Table 2
Selected characteristics of victims and incidents of firearm-related intimate partner violence, Canada, 2010 to 2024

Table 2
Selected characteristics of victims and incidents of firearm-related intimate partner violence, by province and territory, 2010 to 2024 Table summary
The information is grouped by Selected characteristic (appearing as row headers), 2010 to 2014, 2015 to 2019 and 2020 to 2024, calculated using number of victims, percent, rate, number of victims, percent, rate, number of victims, percent and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Selected characteristic 2010 to 2014 2015 to 2019 2020 to 2024
number of victims percent rate number of victims percent rate number of victims percent rate
Note ...

not applicable

Note 1

The option for police to code victims and accused persons as “non-binary” in the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey was implemented in 2018. In the context of the UCR Survey, the term “non-binary” refers to a person who publicly expresses themselves as neither exclusively male nor exclusively female. Given that small counts of non-binary victims and accused persons may exist, the UCR Survey data available to the public have been recoded with these victims and accused persons distributed in the “men and boys” or “women and girls” categories based on the regional distribution of victims’ and accused persons’ gender. This recoding ensures the protection of the confidentiality and privacy of victims and accused persons.

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Note 2

Includes injuries that required no professional medical treatment or only some first aid (e.g., bandage, ice).

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Note 3

Includes injuries that required professional medical treatment at the scene or transportation to a medical facility.

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Note: Firearm-related violent crime includes incidents where the most serious weapon present was a handgun, rifle, shotgun, fully automatic firearm, sawed-off shotgun, firearm-like weapon (e.g., starter pistol, flare gun, air gun, ghost gun, BB gun) and unknown type of firearm. Also includes violent crime where the most serious violation was a firearm-specific violent offence (discharging a firearm with intent, use of a firearm in the commission of an offence, pointing a firearm) and the type of weapon was unknown. Intimate partner violence includes incidents where the victim and the accused person were current or former legally married spouses, common-law partners, boyfriends, girlfriends, and dating partners, as well as any other type of intimate partner relationship (e.g., one-night stands). Counts are based on victims between the ages of 12 and 110. Victims whose age was reported as older than 110 years are excluded due to possible miscoding of unknown ages within this category. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations are based on July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography. Data from the Québec City Police Service are also excluded due to data quality concerns.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (Trend database).
Gender of victim Table 2  Note 1  
Women and girls 2,448 85 3.3 3,166 86 4.0 4,466 85 5.3
Men and boys 449 15 0.6 536 14 0.7 773 15 0.9
Age group of victim  
12 to 17 years 153 5 1.3 196 5 1.7 356 7 2.8
18 to 24 years 651 22 4.1 883 24 5.5 1,139 22 6.8
25 to 54 years 1,903 66 2.6 2,390 64 3.3 3,493 67 4.5
55 years and older 195 7 0.4 238 6 0.4 258 5 0.4
Accused-victim relationship  
Current spouse or common-law partner 1,383 48 1.0 1,495 40 1.0 1,685 32 1.0
Former spouse or common-law partner 503 17 0.4 519 14 0.3 702 13 0.4
Current dating partner 452 16 0.3 783 21 0.5 1,276 24 0.8
Former dating partner 489 17 0.3 834 22 0.5 1,425 27 0.8
Other intimate partner relationship 75 3 0.1 76 2 0.0 158 3 0.1
Victim was physically injured  
Yes 1,166 43 0.8 1,554 45 1.0 2,099 43 1.2
Minor Table 2  Note 2 957 82 0.7 1,252 81 0.8 1,692 81 1.0
Major Table 2  Note 3 123 11 0.1 205 13 0.1 316 15 0.2
Death 86 7 0.1 97 6 0.1 91 4 0.1
No 1,561 57 1.1 1,926 55 1.2 2,794 57 1.7
Unknown 175 ... not applicable 0.1 227 ... not applicable 0.1 353 ... not applicable 0.2
Clearance status  
Cleared by charge 2,177 75 1.5 2,929 79 1.9 4,047 77 2.4
Cleared otherwise 331 11 0.2 249 7 0.2 216 4 0.1
Not cleared 394 14 0.3 529 14 0.3 983 19 0.6
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