Table 5
Child and youth victims of police-reported sexual offences, by accused-victim relationship 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 Accused-victim relationship (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 percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Accused-victim relationship 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 percent number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent
Intimate partnerNote 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 627 10 204 8 841 6
Family 378 66 1,042 62 1,786 55 1,718 28 466 19 5,390 38
ParentNote 2 210 37 398 24 577 18 697 11 231 10 2,113 15
Other immediate familyNote 3 70 12 279 17 535 17 389 6 90 4 1,363 10
Extended familyNote 4 98 17 365 22 674 21 632 10 145 6 1,914 14
Acquaintance 174 30 556 33 1,161 36 3,007 49 1,273 53 6,171 44
Friend 25 4 118 7 243 8 635 10 226 9 1,247 9
Casual acquaintance 78 14 248 15 569 18 1,913 31 812 34 3,620 26
Authority figureNote 5 60 10 113 7 236 7 310 5 144 6 863 6
Other acquaintanceNote 6 11 2 77 5 113 3 149 2 91 4 441 3
Stranger 23 4 88 5 284 9 769 13 458 19 1,622 12
Unknown 5 ... 12 ... 24 ... 0 ... 0 ... 41 ...
Total 580 100 1,698 100 3,255 100 6,121 100 2,401 100 14,055 100
... not applicable
Note 1.

Includes current and former boyfriends and girlfriends, legally married and common-law partners, and other intimate relationships.

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Note 2.

Includes step-parents.

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Note 3.

Includes step, half, foster, and adopted siblings.

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Note 4.

Includes all others (e.g., grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, in-laws) related or formerly related to the victim by blood, marriage, adoption, or foster.

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Note 5.

Includes persons who are in a position of trust or authority and are not family members (e.g., teachers, doctors, priests, counsellors, etc.).

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Note 6.

Includes all other non-stranger relationships, such as business or criminal relationships or neighbours.

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Note: Percent calculations exclude unknown relationships. The sexual offences in this table include aggravated sexual assault (level 3), sexual assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (level 2), sexual assault (level 1), sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, sexual exploitation, sexual exploitation of a person with a disability, incest, corrupting children, making sexually explicit material available to children, luring a child via a computer, anal intercourse, bestiality (commit/compel/incite), and voyeurism. Includes victims under the age of 18 only. 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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