Table 2.4
Victims of police-reported violent crime, by intimate and non-intimate partners, type of offence and sex of victim, Canada, 2010

Table 2.4
Victims of police-reported violent crime, by intimate and non-intimate partners, type of offence and sex of victim, Canada, 2010
Type of offence Victims of intimate partner violenceNote 1
Female victims Male victims Total
number percent number percent number percent
Homicide/attempts 146 0.2 53 0.3 199 0.2
Sexual assaultNote 3 2,309 3 60 0 2,369 2
Physical assault 57,989 71 16,304 79 74,293 72
Major assault (levels 2 and 3)Note 4 8,506 10 3,809 19 12,315 12
Common assault (level 1)Note 5 46,685 57 11,764 57 58,449 57
Other assaultsNote 6 2,798 3 731 4 3,529 3
Criminal harassment 7,075 9 1,057 5 8,132 8
Indecent/harassing phone calls 4,022 5 1,316 6 5,338 5
Uttering threats 7,820 10 1,580 8 9,400 9
Robbery 257 0 49 0 306 0
Other violent offencesNote 7 2,550 3 126 1 2,676 3
Total offences 82,168 100 20,545 100 102,713 100
Type of offence Victims of non-intimate partner violenceNote 2
Female victims Male victims Total
number percent number percent number percent
Homicide/attempts 184 0.2 746 0.4 930 0.3
Sexual assaultNote 3 19,056 16 3,586 2 22,642 8
Physical assault 57,241 47 108,475 64 165,716 57
Major assault (levels 2 and 3)Note 4 10,177 8 30,667 18 40,844 14
Common assault (level 1)Note 5 43,506 36 66,471 39 109,977 38
Other assaultsNote 6 3,558 3 11,337 7 14,895 5
Criminal harassment 7,431 6 3,545 2 10,976 4
Indecent/harassing phone calls 8,720 7 4,334 3 13,054 4
Uttering threats 18,752 15 28,116 17 46,868 16
Robbery 7,930 7 18,842 11 26,772 9
Other violent offencesNote 7 2,295 2 2,507 1 4,802 2
Total offences 121,609 100 170,151 100 291,760 100
1. Intimate partner violence refers to violence committed by legally married, separated, divorced, common-law partners, dating partners (current and previous) and other intimate partners. The intimate partner category is based on victims aged 15 to 89.
2. Non-intimate partner violence refers to violence committed by other family members (parent, child, sibling, and extended family), friends, acquaintances, business relationships, criminal relationships, authority figures, and strangers. The non-intimate partner category is based on victims aged 0 to 89.
3. Includes sexual assault, classified as one of three levels according to the seriousness of the incidents. Level 1 sexual assault is the category of least physical injury to the victim; level 2 includes sexual assault with a weapon, threats to use a weapon, or causing bodily harm; and level 3 includes aggravated sexual assault which wounds, maims, disfigures, or endangers the life of the victim. Also includes other sexual crimes such as sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, sexual exploitation, incest, corrupting children, luring a child via a computer, and voyeurism.
4. Level 2 assault is defined as assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm and level 3 assault is defined as assault that wounds, maims, disfigures or endangers the life of the victim.
5. Level 1 assault is the least serious form of assault and includes pushing, slapping, punching and face-to-face verbal threats.
6. Other assaults include unlawfully causing bodily harm, discharge firearm with intent, assault against peace-public officer, and other assaults.
7. Includes abduction, kidnapping, hostage-taking, arson and other violent violations.
Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. Excludes incidents where the sex and/or age of victim was unknown and where the relationship between the victim and the accused was unknown.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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