Table 1
Violent victimization since age 15 and in the past 12 months, by type of victimization and gender of victim, 2025

Table 1
Violent victimization since age 15 and in the past 12 months, by type of victimization and gender of victim, 2025 Table summary
The information is grouped by Type of victimization by perpetrator (appearing as row headers), Women+†, Men+, Total, 95% confidence interval, 95% confidence interval and 95% confidence interval, calculated using percent, percent, percent, from, to, from, to, from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of victimization by perpetrator Women+ Table 1 Note † Men+ Total
percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval
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Note *

significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)

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Note †

reference category

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Note 1

Intimate partner violence refers to violence committed by a current or former spouse, common-law partner, dating partner, or other intimate partner.

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Note 2

Percent calculations exclude respondents who have never been in an intimate partner relationship.

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Note 3

Percent calculations exclude respondents who have never been in an intimate partner relationship, as well as those who did not have any contact with a current or former intimate partner in the past 12 months.

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Note: The category “Women+” includes women, as well as some non-binary respondents and some respondents who did not state their gender, while the category “Men+” includes men, as well as some non-binary persons and some respondents who did not state their gender.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces.
Since age 15  
Intimate partner violence Table 1 Note 1  Table 1 Note 2  
Physical assault 23.6 23.0 24.2 15.2 Table 1 Note * 14.7 15.8 19.5 19.1 19.9
Sexual assault 16.0 15.5 16.6 3.1 Table 1 Note * 2.8 3.3 9.7 9.4 10.0
Total 28.3 27.6 28.9 16.0 Table 1 Note * 15.4 16.6 22.3 21.9 22.7
Non-intimate partner violence  
Physical assault 31.1 30.5 31.6 33.9 Table 1 Note * 33.2 34.6 32.5 32.0 32.9
Sexual assault 34.8 34.2 35.5 10.3 Table 1 Note * 9.9 10.8 22.6 22.3 23.0
Total 43.7 43.1 44.4 36.1 Table 1 Note * 35.4 36.8 39.9 39.5 40.4
Total violent victimization  
Physical assault 36.8 36.2 37.4 37.1 36.4 37.7 36.9 36.5 37.4
Sexual assault 37.2 36.6 37.9 11.3 Table 1 Note * 10.8 11.7 24.3 23.9 24.7
Total 47.9 47.2 48.5 39.1 Table 1 Note * 38.4 39.8 43.5 43.0 44.0
In the past 12 months  
Intimate partner violence Table 1 Note 1  Table 1 Note 3  
Physical assault 2.5 2.3 2.8 2.5 2.2 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.7
Sexual assault 2.0 1.8 2.2 0.4 Table 1 Note * 0.3 0.6 1.2 1.1 1.3
Total 3.7 3.4 4.1 2.7 Table 1 Note * 2.4 3.0 3.2 3.0 3.4
Non-intimate partner violence  
Physical assault 2.6 2.4 2.8 3.7 Table 1 Note * 3.5 4.0 3.2 3.0 3.4
Sexual assault 2.4 2.2 2.6 0.9 Table 1 Note * 0.8 1.0 1.6 1.5 1.8
Total 4.3 4.0 4.6 4.3 4.0 4.6 4.3 4.1 4.5
Total violent victimization  
Physical assault 3.9 3.6 4.2 5.1 Table 1 Note * 4.8 5.5 4.5 4.3 4.7
Sexual assault 3.2 3.0 3.5 1.1 Table 1 Note * 0.9 1.3 2.2 2.0 2.3
Total 6.0 5.6 6.3 5.7 5.4 6.1 5.8 5.6 6.1
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