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This is the twelfth annual Family Violence in Canada report produced by the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics under the Federal Family Violence Initiative. This annual report provides the most current data on the nature and extent of family violence in Canada, as well as trends over time, as part of the ongoing initiative to inform policy makers and the public about family violence issues.

Each year the report has a different focus. This year, the focus of the report is a profile of shelters that provide residential services to women and children fleeing abusive situations. Data for this profile come from the Transition Home Survey, a biennial census of residential facilities for female victims of family violence in Canada.

In addition, using police-reported data, the report also presents fact sheets, data tables and figures examining spousal violence, family violence against children and youth, family violence against seniors (aged 65 years and older), and family-related homicides.

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History note

The 1998 issue of the Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile report is general in focus. The focus of the 1999 issue is justice system responses to family violence. The focus of the 2000 issue is the incidence of spousal violence, reported by both women and men in the 1999 General Social Survey. The focus of the 2001 issue is child abuse. The focuses of the 2002 issue are impacts and consequences of family violence.

The print publication continues to be released under the same title (first issue date: 1997) as began with the 2000 issue.

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aboriginal peoples, analytical products, assaults, causes of death, child abuse, children, common-law unions, criminal harassment, drug use, elder abuse, family violence, firearms, homicides, hospitalization rates, household income, immigrants, incidents reported, international comparisons, low income, marital status, marriages, measurement, prosecutions, recidivists, risk factors, seniors, sentences (justice), separated persons, sexual assaults, shelters, social services, spousal violence, support services, suspect-victim relationship, unemployment, victimization, victims, violence, violence against women, visible minorities, wife assaults.

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