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Table 3
Relationship types between victims of sexual assault incidents with a charge laid and their assailant, by victim group type, Canada, 2009 to 2014

Table 3
Relationship types between victims of sexual assault incidents with a charge laid and their assailant, by victim group type, Canada, 2009 to 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Relationship types between victims of sexual assault incidents with a charge laid and their assailant. The information is grouped by Victim type (appearing as row headers), Distribution of relationship types , Intimate partner, Parent, Other family, Casual acquaintance, Authority figure, Stranger, Other and Total, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Victim type	Distribution of relationship types
	Intimate partner^{Table 3 Note 1}	Parent^{Table 3 Note 2}	Other family^{Table 3 Note 3}	Casual acquaintance	Authority figure^{Table 3 Note 4}	Stranger	Other^{Table 3 Note 5}	Total
	percent
Peer age group^{Table 3 Note 6}
Male victims	8	Note ...: not applicable	25	34	3	7	22	100
Female victims	37	Note ...: not applicable	9	28	1	11	14	100
Pedophile group^{Table 3 Note 7}
Male victims	0	16	32	20	14	6	13	100
Female victims	3	24	32	19	7	5	9	100
Other victims^{Table 3 Note 8}
Male victims	4	7	18	27	13	12	19	100
Female victims	16	8	13	26	4	18	15	100
Overall
Male victims	4	8	24	26	12	9	18	100
Female victims	21	8	15	25	3	13	14	100
... not applicable Note 1 Intimate partner relationships include spouses, separated/divorced partners, boyfriend or girlfriends, ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriends, and any other intimate relationship types. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Parents include natural father or mother of the victim, the legal guardian, or step-parent of the victim. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Other family includes natural brother or sister of the victim or step/half/foster/adopted family brother or sister, child or step-child, and extended family (all others related to the victim either by blood or by marriage, e.g., grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, sister/brother-in-law, parents-in-law, etc.). Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Authority figure includes a person who is in a position of trust or authority and is not a family member. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Other relationship types include friends, business relationships, criminal relationships, neighbours, roommates, or reverse authority figures. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 Peer age group includes victims sexually assaulted by someone who was within five years of the victim's age (whether older or younger) at the time of the incident and if the accused does not meet the criteria for a pedophile. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7 Pedophile age group includes victims aged 13 years and younger who were assaulted by someone who was 16 years of age and older, and where there was an age difference of at least five years between the victim and the accused as per the clinical definition of pedophilia. Return to note 7 referrer Note 8 Other victims include those who had an age difference with their assailant that did not fall under either peer age group or pedophile group sexual assault. Return to note 8 referrer Note: Proportions are calculated out of 100% for each victim group type and sex group displayed on a horizontal row. Includes police-reported sexual assaults where a charge was laid by police on the incident, and where a single victim matched to a single accused. Excludes incidents where the sex of the victim was unknown (<1%). Proportions of 0 are not true zeros due to rounding. Numbers may not add up to totals due to rounding. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.

Date modified:: 2017-10-03