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Table 2.5
Child and youth victims by age group of victim and type of assault by family members, reported to a subset of police services, 2006

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Relationship of accused to victim Total Victim’s age group
Less than 3 3 to 5 6 to 8 9 to 11 12 to 14 15 to 17
number rate rate
Total assault
Total family 12,198 187 72 140 165 182 254 273
Parent1 7,006 107 59 87 97 102 152 132
Sibling2 2,522 39 5 23 34 43 55 62
Extended family3 2,330 36 8 30 34 38 45 53
Spouse/ex-spouse4 340 5 0 0 0 0 2 25
Sexual assault5
Total family 4,089 63 17 72 74 76 82 52
Parent1 1,568 24 11 31 23 24 33 21
Sibling2 1,141 17 2 17 24 27 22 12
Extended family3 1,356 21 3 24 27 25 26 18
Spouse/ex-spouse4 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Physical assault6
Total family 8,109 124 55 68 91 106 173 221
Parent1 5,438 83 48 56 75 78 118 111
Sibling2 1,381 21 3 6 10 16 33 50
Extended family3 974 15 4 5 7 12 19 35
Spouse/ex-spouse4 316 5 0 0 0 0 2 24
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
1. Includes a small number of cases where age or the relationship between the accused and the victim may have been miscoded.
2. Sibling includes natural, step, half, foster or adopted siblings.
3. Extended family includes others related by blood, marriage, adoption or foster care.
4. Spouse includes legally married and common-law partners and ex-spouses. Population counts by marital status are not available for this geographic level.
5. 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.
6. 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 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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