One day snapshot of women and accompanying children (number, percent) in residential facilities for victims of abuse compared to private households, by selected characteristics^{1, 2}

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Survey of Residential Facilities for Victims of Abuse.

The 2017/2018 reference period reflects the survey snapshot day of April 18, 2018, a predetermined business day meant to represent a typical day of operations for facilities across Canada.

'Aboriginal identity' refers to individuals identifying as First Nations people, Métis or Inuit.

'Non-permanent resident’ includes persons from another country who have a work or study permit or who are refugee claimants, and their family members sharing the same permit and living in Canada with them. Although every attempt has been made by the Census to enumerate non-permanent residents, there are factors (e.g., not being aware of the need to participate) which may have affected the Census estimate of this population. Previous coverage studies have indicated that the non-permanent resident population was missed at a higher proportion than the general population. For more information on coverage please refer to the Census Technical Report: Coverage, Census of Population, 2011 and the Census Technical Report: Coverage, Census of Population, 2006.

'Visible minority' refers to whether a person belongs to a visible minority group as defined by the Employment Equity Act and, if so, the visible minority group to which the person belongs. The Employment Equity Act defines visible minorities as "persons, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour".

Women and children in facilities excludes 9% of residents for which Aboriginal identity, residency status and visible minority identity were not reported.

The sum of the percentages may not equal 100% due to rounding.

Population of women aged 18 or older and children aged 0 to 17 living in private households, based on the 2016 Census of Population estimates from the long-from census questionnaire. Readers should be aware that the universe for the long-form census questionnaire is the population in private households which excludes persons in collective dwellings.

Accompanying children includes adult children (typically aged 18 or older) accompanying a parent or caregiver, such as adult children with disabilities and those who are caretakers of a parent experiencing abuse.