Table 6
Percent of women and children residing in residential facilities for victims of abuse compared with individuals living in Canada, by selected characteristics and province or territory, April 13, 2023


Table 6
Percent of women and children residing in residential facilities for victims of abuse compared with individuals living in Canada, by selected characteristics and province or territory, April 13, 2023
Table summary
This table displays the results of Percent of women and children residing in residential facilities for victims of abuse compared with individuals living in Canada. The information is grouped by Selected characteristics and province or territory (appearing as row headers), Women living in Canada, Women residing in facilities, Children living in Canada and Children residing in facilities, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Selected characteristics and province or territory Women living in Canada Women residing in facilities Children living in Canada Children residing in facilities
percent
IndigenousTable 6 Note 1 Table 6 Note 2
Newfoundland and Labrador 9.0 27.3 13.4 34.3
Prince Edward Island 1.9 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 3.6 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Nova Scotia 5.4 15.6 8.3 22.2
New Brunswick 4.1 28.6 6.5 35.1
Quebec 2.6 17.0 3.6 4.8
Ontario 2.9 21.2 4.4 18.6
Manitoba 16.4 58.7 29.5 60.7
Saskatchewan 15.0 71.1 26.9 71.1
Alberta 6.5 47.8 10.3 41.6
British Columbia 5.4 30.3 10.3 20.2
Yukon 21.2 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 29.6 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Northwest Territories 48.6 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 58.4 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Nunavut 82.0 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 94.3 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Canada 4.7 29.0 8.2 24.4
Non-permanent residentTable 6 Note 3
Newfoundland and Labrador 1.3 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0.8 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Prince Edward Island 4.5 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 2.1 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Nova Scotia 2.8 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 1.1 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
New Brunswick 1.9 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 1.2 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Quebec 3.0 24.5 1.4 11.3
Ontario 4.4 16.8 1.5 15.5
Manitoba 2.7 9.3 0.9 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Saskatchewan 1.7 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0.7 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Alberta 1.9 2.9 1.0 2.6
British Columbia 5.1 12.4 2.8 12.8
Yukon 2.1 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0.9 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Northwest Territories 0.7 0.0 0.2 0.0
Nunavut 0.3 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 0.0 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Canada 3.6 15.6 1.5 11.5
Racialized population groupTable 6 Note 1 Table 6 Note 4
Newfoundland and Labrador 3.2 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 6.4 0.0
Prince Edward Island 10.0 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 12.5 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Nova Scotia 9.2 26.6 15.5 20.0
New Brunswick 5.6 9.5 10.5 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Quebec 15.0 30.9 22.3 37.9
Ontario 34.3 33.6 40.3 30.6
Manitoba 21.9 16.7 25.7 12.0
Saskatchewan 14.1 7.9 19.4 8.9
Alberta 27.8 23.2 33.9 29.7
British Columbia 35.4 31.2 39.2 38.1
Yukon 13.9 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 16.1 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Northwest Territories 13.5 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 13.4 0.0
Nunavut 5.0 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 1.7 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Canada 26.5 28.5 32.1 30.8
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Note 1

Populations based on projected estimates for 2022 based on the 2021 Census of Population, produced by Statistics Canada’s Centre for Demography. The data were adjusted to reflect various factors, including census net undercoverage and incompletely enumerated Indian reserves and Indian settlements, and were calibrated to match exactly the population estimates on July 1, 2022, by province or territory, age and sex.

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Note 2

'Indigenous' refers to individuals identifying as First Nations people, Métis or Inuit.

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Note 3

A 'non-permanent resident' is a person who is lawfully in Canada on a temporary basis and who holds a work, study or other (excluding visitor visas) permit issued for that person along with members of their family living with them. This group also includes individuals who seek refugee status upon or after their arrival in Canada and remain in the country pending the outcome of processes relative to their claim.

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Note 4

'Racialized population group' is measured by the “visible minority” variable. Visible minority refers to whether a person belongs to a visible minority group as defined by the Employment Equity Act and, if so, the visible minority group to which the person belongs. The Employment Equity Act defines visible minorities as “persons, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour.” The racialized (visible minority) population consists mainly of the following groups: South Asian, Chinese, Black, Filipino, Arab, Latin American, Southeast Asian, West Asian, Korean and Japanese.

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Note: Adult females and children residing in facilities excludes adult females and children who were admitted for reasons other than due to abuse. In 2020/2021, the Survey of Residential Facilities for Victims of Abuse was updated to collect resident information based on gender instead of sex. Adult females residing in the facilities includes transgender adults identifying as female. Children in facilities includes 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. Excludes between 18% and 19% of adult females and between 17% and 18% of children in facilities nationally for whom Indigenous identity, residency status and visible minority identity were not reported. The percentage of excluded adult females and children in facilities varies by province or territory. For the adult females and children in facilities, an unknown answer category was included as a valid response to questions pertaining to identity or status. The April 13, 2023 reference period reflects the survey snapshot day, a predetermined business day meant to represent a typical day of operations for facilities across Canada. While the Survey of Residential Facilities for Victims of Abuse collected information based on gender, population estimates were based on the sex variable as defined in the 2021 Census of Population.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Survey of Residential Facilities for Victims of Abuse; Centre for Demography, Demographic Estimates Program, Customized estimations, DEMOSIM, Customized estimations.
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