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Table 1.7
Victims of criminal harassment by sex of victim and relationship to accused, reported to a subset of police services, 2006

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Relationship of accused to victim Total Sex of victim
Female Male
number percent number percent number percent
Total victims of criminal harassment 15,963 100 12,064 100 3,899 100
Total family 3,730 23 3,149 26 581 15
Total spouse 3,053 19 2,705 22 348 9
Current spouse1 297 2 286 2 11 0
Ex-spouse2 2,756 17 2,419 20 337 9
Total other family 677 4 444 4 233 6
Parent3 181 1 119 1 62 2
Child 105 1 73 1 32 1
Sibling4 181 1 115 1 66 2
Extended family5 210 1 137 1 73 2
Total friends/acquaintances 7,677 48 5,620 47 2,057 53
Boyfriend/girlfriend 333 2 295 2 38 1
Ex-boyfriend/girlfriend 2,591 16 2,281 19 310 8
Close friend 419 3 315 3 104 3
Business relationship 788 5 477 4 311 8
Casual acquaintance 3,452 22 2,193 18 1,259 32
Criminal relationship 32 0 19 0 13 0
Authority figure 62 0 40 0 22 1
Stranger 1,466 9 1,014 8 452 12
Unknown6 3,090 19 2,281 19 809 21
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
1. Current spouse includes legally married and common-law partners.
2. Ex-spouse includes separated and divorced partners.
3. Includes some cases where age or the relationship to the accused may have been miscoded.
4. Sibling includes natural, step, half, foster or adopted brother or sister.
5. Extended family includes others related to the victim either by blood or marriage, e.g., aunts, uncles, cousins and in-laws.
6. Unknown includes cases where the relationship of the accused to the victim is unknown.
Notes: Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. Excludes incidents where the sex and/or age of the victim was unknown. Data are not nationally representative. Based on data from 149 police services representing approximately 90% of the population of Canada in 2006. Hamilton Police Service is excluded from the analysis due to data quality of the relationship variable. Current spouse and ex-spouse categories include victims aged 15 to 98.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR2) Survey.
Date Modified: 2009-08-21

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