Table 2.9
Victims of police-reported violent crime, by intimate and non-intimate partner relationship and province and territory, 2010
Province and territory | Victims of intimate partner violenceNote 1 | Victims of non-intimate partner violenceNote 2 | ||
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number | rateNote 3 | number | rateNote 3 | |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 1,806 | 418 | 4,775 | 942 |
Prince Edward Island | 414 | 348 | 1,147 | 812 |
Nova Scotia | 3,209 | 403 | 9,935 | 1,063 |
New Brunswick | 2,801 | 443 | 7,517 | 1,007 |
Quebec | 19,797 | 299 | 57,861 | 740 |
Ontario | 28,850 | 264 | 86,914 | 669 |
Manitoba | 5,965 | 601 | 17,270 | 1,454 |
Saskatchewan | 7,036 | 841 | 17,840 | 1,760 |
Alberta | 14,054 | 465 | 35,555 | 959 |
British Columbia | 16,259 | 427 | 47,336 | 1,054 |
Yukon | 343 | 1,201 | 1,004 | 2,914 |
Northwest Territories | 988 | 2,877 | 2,519 | 5,765 |
Nunavut | 1,191 | 5,319 | 2,087 | 6,286 |
Canada | 102,713 | 363 | 291,760 | 867 |
1. Intimate partner violence refers to violence committed by legally married, separated, divorced, opposite and same sex common-law, dating partners (current and previous) and other intimate partners. Intimate partner category includes 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. Non-intimate partner category is based on victims aged 0 to 89. 3. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Note: Excludes incidents where the sex and/or age of the victim was unknown and where the relationship of the victim and accused was unknown. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. |
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