Table 2.6
Victims of police-reported family violence, by province or territory, 2014 and 2015

Table 2.6
Victims of police-reported family violence, by province or territory, 2014 and 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of police-reported family violence. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), 2014, 2015 and Percent change of rate from 2014 to 2015, calculated using number, rate and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory 2014 2015 Percent change of rate from 2014 to 2015
number rate number rate percent
Newfoundland and Labrador 1,387 264 1,405 268 2
Prince Edward Island 233 161 224 154 -4
Nova Scotia 2,042 220 1,818 195 -11
New Brunswick 1,787 239 1,749 234 -2
Quebec 25,413 313 25,231 309 -1
Ontario 20,613 154 20,211 150 -3
Manitoba 4,433 359 4,668 374 4
Saskatchewan 5,305 488 5,272 480 -2
Alberta 11,884 289 12,298 294 2
British Columbia 9,817 213 10,090 217 2
Yukon 324 878 273 731 -17
Northwest Territories 828 1,886 853 1,938 3
Nunavut 923 2,559 924 2,504 -2
Canada 84,989 243 85,016 241 -0.8
Note: Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. 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 members. Victims refer to those aged 89 years and younger. Victims aged 90 years and older are excluded from analyses due to possible instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category. Excludes spousal victims under the age of 15 years. Excludes victims where the sex or the age was unknown or where the accused-victim relationship was unknown. Excludes a small number of victims in Quebec whose age was unknown but was miscoded as 0. Based on the Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Trend Database, which includes data from 99% of police services in Canada. As a result, the rates may not match totals presented elsewhere in the report.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Trend Database.
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