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Table 8
Annual number of women and children using shelters in the provinces and territories, by fiscal year
 
1992/1993
1994/1995
1997/1998
1999/2000
2001/2002
2003/20041
Newfoundland and Labrador
Women
660
349
669
745
693
650
Children
577
271
426
501
469
434
Prince Edward Island
Women
130
165
93
107
113
98
Children
171
188
127
144
119
76
Nova Scotia
Women
1,082
1,503
1,509
912
1,117
1,058
Children
1,286
1,241
1,169
805
780
745
New Brunswick
Women
1,117
737
1,292
1,038
1,224
1,012
Children
1,118
681
1,208
840
907
744
Quebec2
Women
13,554
8,245
9,232
10,012
14,379
9,207
Children
5,887
6,057
7,262
6,830
6,769
5,773
Ontario
Women
14,255
16,127
15,257
17,125
18,066
17,226
Children
14,128
13,790
13,455
12,685
16,522
11,565
Manitoba
Women
2,444
2,594
2,336
1,916
2,911
2,441
Children
2,884
2,648
3,324
2,451
3,654
2,511
Saskatchewan
Women
1,444
1,116
1,662
1,448
2,088
1,926
Children
1,824
1,661
2,430
2,016
2,484
2,060
Alberta
Women
4,484
5,250
4,128
7,562
5,086
7,729
Children
6,189
6,232
4,645
5,680
5,556
5,978
British Columbia
Women
5,486
7,653
9,158
8,230
9,168
9,666
Children
4,998
7,002
7,546
5,933
6,741
5,833
Yukon Territory
Women
258
320
330
425
417
388
Children
249
312
272
370
337
219
Northwest Territories3
Women
863
457
796
506
397
354
Children
1,216
660
966
448
633
368
Nunavut4
Women
.
.
.
437
242
372
Children
.
.
.
474
376
534
1. Precise reporting period may vary. Shelters were asked to provide information for the 12-month period ending March 31, 2004 or their own 12-month fiscal period. Because the number and type of shelters participating in each cycle of the Transition Home Survey may vary, comparisons of admissions from 2003/04 with results from previous survey cycles are not advisable.
2. Admissions for shelters in Quebec for 2003/04 are not comparable with admission figures from previous cycles of the survey due to changes in the administrative counting practices of certain shelters in that province.
3. The Northwest Territories included the territory now known as Nunavut until 1999. Data for 1999/00, 2001/02 and 2003/04 do not include Nunavut.
4. Prior to 1999/00, the territory now known as Nunavut was part of the Northwest Territories.
Note: As a small number of shelters do not respond to the Transition Home Survey each survey year, these figures represent an underestimate of the number of admissions.
Data source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Transition Home Survey.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2006, Measuring Violence Against Women: Statistical Trends, catalogue number 85-570-XWE2006001.