Table 5.8
Senior victims of police-reported physical assault by a family member, by sex of victim, Canada, 2009 to 2014

Table 5.8
Senior victims of police-reported physical assault by a family member, by sex of victim, Canada, 2009 to 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Senior victims of police-reported physical assault by a family member. The information is grouped by Year (appearing as row headers), Female victims, Male victims and Total, calculated using number and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Year Female victims Male victims Total
number rate number rate number rate
2009 997 40.6 729 36.5 1,726 38.8
2010 1,142 45.5 711 34.6 1,853 40.6
2011 1,132 44.0 729 34.2 1,861 39.6
2012 1,195 44.8 767 34.4 1,962 40.0
2013 1,164 42.1 825 35.3 1,989 39.0
2014 1,269 44.4 902 37.1 2,171 41.1
Note: Senior victims refer to those aged 65 years to 89 years old. Rate per 100,000 population of seniors (65 to 89 years). Populations based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Family violence refers to violence committed by spouses (legally married, separated, divorced and common-law partners), parents (biological, adopted, step, foster), children (biological, adopted, step, foster), siblings (biological, adopted, step, half, foster), and extended family. Excludes incidents where the victim's sex and/or age was unknown. Victims aged 90 years and older are excluded from analyses due to instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category. Based on the Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Trend Database, which represents 99% of police services in Canada.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Trend Database.
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