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Statistics Canada - Government of Canada
Table 5
Number and proportion of male and female spousal violence cases, by offence type1,2
  Male offenders Female offenders Total
number
percent
number
percent
number
Sexual assault
71
1
0
0
71
Major assault
1,243
10
298
31
1,541
Common assault
9,712
81
629
64
10,341
Uttering threats
712
6
37
4
749
Criminal harassment
154
1
4
0
158
Other violent offences3
33
0
8
1
41
Total
11,925
100
976
100
12,901
1. Excludes cases with multiple accused.
2. Excludes cases where the sex or age of the victim, or the sex or sentence of the offender was unknown.
3. Other violent offences include homicide, attempted homicide, robbery, and other crimes against the person.
Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
Data sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey and Adult Criminal Court Survey (linked database).
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2006, Measuring Violence Against Women: Statistical Trends, catalogue number 85-570-XWE2006001.