Table 5.6
Senior victims of police-reported family violence, by sex of victim and province or territory, 2015

Table 5.6
Senior victims of police-reported family violence, by sex of victim and province or territory, 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Senior victims of police-reported family violence. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Female victims, Male victims and Total victims, calculated using number, rate and number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory Female victims Male victims Total victims
number rate number rate number rate
Newfoundland and Labrador 35 70 30 68 65 69
Prince Edward Island 7 50 2 17 9 35
Nova Scotia 58 63 34 43 92 54
New Brunswick 57 78 48 75 105 77
Quebec 471 63 320 51 791 57
Ontario 625 55 378 39 1,003 48
Manitoba 88 92 66 81 154 87
Saskatchewan 75 90 68 95 143 92
Alberta 225 91 162 75 387 83
British Columbia 283 70 181 49 464 60
Yukon 2 106 5 238 7 175
Northwest Territories 17 1,144 17 1,172 34 1,158
Nunavut 9 1,370 17 2,471 26 1,933
Canada 1,952 66 1,328 52 3,280 60
Note: Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Family violence refers to violence committed by spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law partners), parents (biological, adopted, step, foster), children (biological, adopted, step, foster), siblings (biological, adopted, step, half, foster), and extended family members. Senior victims refer to those aged 65 to 89 years. Victims aged 90 years and older are excluded from analyses due to possible instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category. Excludes victims where the sex or the age was unknown or where the accused-victim relationship was unknown.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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