Table 5
Physical assault in the past 12 months, by gender and selected characteristics of the victim, 2025

Table 5
Physical assault in the past 12 months, by gender and selected characteristics of the victim, 2025 Table summary
The information is grouped by Selected characteristic (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).
Selected characteristic Women+ Men+ Total
percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to
Note F

too unreliable to be published

Note *

significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)

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Note **

significantly different from estimate for Women+ (p < 0.05)

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Note ***

significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) and estimate for Women+ (p < 0.05)

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Note †

reference category

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Note 1

Excludes First Nations people, Métis, or Inuit.

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Note 2

Respondents who were 15 years of age and who did not link to tax data were assumed to have an individual income of $0.

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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.
Age group (years)  
15 to 24 Table 5 Note † 8.5 7.4 9.6 8.8 7.7 10.0 8.6 7.9 9.5
25 to 34 5.2 Table 5 Note * 4.4 6.1 7.1 Table 5 Note *** 6.2 8.3 6.2 Table 5 Note * 5.5 6.9
35 to 44 4.3 Table 5 Note * 3.6 5.0 6.4 Table 5 Note *** 5.6 7.3 5.3 Table 5 Note * 4.8 5.9
45 to 54 3.7 Table 5 Note * 3.1 4.3 4.2 Table 5 Note * 3.5 5.0 3.9 Table 5 Note * 3.5 4.4
55 and older 1.5 Table 5 Note * 1.3 1.8 2.3 Table 5 Note *** 2.0 2.6 1.9 Table 5 Note * 1.7 2.1
Indigenous identity  
Indigenous person 8.3 Table 5 Note * 6.9 10.1 9.8 Table 5 Note * 8.0 12.1 9.1 Table 5 Note * 7.9 10.4
First Nations 10.7 Table 5 Note * 8.3 13.6 9.9 Table 5 Note * 7.1 13.7 10.3 Table 5 Note * 8.5 12.5
Métis 6.1 Table 5 Note * 4.3 8.7 9.9 Table 5 Note *** 7.3 13.4 7.9 Table 5 Note * 6.3 10.0
Inuk 12.1 Table 5 Note * 8.0 18.0 10.6 Table 5 Note * 6.6 16.7 11.4 Table 5 Note * 8.3 15.5
Non-Indigenous person Table 5 Note † 3.5 3.3 3.8 4.8 Table 5 Note ** 4.5 5.2 4.2 4.0 4.4
Racialized population groupTable 5 Note 1  
Yes 2.9 Table 5 Note * 2.4 3.5 3.7 Table 5 Note *** 3.2 4.4 3.3 Table 5 Note * 3.0 3.8
South Asian 3.2 2.3 4.6 3.7 Table 5 Note * 2.7 5.0 3.5 Table 5 Note * 2.8 4.4
Chinese 2.7 1.9 4.0 4.0 2.8 5.6 3.3 Table 5 Note * 2.6 4.3
Black 2.4 1.4 4.1 3.7 2.3 5.9 3.0 Table 5 Note * 2.1 4.3
Filipino 2.5 1.5 4.2 F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published 2.4 Table 5 Note * 1.6 3.7
Arab 3.2 1.6 6.3 3.8 2.0 7.0 3.5 2.2 5.6
Latin American F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published 3.4 1.7 6.6 3.4 2.1 5.4
Southeast Asian F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published
West Asian F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published 4.1 2.2 7.3
Korean F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published
Japanese F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published
Multiple racialized population groups F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published 8.1 4.2 14.9 6.1 3.5 10.3
