Table 1
Child and youth victims of police-reported sexual offences, by type of offence and age group of victim, Canada, 2012
| Number – 0 to 3 years | Rate1 – 0 to 3 years | Number – 4 to 6 years | Rate1 – 4 to 6 years | Number – 7 to 11 years | Rate1 – 7 to 11 years | Number – 12 to 15 years | Rate1 – 12 to 15 years | Number – 16 to 17 years | Rate1 – 16 to 17 years | Number – 0 to 17 years | Rate1 – 0 to 17 years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total, all sexual offences | 580 | 38 | 1 698 | 150 | 3 255 | 179 | 6 121 | 399 | 2 401 | 283 | 14 055 | 204.8 |
| Aggravated sexual assault (level 3) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 0.3 |
| Sexual assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (level 2) | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 55 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 109 | 1.6 |
| Sexual assault (level 1) | 401 | 26 | 1 211 | 107 | 2 201 | 121 | 4 216 | 275 | 2 130 | 251 | 10 159 | 148.0 |
| Sexual violations against children | 174 | 11 | 480 | 42 | 1 039 | 57 | 1 845 | 120 | 229 | 27 | 3 767 | 54.9 |
| Sexual interference | 147 | 10 | 385 | 34 | 728 | 40 | 1 173 | 76 | … | … | 2 433 | 35.5 |
| Invitation to sexual touching | 15 | 1 | 57 | 5 | 174 | 10 | 283 | 18 | … | … | 529 | 7.7 |
| Sexual exploitation | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | … | 95 | 11 | 95 | 1.4 |
| Sexual exploitation of a person with a disability | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0.1 |
| Incest | 8 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 67 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 158 | 2.3 |
| Corrupting children | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 0.6 |
| Making sexually explicit material available to children | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0.1 |
| Luring a child via a computer / agreement or arrangement | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 3 | 246 | 16 | 60 | 7 | 364 | 5.3 |
| Anal intercourse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0.1 |
| Bestiality (commit/compel/incite) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Voyeurism | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 55 | 4 | 39 | 5 | 123 | 1.8 |
| Total, violent offences | 2 458 | 161 | 3 649 | 322 | 10 273 | 564 | 28 201 | 1 839 | 21 096 | 2 487 | 65 677 | 957.0 |
| All other violent offences | 1 878 | 123 | 1 951 | 172 | 7 018 | 385 | 22 080 | 1 440 | 18 695 | 2 204 | 51 622 | 752.2 |
…
not applicable
Note(s):
Excludes a small number of victims in Quebec whose age was unknown but miscoded as 0.
Table note 1
Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 child and youth population. Populations based upon July 1st estimates.
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