Table 1
Child and youth victims of police-reported sexual offences, by type of offence and age group of victim, Canada, 2012

Table summary
This table displays the results of Child and youth victims of police-reported sexual offences. The information is grouped by Offence (appearing as row headers), Age group of victim, 0 to 3 years, 4 to 6 years, 7 to 11 years, 12 to 15 years, 16 to 17 years and 0 to 17 years, calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Offence Age group of victim
0 to 3 years 4 to 6 years 7 to 11 years 12 to 15 years 16 to 17 years 0 to 17 years
number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1
Aggravated sexual assault (level 3) 3 0 2 0 3 0 5 0 7 1 20 0
Sexual assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (level 2) 2 0 5 0 12 1 55 4 35 4 109 2
Sexual assault (level 1) 401 26 1,211 107 2,201 121 4,216 275 2,130 251 10,159 148
Sexual violations against children 174 11 480 42 1,039 57 1,845 120 229 27 3,767 55
Sexual interference 147 10 385 34 728 40 1,173 76 ... ... 2,433 35
Invitation to sexual touching 15 1 57 5 174 10 283 18 ... ... 529 8
Sexual exploitation ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 95 11 95 1
Sexual exploitation of a person with a disability 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 7 0
Incest 8 1 20 2 38 2 67 4 25 3 158 2
Corrupting children 3 0 10 1 13 1 13 1 1 0 40 1
Making sexually explicit material available to children 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 1 0 9 0
Luring a child/ Agreement or arrangement 0 0 3 0 55 3 246 16 60 7 364 5
Anal intercourse 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 8 0
Bestiality (commit/compel/incite) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Voyeurism 1 0 5 0 23 1 55 4 39 5 123 2
Total, all sexual offences 580 38 1,698 150 3,255 179 6,121 399 2,401 283 14,055 205
All other violent offences 1,878 123 1,951 172 7,018 385 22,080 1,440 18,695 2,204 51,622 752
Total, violent offences 2,458 161 3,649 322 10,273 564 28,201 1,839 21,096 2,487 65,677 957
... not applicable
Note 1.

Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 child and youth population. Populations based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division.

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Note: Excludes a small number of victims in Quebec whose age was unknown but miscoded as 0.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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