Table 2.9
Victims of police-reported violent crime, by intimate and non-intimate partner relationship and province and territory, 2010

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
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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