Transition Home Survey

Yukon

The 1999-2000 Transition Home Survey is conducted on a biennial basis as part of the federal government’s Family Violence Initiative. The questionnaire was sent to 508 shelters in Canada known to be providing residential services for women victims of abuse and their children. Responses were received from 467 shelters (92%).

The questionnaire was sent to 6 facilities in Yukon and responses were received from 83% of the shelters.

• There were 795 admissions of women and dependent children reported from April 1, 1999 to March 31, 2000.¹

• In a snapshot taken on April 17, 2000, there were 30 residents in shelters in Yukon: half were women and half were dependent children.

• 14 women residing in shelters on April 17, 2000 were victims of abuse. Of those admitted for abuse, 10 were fleeing physical abuse and 3 were fleeing from psychological abuse.

• 7 of the women escaping abusive situations were admitted with their children; 10 of these children were under 10 years of age.

• 12 of the abused women indicated that their spouse or partner was the abuser.

• On April 17, 2000, 5 shelters reported that they had received 66 requests for various services (housing, non-housing and other) from non-residents and ex-residents.

A Profile of Shelters, 1999-2000

• All shelters offered the following in-house services to women residents: crisis telephone line, advocacy and group counselling.

• All facilities also provided in-house services to women who are non-residents in need of assistance. These services included a crisis telephone line and group counselling. In-house services available to women ex-residents included a crisis telephone line (5) and group counselling (5), individual short-term counselling (4), advocacy (4), legal services (4), and culturally sensitive services for Aboriginal women (3).

• In-house services offered to resident children included outdoor recreational spaces (4), group counselling (4) programs for child witnesses or victims of abuse (4) and indoor recreational spaces (3).

• A majority (4) of reporting facilities are completely or partially wheelchair accessible.

• Facilities reported providing an average of 22 outreach² hours per week.

For further information, please contact the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics at (613) 951-9023, toll-free at 1 800 387-2231 or e-mail: ccjsccsj@statcan.gc.ca.