Statistics
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
http://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)
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