Table 5.2
Senior victims of police-reported family violence, by sex of victim, province and territory, 2011

Table 5.2 Senior victims of police-reported family violence, by sex of victim, province and territory, 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of table 5.2 senior victims of police-reported family violence. The information is grouped by province and territory (appearing as row headers), female victims, male victims and total , calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province and territory Female victims Male victims Total
number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1 number rateNote 1
Newfoundland and Labrador 24 58 28 77 52 67
Prince Edward Island 3 25 7 70 10 46
Nova Scotia 51 63 52 78 103 70
New Brunswick 46 72 39 73 85 73
Quebec 433 66 260 49 693 58
Ontario 569 58 313 39 882 49
Manitoba 74 84 44 62 118 74
Saskatchewan 63 81 61 93 124 86
Alberta 171 81 122 68 293 75
British Columbia 243 69 178 57 421 63
Yukon 7 507 4 250 11 369
Northwest Territories 24 2,135 13 1,020 37 1,543
Nunavut 16 3,077 11 2,103 27 2,589
Canada 1,724 67 1,132 53 2,856 61
Note 1.

Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 seniors (65 to 89 years). Populations based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division.

Note: Senior victims refer to those aged 65 to 89 years. Family violence refers to violence committed by spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law partners), children, siblings, and extended family. Excludes incidents where the victim's sex and/or age was unknown. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 seniors (65 to 89 years). Victims aged 90 years and older are excluded from analyses due to instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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