Table 2.5
Victims of police-reported violent crime, by intimate and non-intimate partners and most serious weapon present, Canada, 2010

Table 2.5
Victims of police-reported violent crime, by intimate and non-intimate partners and most serious weapon present, Canada, 2010
Type of weapon Victims of spousal violence Victims of dating violence Victims of intimate partner violenceNote 1 Victims of non-intimate partner violenceNote 2
number percent number percent number percent number percent
No weaponNote 3 7,809 17 11,717 22 19,526 20 62,806 23
Physical force 32,646 70 34,684 66 67,330 68 158,171 57
Weapons 6,054 13 5,902 11 11,956 12 55,350 20
Firearm    299 1    265 1 564 1 7,592 3
KnifeNote 4    2,028 4    1,937 4 3,965 4 17,784 6
Club/blunt instrument    1,045 2    699 1 1,744 2 8,639 3
Other weaponNote 5    2,682 6    3,001 6 5,683 6 21,335 8
Unknown 2,147 Note …: not applicable 1,754 Note …: not applicable 3,901 Note …: not applicable 15,433 Note …: not applicable
Total 48,656 100 54,057 100 102,713 100 291,760 100
... not applicable
1. Intimate partner violence refers to violence committed by legally married, separated, divorced, and common-law, 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 threats that are construed to imply that death or injury is possible.
4. Knife includes other piercing/cutting instrument, such as a hatchet, razor blade or arrow.
5. Includes other types of weapons such as explosives, fire, motor vehicles, or poison.
Note: Excludes incidents where the sex and/or age of victim was unknown and where the relationship between the victim and the accused was unknown. Unknown weapons are excluded in the calculation of percentages. Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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