Sexual abuse
Forced or tried to force you to have sexTable 1 Note 3 5 2.3 11.2 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 3 1.5 6.0
Made you perform sex acts that you did not want to performTable 1 Note 3 7 3.3 14.5 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 3 1.7 6.3
Total 7 3.6 14.7 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 4 2.1 7.2
Total intimate partner violence 46 30.8 61.4 46 32.6 60.1 45 35.3 55.4
F too unreliable to be published
Note 1

Includes trans and cisgender persons, as well as those identifying with no gender or with multiple genders.

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Note 2

Percent calculation excludes respondents who reported that they have never been in an intimate partner relationship.

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Note 3

This is an item taken from the Composite Abuse Scale - revised short form (CASr-SF).

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Note 4

This item was only asked of respondents who did not identify as heterosexual.

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Note 5

This item was only asked of respondents who indicated yes to at least one item from the CASr-SF. The percent calculation therefore does not include all respondents.

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Note: Differences were not found to be statistically significant. While data include violence committed by a current or former spouse, common-law partner, dating partner, or someone with whom the victim was in another type of intimate relationship, the majority (99%) of teens aged 15 to 17 had never been in a marriage or common-law relationship. The terms "girls" and "boys" include trans and cisgender persons. Percent calculations are based on unrounded estimates and include missing responses.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces.
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