Table 3.8
Victims of police-reported intimate partner violence for selected violent violations, by sex of victim and type of violation, Canada, 2009 to 2016

Table 3.8
Victims of police-reported intimate partner violence for selected violent violations, by sex of victim and type of violation, Canada, 2009 to 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Victims of police-reported intimate partner violence for selected violent violations. The information is grouped by Type of violation (appearing as row headers), 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and Percent change of rate from 2011 to 2016, calculated using rate, number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of violation 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Percent change of rate from 2011 to 2016
rate number rate number rate percent
Female victims 419 409 408 395 374 365 55,930 374 56,437 373 -9
Attempted murderTable 3.8 Note 1 1 1 1 0.5 1 0.5 74 0.5 83 1 -3
Physical assault 404 393 392 378 358 348 53,172 356 53,395 353 -10
Common assault (level 1) 344 333 330 318 301 292 44,402 297 44,357 293 -11
Major assault (levels 2 and 3) 60 61 61 60 57 56 8,770 59 9,038 60 -3
Sexual assault 14 15 16 17 16 17 2,684 18 2,959 20 25
Sexual assault (level 1) 13 15 15 16 15 16 2,559 17 2,825 19 26
Sexual assault (levels 2 and 3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 125 1 134 1 3
Male victims 116 115 116 116 112 112 16,682 114 17,110 116 -0.3
Attempted murderTable 3.8 Note 1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 28 0.2 37 0.3 13
Physical assault 115 114 115 116 111 111 16,579 113 17,000 115 -0.4
Common assault (level 1) 87 86 87 89 85 84 12,648 86 12,760 86 -1
Major assault (levels 2 and 3) 28 28 28 27 27 27 3,931 27 4,240 29 2
Sexual assault 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 75 1 73 0.5 15
Sexual assault (level 1) 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 59 0.4 57 0.4 19
Sexual assault (levels 2 and 3) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0 0.1 16 0.1 16 0.1 1
Total victims 269 264 264 257 245 240 72,612 245 73,547 246 -7
Attempted murderTable 3.8 Note 1 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 102 0.3 120 0.4 1
Physical assault 261 255 255 248 236 231 69,751 236 70,395 235 -8
Common assault (level 1) 217 211 210 204 194 189 57,050 193 57,117 191 -9
Major assault (levels 2 and 3) 44 45 45 44 42 42 12,701 43 13,278 44 -1
Sexual assault 7 8 8 9 8 9 2,759 9 3,032 10 24
Sexual assault (level 1) 7 7 8 8 8 8 2,618 9 2,882 10 25
Sexual assault (levels 2 and 3) 1 1 0.5 0.5 1 0.4 141 0.5 150 1 3
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Attempted murder includes conspiracy to commit murder.

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Note: Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population aged 15 and older. Populations based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Intimate partner violence refers to violence committed by legally married, separated or divorced spouses, common-law partners (current and former), dating partners (current and former) and other intimate partners. Victims refer to those aged 15 to 89. Victims aged 90 years and older are excluded from analyses due to possible instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category. Excludes victims where the sex or the age was unknown or where the accused-victim relationship was unknown. Based on the Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, Trend Database, which includes data from 99% of police services in Canada. As a result, numbers may not match those 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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