Table 1
Number of violent crimes by sex of victim and relationship to accused, 2008
[an error occurred while processing this directive]85-002-x[an error occurred while processing this directive]
[an error occurred while processing this directive]
Relationship of accused to victim | Total | Sex of victim | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Female | Male | |||||
number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
Total victims of intimate partner violence | 82,132 | 25 | 67,306 | 40 | 14,826 | 9 |
Total victims of dating violence
|
22,798 | 7 | 18,745 | 11 | 4,053 | 2 |
Boyfriend or girlfriend
|
9,572 | 3 | 7,981 | 5 | 1,591 | 1 |
Ex-boyfriend or girlfriend
|
13,018 | 4 | 10,635 | 6 | 2,383 | 1 |
Other intimate relationship1
|
208 | 0 | 129 | 0 | 79 | 0 |
Boyfriend, girlfriend or other intimate relationship1 - living together
|
13,202 | 4 | 10,673 | 6 | 2,529 | 2 |
Boyfriend, girlfriend or other intimate relationship1 - unknown if victim lives with accused
|
2,287 | 1 | 1,912 | 1 | 375 | 0 |
Total spousal violence
|
43,845 | 13 | 35,976 | 21 | 7,869 | 5 |
Current spouse2
|
31,465 | 9 | 25,896 | 15 | 5,569 | 3 |
Ex-spouse3
|
12,380 | 4 | 10,080 | 6 | 2,300 | 1 |
Total other family | 29,301 | 9 | 17,473 | 10 | 11,828 | 7 |
Total friends or acquaintances | 89,226 | 27 | 37,893 | 22 | 51,333 | 31 |
Stranger | 79,682 | 24 | 24,164 | 14 | 55,518 | 34 |
Unknown | 53,233 | 16 | 22,702 | 13 | 30,531 | 19 |
Total victims of violent crime | 333,574 | 100 | 169,538 | 100 | 164,036 | 100 |
1. Includes a person with whom the victim had a sexual relationship or a mutual sexual attraction but to which none of the other relationship options apply. 2. Includes legally married and common-law partners. 3. Includes separated and divorced partners. Note: Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. Excludes incidents where the sex and/or age of the victim was unknown. The 2008 data are based upon information reported by police services covering 98% of the population of Canada. Only victims aged 15 to 98 are included in this analysis. Offences include violations causing death, attempted murder, sexual assaults, assaults, robbery, criminal harassment, uttering threats and other violations involving violence or the threat of violence. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR2) Survey. |
Report a problem on this page
Is something not working? Is there information outdated? Can't find what you're looking for?
Please contact us and let us know how we can help you.
- Date modified: