Table 3
Women's reasons for seeking shelter, provinces and territories, April 16, 2014
Type of reason | Canada | Newfoundland and Labrador | Prince Edward Island | Nova Scotia | New Brunswick | Quebec | Ontario | Manitoba | Saskatchewan | Alberta | British Columbia | Yukon | Northwest territories | Nunavut | |
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Frequency reason cited | Percent of women residentsNote 1 | Percent of women residentsNote 1 | |||||||||||||
Abuse: | |||||||||||||||
Emotional abuse | 2,933 | 66 | 77 | 67 | 56 | 80 | 68 | 65 | 67 | 60 | 67 | 65 | 85 | 89 | 89 |
Physical abuse | 2,193 | 50 | 45 | 27 | 48 | 47 | 47 | 46 | 65 | 53 | 59 | 51 | 62 | 59 | 53 |
Financial abuse | 1,671 | 38 | 32 | 27 | 36 | 42 | 36 | 37 | 42 | 20 | 44 | 43 | 23 | 41 | 42 |
Threats | 1,593 | 36 | 40 | 33 | 40 | 51 | 35 | 33 | 37 | 34 | 33 | 43 | 31 | 44 | 68 |
Harassment | 1,183 | 27 | 38 | 40 | 31 | 33 | 28 | 24 | 26 | 21 | 27 | 30 | 31 | 19 | 63 |
Sexual abuse | 925 | 21 | 15 | 27 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 18 | 28 | 21 | 26 | 22 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 19 | 21 |
Human traffickingNote 2 | 67 | 2 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 5 | 2 | 1 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 4 | 2 | 2 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act |
Other abuse | 523 | 12 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 19 | 13 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 3 | 18 | 4 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 19 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act |
Protecting children from: | |||||||||||||||
Witnessing abuse of mother | 1,158 | 26 | 18 | 27 | 30 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 31 | 25 | 36 | 27 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 52 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act |
Psychological abuse | 784 | 18 | 17 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 21 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 18 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act |
Physical abuse | 428 | 10 | 11 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 10 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 12 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act |
Threats | 348 | 8 | 5 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 10 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act |
Neglect | 267 | 6 | 6 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 10 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 8 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act |
Sexual abuse | 72 | 2 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 4 | 1 | 1 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 2 | 2 | 2 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act |
Housing: | |||||||||||||||
Unable to find affordable housing | 1,311 | 30 | 25 | 67 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 31 | 19 | 25 | 35 | 35 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 37 | 47 |
Short-term housing problem | 767 | 17 | 15 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 11 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 16 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 19 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act |
Housing emergency | 428 | 10 | 11 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 14 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 6 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 9 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 15 | 37 |
Mental health | 1,087 | 25 | 43 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 27 | 39 | 30 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 27 | 21 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 15 | 16 |
Drug/alcohol addiction | 862 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 28 | 14 | 16 | 32 | 26 | 29 | 25 | 31 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 42 |
OtherNote 3 | 482 | 11 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 4 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act |
Unknown | 53 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable |
Total reasons for admission | 19,135 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable |
... not applicable x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
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