Table 2
Female victims of violent crime, by relationship of the accused to the victim, 2009

Table 2
Female victims of violent crime, by relationship of the accused to the victim, 2009
 Table summary
 This table displays the results of Female victims of violent crime. The information is grouped by Type of violent crime appearing as row headers and is grouped by Current/former spouse, Intimate relationship, Other family, Acquaintance, Stranger, Total appearing as column headers, calculated using number and percentage as a unit of measure.
Type of violent crime Current/former spouse5 Intimate relationship6 Other family7 Acquaintance8 Stranger Total
number percentage number percentage number percentage number percentage number percentage number percentage
Homicide 49 38.3 17 13.3 31 24.2 17 13.3 14 10.9 128 100.0
Attempted murder 44 28.4 33 21.3 27 17.4 33 21.3 18 11.6 155 100.0
Other violations causing death 6 21.4 0 0.0 1 3.6 9 32.1 12 42.9 28 100.0
Sexual assaults - all levels 764 4.9 1,178 7.6 3,677 23.8 7,040 45.5 2,818 18.2 15,477 100.0
Other sexual violations1 8 0.3 127 5.2 938 38.7 919 37.9 433 17.9 2,425 100.0
Assault - level 3 - aggravated 187 24.7 214 28.3 110 14.5 167 22.1 79 10.4 757 100.0
Assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm 4,075 25.1 3,421 21.1 2,498 15.4 3,852 23.7 2,376 14.6 16,222 100.0
Assault - level 1 - common assault 23,655 27.7 21,746 25.4 13,441 15.7 19,204 22.5 7,459 8.7 85,505 100.0
Other assaults2 127 5.9 174 8.1 79 3.7 523 24.4 1,238 57.8 2,141 100.0
Forcible confinement, kidnapping or abduction3 1,058 30.0 1,273 36.1 282 8.0 423 12.0 495 14.0 3,531 100.0
Robbery 102 1.4 125 1.7 74 1.0 637 8.6 6,483 87.4 7,421 100.0
Extortion 29 7.7 40 10.6 27 7.2 143 37.9 138 36.6 377 100.0
Criminal harassment 2,723 22.2 3,552 29.0 600 4.9 4,075 33.3 1,302 10.6 12,252 100.0
Threatening or harassing phone calls 834 9.2 1,936 21.5 596 6.6 3,213 35.6 2,445 27.1 9,024 100.0
Uttering threats 3,912 16.3 3,288 13.7 3,354 13.9 10,284 42.7 3,222 13.4 24,060 100.0
Other violent Criminal Code violations4 114 11.6 72 7.3 143 14.6 366 37.3 285 29.1 980 100.0
Total 37,687 20.9 37,196 20.6 25,878 14.3 50,905 28.2 28,817 16.0 180,483 100.0
1. Other sexual violations primarily include sexual offences against children as well as other sexual offences involving adults.
2. Includes assaults against peace officers, unlawfully causing bodily harm, criminal negligence causing bodily harm, and other assaults.
3. Includes forcible confinement, kidnapping; abduction under 14, not parent/guardian; abduction under 16; removal of children from Canada; abduction under 14 contravening a custody order; abduction under 14, by parent/guardian.
4. Includes firearm violations. Excludes other sexual violations involving adults.
5. Includes common-law relationships.
6. Includes current and former dating relationships as well as "other intimate relationships" such as extra-marital lovers. In some cases, the victim and the accused were living together at the time of the offence.
7. Includes siblings and all others related by blood, marriage (including common-law), adoption or foster care.
8. Includes friends, neighbours, authority figures, business relationships as well as criminal relationships (such as prostitutes, drug dealers and their clients).
Notes: One incident may involve multiple violations. Counts are based upon the most serious violation against the victim. Incidents where the relationship of the accused to the victim is unknown were excluded.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Incident-Based Survey, 2009.
Date modified: