Table 3.5
Victims of police-reported violent crime by type of intimate partner and most serious weapon present, Canada, 2011

Table 3.5 Victims of police-reported violent crime by type of intimate partner and most serious weapon present, Canada, 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of table 3.5 victims of police-reported violent crime by type of intimate partner and most serious weapon present. The information is grouped by type of weapon (appearing as row headers), victims of spousal violence, victims of dating violence and total victims of intimate partner violence, calculated using number , percent and number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of weapon Victims of spousal violence Victims of dating violence Total victims of intimate partner violenceNote 1
number percent number percent number percent
No weaponNote 2 6,817 16 9,085 18 15,902 17
Physical force 30,614 70 34,095 69 64,709 70
Weapons 6,181 14 6,242 13 12,423 13
Firearm
 301 1 275 1 576 1
KnifeNote 3
 1,863 4 1,891 4 3,754 4
Club/blunt instrument
 1,079 2 724 1 1,803 2
Other weaponNote 4
 2,938 7 3,352 7 6,290 7
Unknown 2,805 Note ...: not applicable 1,612 Note ...: not applicable 4,417 Note ...: not applicable
Total 46,417 100 51,034 100 97,451 100
... not applicable
Note 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. Victims aged 90 years and older are excluded from analyses due to instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category.

Note 2.

Includes threats that are construed to imply that death or injury is possible.

Note 3.

Knife includes other piecing/cutting instrument, such as a hatchet, razor blade or arrow.

Note 4.

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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