Racialized population group not otherwise specified F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published 3.7 1.8 7.4
No Table 5 Note † 3.7 3.4 4.0 5.2 Table 5 Note ** 4.8 5.6 4.4 4.2 4.7
Place of birth  
Born outside Canada 2.6 Table 5 Note * 2.1 3.0 3.5 Table 5 Note *** 3.0 4.1 3.0 Table 5 Note * 2.7 3.4
Born in Canada Table 5 Note † 4.2 3.9 4.6 5.7 Table 5 Note ** 5.3 6.2 5.0 4.7 5.3
Sexual orientation  
Heterosexual Table 5 Note † 3.1 2.9 3.4 4.9 Table 5 Note ** 4.5 5.2 4.0 3.8 4.2
LGB+ 10.7 Table 5 Note * 9.4 12.2 9.8 Table 5 Note * 8.2 11.7 10.4 Table 5 Note * 9.3 11.5
Lesbian or gay 9.1 Table 5 Note * 6.7 12.3 7.0 5.1 9.5 7.9 Table 5 Note * 6.4 9.8
Bisexual 11.0 Table 5 Note * 9.4 13.0 12.0 Table 5 Note * 9.4 15.2 11.3 Table 5 Note * 9.8 13.0
Sexual orientation not elsewhere classified 12.1 Table 5 Note * 8.5 16.9 13.9 Table 5 Note * 8.9 21.2 12.7 Table 5 Note * 9.6 16.6
Identifies as a person with a disability  
Yes 6.8 Table 5 Note * 6.0 7.8 8.0 Table 5 Note * 6.9 9.2 7.3 Table 5 Note * 6.6 8.1
No Table 5 Note † 3.2 2.9 3.5 4.6 Table 5 Note ** 4.3 5.0 3.9 3.7 4.2
Employed in past 12 months  
Yes 4.6 Table 5 Note * 4.2 5.0 5.7 Table 5 Note *** 5.3 6.1 5.2 Table 5 Note * 4.9 5.4
No Table 5 Note † 2.6 2.2 3.0 3.7 Table 5 Note ** 3.2 4.3 3.0 2.7 3.4
Individual before-tax income  
Less than $20,000 Table 5 Note † Table 5 Note 2 5.2 4.6 6.0 7.1 Table 5 Note ** 6.1 8.2 6.1 5.5 6.7
$20,000 to $39,999 3.3 Table 5 Note * 2.8 3.9 5.3 Table 5 Note *** 4.5 6.2 4.1 Table 5 Note * 3.7 4.7
$40,000 to $59,999 2.9 Table 5 Note * 2.3 3.5 3.9 Table 5 Note *** 3.2 4.7 3.3 Table 5 Note * 2.9 3.8
$60,000 to $79,999 3.6 Table 5 Note * 2.9 4.4 3.3 Table 5 Note * 2.7 4.2 3.5 Table 5 Note * 3.0 4.0
$80,000 to $99,999 3.2 Table 5 Note * 2.5 4.2 5.6 Table 5 Note ** 4.6 6.8 4.5 Table 5 Note * 3.8 5.3
$100,000 to $119,999 4.5 3.5 5.8 4.5 Table 5 Note * 3.5 5.7 4.5 Table 5 Note * 3.7 5.4
$120,000 or more 3.3 Table 5 Note * 2.5 4.3 5.2 Table 5 Note *** 4.4 6.1 4.5 Table 5 Note * 3.9 5.2
Not stated 6.3 5.1 7.9 6.1 4.9 7.7 6.2 5.3 7.3
Attended school in the past 12 months  
Yes 7.3 Table 5 Note * 6.4 8.3 8.6 Table 5 Note * 7.6 9.8 7.9 Table 5 Note * 7.2 8.7
No Table 5 Note † 3.2 2.9 3.4 4.5 Table 5 Note ** 4.1 4.8 3.8 3.6 4.0
Marital status  
Married or common-law Table 5 Note † 2.9 2.6 3.2 4.0 Table 5 Note ** 3.6 4.4 3.5 3.2 3.7
Separated, divorced, or widowed 2.7 2.3 3.3 4.2 Table 5 Note ** 3.3 5.3 3.2 2.8 3.7
Single, never married 6.4 Table 5 Note * 5.8 7.1 7.4 Table 5 Note * 6.6 8.1 6.9 Table 5 Note * 6.4 7.5
Area of residence  
Rural area of the provinces 3.6 3.0 4.4 4.7 Table 5 Note ** 4.0 5.6 4.2 3.7 4.8
Territories 8.2 Table 5 Note * 6.2 10.8 6.7 4.8 9.1 7.4 Table 5 Note * 5.9 9.2
Urban area of the provinces Table 5 Note † 3.9 3.6 4.2 5.2 Table 5 Note ** 4.8 5.6 4.5 4.3 4.8
First official language spoken  
English Table 5 Note † 4.0 3.7 4.4 5.4 Table 5 Note ** 5.0 5.8 4.7 4.4 5.0
French 2.9 Table 5 Note * 2.4 3.4 4.1 Table 5 Note *** 3.5 4.8 3.5 Table 5 Note * 3.1 3.9
English and French 5.4 3.4 8.5 4.5 2.6 7.6 4.9 3.4 6.9
Neither English nor French F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published
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