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Table 2.2
Child and youth victims of physical and sexual assault 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 rate number rate number rate
Total assault
Total 51,640 792 26,298 827 25,342 759
Family1 12,198 187 7,489 235 4,709 141
Friend/acquaintance2 21,788 334 11,028 347 10,760 322
Stranger 6,611 101 2,523 79 4,088 122
Unknown3 11,043 169 5,258 165 5,785 173
Sexual assault 4
Total 12,384 190 10,011 315 2,373 71
Family1 4,089 63 3,257 102 832 25
Friend/acquaintance2 4,995 77 4,036 127 959 29
Stranger 1,203 18 1,035 33 168 5
Unknown3 2,097 32 1,683 53 414 12
Physical assault5
Total 39,256 602 16,287 512 22,969 688
Family1 8,109 124 4,232 133 3,877 116
Friend/acquaintance2 16,793 258 6,992 220 9,801 294
Stranger 5,408 83 1,488 47 3,920 117
Unknown3 8,946 137 3,575 112 5,371 161
1. Includes spouse, ex-spouse, parent, sibling and extended family.
2. Includes any relationship in which the accused and the victim are familiar with each other, but are not related, or in a legal guardianship relationship.
3. Includes cases where the relationship between the victim and the accused is unknown.
4. Sexual assault includes sexual assault (level 1), sexual assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (level 2), aggravated sexual assault (level 3) and the 'other sexual crimes' category which includes sexual interference, sexual touching, sexual exploitation, incest, etc.
5. Physical assault includes common assault (level 1) assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (level 2), aggravated assault (level 3), unlawfully causing bodily harm, discharge firearm with intent, criminal negligence causing bodily harm and other assaults.
Notes: Children and youth include all those under the age of 18. Excludes incidents where the sex and/or age of the victim was unknown. Data are not nationally representative.The Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR2) Survey collected 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. Rate per 100,000 population for the geographic areas policed by the UCR2 respondents, based on populations provided by Demography Division, Statistics Canada.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR2) Survey.
Date Modified: 2009-08-21

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