Table 3
Female victims of violent crime, by relationship of the accused to the victim, 2015

Table 3
Female victims of violent crime, by relationship of the accused to the victim, 2015
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), Current / former spouse, Intimate Relationship, Other family, Acquaintance, Stranger and Total , calculated using number, percent and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of violent crime Current / former spouseTable 3 Note 5 Intimate RelationshipTable 3 Note 6 Other familyTable 3 Note 7 AcquaintanceTable 3 Note 8 Stranger Total
number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent number percent
Homicide 53 36.1 17 11.6 42 28.6 26 17.7 9 6.1 147 100.0
Attempted murder 45 23.3 29 15.0 44 22.8 28 14.5 47 24.4 193 100.0
Other violations causing death 1 2.8 1 2.8 7 19.4 10 27.8 17 47.2 36 100.0
Sexual Assaults - all levels 923 5.0 1,991 10.7 3,549 19.1 8,235 44.3 3,904 21.0 18,602 100.0
Other sexual violationsTable 3 Note 1 26 0.6 408 9.6 1,378 32.5 1,631 38.5 795 18.8 4,238 100.0
Assault - level 3 - aggravated 167 18.7 348 38.9 103 11.5 177 19.8 99 11.1 894 100.0
Assault - level 2 - weapon or bodily harm 3,575 20.1 4,808 27.1 2,838 16.0 4,152 23.4 2,369 13.4 17,742 100.0
Assault - level 1 - common assault 20,426 24.2 24,613 29.2 13,594 16.1 18,368 21.8 7,419 8.8 84,420 100.0
Other types of assaultsTable 3 Note 2 110 4.9 153 6.8 71 3.1 664 29.4 1,257 55.7 2,255 100.0
Forcible confinement, kidnapping or abductionTable 3 Note 3 916 28.1 1,373 42.1 259 7.9 372 11.4 345 10.6 3,265 100.0
Robbery 69 1.1 217 3.5 65 1.0 650 10.5 5,216 83.9 6,217 100.0
Extortion 39 5.4 149 20.5 49 6.7 234 32.2 255 35.1 726 100.0
Criminal harassment 2,203 21.5 3,025 29.5 598 5.8 3,361 32.8 1,053 10.3 10,240 100.0
Threatening or harassing phone calls 344 9.4 895 24.5 296 8.1 1,302 35.6 818 22.4 3,655 100.0
Uttering threats 2,910 14.3 2,960 14.5 3,093 15.2 8,475 41.5 2,960 14.5 20,398 100.0
Commodification of sexual activity 0 0.0 1 9.1 0 0.0 10 90.9 0 0.0 11 100.0
Other violent Criminal Code violationsTable 3 Note 4 152 11.1 149 10.9 186 13.6 543 39.8 335 24.5 1,365 100.0
Total 31,959 18.3 41,137 23.6 26,172 15.0 48,238 27.7 26,898 15.4 174,404 100.0
Note 1

Other sexual violations include primarily sexual offences against children (i.e., sexual interference; invitation to sexual touching; sexual exploitation; parent/guardian procuring sexual activity; householder permitting sexual activity; etc.). However, some "other sexual offences" involve adults as victims (i.e., voyeurism, bestiality and incest).

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Note 2

Includes assaults against peace officers; unlawfully causing bodily harm; criminal negligence causing bodily harm; and other assaults.

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Note 3

Includes forcible confinement; kidnapping; abduction under 14, not by a parent/guardian; abduction under 16; removal of children from Canada; abduction under 14 contravening a custody order; abduction under 14, by a parent/guardian.

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Note 4

Includes firearms violations and non-consensual distribution of intimate images. The offence of non-consensual distribution of intimate images came into effect in March 2015.

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Note 5

Includes common-law relationships. Victims under the age of 15 were excluded for data quality reasons.

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Note 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.

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Note 7

Includes siblings and all others related by blood, marriage (including common-law), adoption or foster care.

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Note 8

Includes friends; neighbours; authority figures; business relationships; as well as criminal relationships (such as prostitutes, drug dealers and their clients).

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Note: Excludes incidents where the relationship between the victim and the accused, the sex and/or the age of victim was unknown.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2015.
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