Chart 1
Rate of women in shelters for reasons of abuse, by province, April 15, 2010

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Rate of women in shelters for reasons of abuse, by province, April 15, 2010
Note(s):  Rates are not shown for the territories due to the variation between provincial and territorial rates. On April 15, 2010, there were 221 women residing in shelters primarily because of abuse for every 100,000 women in the Northwest Territories, and 297 for every 100,000 women in Nunavut. In order to comply with the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act, a rate for Yukon is not calculated.
Source(s):  Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Transition Home Survey.
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