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Table 2
Experiences of intimate partner violence since age 15 and in the past 12 months, by type of victimization and gender of victim, 2025

Table 2
Experiences of intimate partner violence 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 violence (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 violence	Women+ ^{Table 2 Note †}			Men+			Total
	percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval
	percent	from	to	percent	from	to	percent	from	to
Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 Percent calculations exclude respondents who have never been in an intimate partner relationship. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 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. Return to note 2 referrer Note: Intimate partner violence refers to violence committed by a current or former spouse, common-law partner, dating partner, or other intimate partner. 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 ^{Table 2 Note 1}
Emotional, psychological, or financial abuse	43.4	42.7	44.1	33.9 ^{Table 2 Note *}	33.2	34.6	38.8	38.3	39.3
Physical or sexual violence	28.3	27.6	28.9	16.0 ^{Table 2 Note *}	15.4	16.6	22.3	21.9	22.7
Physical violence	23.6	23.0	24.2	15.2 ^{Table 2 Note *}	14.7	15.8	19.5	19.1	19.9
Sexual violence	16.0	15.5	16.6	3.1 ^{Table 2 Note *}	2.8	3.3	9.7	9.4	10.0
Total	45.1	44.4	45.8	35.3 ^{Table 2 Note *}	34.6	36.0	40.3	39.8	40.8
In the past 12 months ^{Table 2 Note 2}
Emotional, psychological, or financial abuse	13.2	12.6	13.8	11.9 ^{Table 2 Note *}	11.3	12.4	12.5	12.1	12.9
Physical or sexual violence	3.7	3.4	4.1	2.7 ^{Table 2 Note *}	2.4	3.0	3.2	3.0	3.4
Physical violence	2.5	2.3	2.8	2.5	2.2	2.8	2.5	2.3	2.7
Sexual violence	2.0	1.8	2.2	0.4 ^{Table 2 Note *}	0.3	0.6	1.2	1.1	1.3
Total	13.6	13.1	14.2	12.3 ^{Table 2 Note *}	11.8	12.9	13.0	12.6	13.4

Date modified:: 2026-03-31