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Table 7
Types of abuse experienced by women residents of facilities for victims of abuse, by province or territory, April 13, 2023

Table 7
Types of abuse experienced by women residents of facilities for victims of abuse, by province or territory, April 13, 2023
Table summary
This table displays the results of Types of abuse experienced by women residents of facilities for victims of abuse. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Total adult female residents, Type of abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual abuse, Financial abuse, Emotional or psychological abuse, Harassment, Forced marriage, Human trafficking: sex work, Human trafficking: forced labour/other, Cultural abuse, Spiritual abuse and Other, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory	Total adult female residents^{Table 7 Note 1}	Type of abuse
	Total adult female residents^{Table 7 Note 1}	Physical abuse	Sexual abuse	Financial abuse	Emotional or psychological abuse	Harassment	Forced marriage	Human trafficking: sex work	Human trafficking: forced labour/other	Cultural abuse	Spiritual abuse	Other^{Table 7 Note 2}
	number	percent
Newfoundland and Labrador	56	93	46	61	79	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	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	0	0
Prince Edward Island	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	46	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	69	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nova Scotia	64	73	22	34	73	28	0	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	0	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
New Brunswick	63	86	41	83	100	37	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	6	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	0
Quebec	754	59	37	50	73	33	2	2	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	6	3	29
Ontario	916	76	38	56	88	31	2	8	1	8	8	7
Manitoba	66	71	26	50	83	36	0	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	0	8	14	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Saskatchewan	76	80	28	24	67	20	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	7	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Alberta	414	70	21	47	79	23	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	2	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	7	7	15
British Columbia	457	77	31	45	87	35	3	3	2	7	3	16
Yukon	21	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	0	81	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	0	0	0	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Northwest Territories	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nunavut	14	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	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act	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	0
Canada	2,952	71	33	49	82	31	2	4	1	7	6	15
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note 1 Includes residents in the facilities for reasons of 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. Women residents include transgender adults identifying as female. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 For example abuse through technology or cyber abuse, or abuse related to immigration status (withholding status or information). Return to note 2 referrer Note: The sum of the response categories can exceed 100% as respondents could mark all categories that apply. 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. Information in this tables excludes 28% of facilities nationally that did not provide a response to these questions. The percentage of excluded facilities varies by province or territory. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Survey of Residential Facilities for Victims of Abuse.

Date modified:: 2024-07-02