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| 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. | |||||