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Table 4
Number of victim services in Canada, the provinces and territories, by type of service, 2002/03
  Type of service
Police-based
Court-based
System-based1
Other community-based2
Sexual assault centres
Criminal injuries compensation
Other3
Total services
Canada
246
62
46
117
105
9
21
606
Newfoundland and Labrador
.
.
10
1
1
.
.
12
Prince Edward Island
.
.
2
.
1
1
.
4
Nova Scotia
24
.
5
.
1
1
.
31
New Brunswick
2
.
14
1
1
1
.
19
Québec
.
.
.
20
23
1
.
44
Ontario
9
39
.
44
59
1
10
162
Manitoba
5
2
13
1
...
1
.
22
Saskatchewan
19
3
.
6
3
1
2
34
Alberta
98
6
.
3
5
1
3
116
British Columbia
87
9
.
38
11
1
6
152
Yukon Territory
.
1
2
.
.
.
.
3
Northwest Territories
.
2
.
4
.
.
.
6
Nunavut
.
1
.
1
.
.
.
2
1. Services under this model assist victims throughout their contact with the criminal justice system from the police right through to the corrections stage. This model can be characterized as "one-stop" service delivery.
2. Includes Ontario Victim Crisis Assistance and Referral agencies, which are community-based but work directly with the police.
3. Includes 9 sexual assault/partner or domestic violence treatment centres, 11 agencies that offered combined types of services and 1 other type of agency.
Data source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Victim Services Survey, 2002/03.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2006, Measuring Violence Against Women: Statistical Trends, catalogue number 85-570-XWE2006001.