Table 2.1
Victims of police-reported violent crime, by sex of victim and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2014

Table 2.1
Victims of police-reported violent crime, by sex of victim and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of police-reported violent crime. The information is grouped by Relationship of accused to victim (appearing as row headers), Female victims, Male victims and Total, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Relationship of accused to victim Female victims Male victims Total
number percent number percent number percent
Total victims of family violence 57,835 34 27,567 18 85,402 26
Total spouses 32,205 19 8,645 6 40,850 13
Current spouseNote 1 23,334 14 6,284 4 29,618 9
Ex-spouseNote 2 8,871 5 2,361 2 11,232 3
Other immediate or extended family member 25,630 15 18,922 12 44,552 14
ParentNote 3 8,540 5 6,601 4 15,141 5
ChildNote 4 5,475 3 3,262 2 8,737 3
SiblingNote 5 5,093 3 4,032 3 9,125 3
Extended family memberNote 6 6,522 4 5,027 3 11,549 4
Total victims of non-family violence 110,650 66 127,397 82 238,047 74
Dating partnersNote 7 38,233 23 10,285 7 48,518 15
Boyfriend or girlfriend 23,443 14 6,269 4 29,712 9
Ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend 13,861 8 3,505 2 17,366 5
Other intimate partner 929 1 511 0.3 1,440 0.4
Close friendNote 8 7,239 4 7,826 5 15,065 5
Business relationship 4,864 3 7,566 5 12,430 4
Casual acquaintanceNote 9 30,816 18 39,988 26 70,804 22
Criminal relationshipNote 10 326 0.2 1,722 1 2,048 1
Authority figureNote 11 3,618 2 5,317 3 8,935 3
Stranger 25,554 15 54,693 35 80,247 25
Unknown relationshipNote 12 78 Note ...: not applicable 116 Note ...: not applicable 194 Note ...: not applicable
Total victims of violent crimeNote 13 168,563 100 155,080 100 323,643 100
... not applicable
Note 1.

Includes legally married and common-law partners aged 15 years and older.

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Note 2.

Includes separated and divorced partners aged 15 years and older.

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Note 3.

Includes biological, adoptive, step and foster parent. Includes a small number of victims under 18 years of age where the relationship of the accused to the victim was miscoded as 'child' (including 'step-child') and was therefore recoded as 'parent' (including 'step-parent').

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Note 4.

Includes biological, adopted, step and foster child. Includes a small number of victims aged 65 years and older where the relationship of the accused to the victim was miscoded as 'parent' (including 'step-parent') and was therefore recoded as 'child' (including 'step-child').

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Note 5.

Includes biological, step, half, foster or adopted brother or sister.

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Note 6.

Includes all other family members related by blood, marriage (including common-law) or adoption. Examples include uncles, aunts, cousins and grandparents.

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Note 7.

Includes victims under 90 years of age, including dating partner victims under the age of 15. The counts for dating partner victims do not match the information presented in Section 3 of the report, which examines intimate partner violence for those aged 15 years and older.

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Note 8.

Includes roommates. ‘Roommates’ was added as a relationship category beginning in 2013.

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Note 9.

Includes neighbours.

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Note 10

Includes relationships with the victim based on illegal activities, such as drugs or prostitution.

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Note 11

Includes persons in a position of trust or authority who are not family members. Includes authority figures and reverse authority figures (e.g., student-to-teacher, patient-to-doctor, teen-to-youth counsellors/group home workers, prisoner-to guard). ‘Reverse authority figures’ was added as a relationship category beginning in 2013.

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Note 12

Includes incidents where the relationship between the victim and the accused was reported by police as "unknown".

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Note 13

Includes violations causing death, attempted murder, sexual assault, assault, robbery, criminal harassment, uttering threats and other violations involving violence or the threat of violence.

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Note: Percentage calculations are based on incidents where the relationship of the accused to the victim was known. Excludes incidents where the sex or age of the victim was unknown. Victims aged 90 years and older are excluded from analyses due to instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category. Excludes spousal victims under the age of 15 years. Excludes a small number of victims in Quebec whose age was unknown but was miscoded as 0. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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