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Table 2.3
Child and youth victims of physical and sexual assault by age group of victim and relationship to accused, reported to a subset of police services, 2006

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Relationship of accused to victim Total
number		 Victim’s age group
Less
than 3		 3 to 5 6 to 8 9 to 11 12 to 14 15 to 17
rate
Total assault
Total 51,640 118 257 373 598 1,304 1,784
Family1 12,198 72 140 165 182 254 273
Friend/acquaintance2 21,788 18 62 110 230 620 808
Stranger 6,611 7 12 27 56 165 289
Unknown3 11,043 21 43 71 130 264 414
Sexual assault4
Total 12,384 26 146 166 181 305 271
Family1 4,089 17 72 74 76 82 52
Friend/acquaintance2 4,995 5 44 54 63 140 129
Stranger 1,203 1 5 8 12 35 42
Unknown3 2,097 3 25 30 30 49 48
Physical assault5
Total 39,256 92 111 206 417 999 1,513
Family1 8,109 55 68 91 106 173 221
Friend/acquaintance2 16,793 13 18 56 166 480 679
Stranger 5,408 6 7 19 44 131 247
Unknown3 8,946 18 18 41 100 216 366
1. Includes spouse, ex-spouse, parent, sibling and extended family.
2. Includes any relationship in which the accused and the victim are familiar with each other, but are not related, or in a legal guardianship relationship.
3. Includes cases where the relationship between the victim and the accused is unknown.
4. Sexual assault includes sexual assault (level 1), sexual assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (level 2), aggravated sexual assault (level 3) and the 'other sexual crimes'category which includes sexual interference, sexual touching, sexual exploitation, incest, etc.
5. Physical assault includes common assault (level 1), assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (level 2), aggravated assault (level 3), unlawfully causing bodily harm,discharge firearm with intent, criminal negligence causing bodily harm and other assaults.
Notes: Children and youth include all those under the age of 18. Excludes incidents where the sex and/or age of the victim was unknown. Data are not nationally representative.The Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR2) Survey collected data from 149 police services representing approximately 90% of the population of Canada in 2006.Hamilton Police Service is excluded from the analysis due to data quality of the relationship variable. Rate per 100,000 population for the geographic areas policed by the UCR2 respondents, based on populations provided by Demography Division, Statistics Canada.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR2) Survey.
Date Modified: 2009-08-21

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