Statistics
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At Family Transition Place in 2008-2009,
  • 162 women & 103 children stayed in the emergency shelter & second stage housing
  • 973 women & 50 children received counselling, legal and transitional support
  • 6,407 students & 366 adults received violence prevention education
  • 3,982 calls on the 24 hour crisis/information line
Woman Abuse
  • Women represented 87% of victims of partner assault from 1998 to 2004.
    Statistics Canada, 2006, Measuring Violence Against Women: Statistical Trends http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/85-570-XIE/85-570-XIE2006001.pdf

  • Domestic violence cases examined from 2002 to 2005 showed the perpetrator of violence was 94% male, versus 6% female.
    Domestic Violence Death Review Committee Annual Report to the Chief Coroner 2005 http://www.mcscs.jus.gov.on.ca/English/publications/comm_safety/DVDRC_2005.pdf

  • In 2004, half of the women who reported experiencing spousal assault by a past partner indicated that the violence occurred after the couple separated.
    Statistics Canada, 2006, Measuring Violence Against Women: Statistical Trends http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/85-570-XIE/85-570-XIE2006001.pdf

  • 68% of all single mothers reported experiencing violence in previous marriages and common-law unions.
    Statistics Canada, 2006, Measuring Violence Against Women: Statistical Trends http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/85-570-XIE/85-570-XIE2006001.pdf

  • In 2003-2004, 17,226 women and 11,565 dependent children were admitted to shelters in Ontario.
    Statistics Canada, 2006, Measuring Violence Against Women: Statistical Trends www.statcan.ca/english/research/85-570-XIE/2006001/tables/table8.htm

  • The 2005 spousal homicide rate against women was five times higher than the rate against men.
    Juristat: Homicide in Canada, 2005, vol. 26, no. 6, 1 http://dsp-psd.tpsgc.gc.ca/Collection-R/Statcan/85-002-XIE/85-002-XIE2006006.pdf

  • In 2005, police reported a history of family violence among 61% of spousal homicides.
    Juristat: Homicide in Canada, 2005, vol. 26, no. 6, 8 http://dsp-psd.tpsgc.gc.ca/Collection-R/Statcan/85-002-XIE/85-002-XIE2006006.pdf

  • Between 1994 and 2003, females aged 15-to-24 had the highest rate of spousal homicide.
    Kathy AuCoin. (2005) Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile. Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Statistics Canada, 10 http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/85-224-XIE/85-224-XIE2005000.pdf

  • 56% of women who reported being stalked were stalked by current or former partners.
    Karen Hackett, 2002, "Criminal Harassment", Juristat, Vol. 20, No. 11, p. 8

  • 85% of spousal assault victims were women; 15% of the victims were men. Johnson, H. and Au Coin, K. (2003) Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile. Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Statistics Canada, 7

  • This cost to Canadian society of women abuse is estimated to exceed $4 billion annually.
    L. Greaves, O. Hankivsky, J. Kingston-Riechters, Selected Estimates of the Costs of Violence Against Women. (London, Ontario: Centre for Research on Violence against Women and Children, 1995)
Sexual Abuse
  • 86% of victims of sexual offences reported to the police in 2004 were female.
    Statistics Canada, 2006, Measuring Violence Against Women: Statistical Trends http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/85-570-XIE/85-570-XIE2006001.pdf

  • Victims of sexual offences knew the accused in 80% of cases. About 10% were assaulted by a friend; 41% were assaulted by an acquaintance; 28% were assaulted by a family member; 20% were victimized by a stranger.
    Juristat: SEXUAL OFFENCES IN CANADA, 2003, vol. 26, no. 6, 8 http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/85-002-XIE/0060385-002-XIE.pdf

Impact on Children
  • Almost 40% of women assaulted by spouses said their children witnessed the violence against them (either directly or indirectly) and in many cases the violence was severe.
    Statistics Canada, 2006, Measuring Violence Against Women: Statistical Trends http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/85-570-XIE/2006001/summary.htm

  • 394,000 spousal violence victims reported that children saw or heard this violence.
    Kathy AuCoin. (2005) Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile. Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Statistics Canada, 73 http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/85-224-XIE/85-224-XIE2005000.pdf

  • One in 12 children between the ages of 4 and 7 witnessed some form of physical violence in their homes.
    Moss K. Witnessing violence–aggression and anxiety in young children. In: How Healthy are Canadians? Supplement to health reports, 2003. Ottawa:Statistics Canada; 2003. p. 53–66