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Table 5.1
Senior victims of police-reported violent crime, by sex of victim and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2015 Table 5.1
Senior victims of police-reported violent crime, by sex of victim and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2015

Table 5.1
Senior victims of police-reported violent crime, by sex of victim and relationship of accused to victim, Canada, 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Senior victims of police-reported violent crime. The information is grouped by Relationship of accused to victim (appearing as row headers), Female victims, Male victims and Total victims, calculated using number, percent and rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Relationship of accused to victim	Female victims			Male victims			Total victims
Relationship of accused to victim	number	percent	rate	number	percent	rate	number	percent	rate
Total family	1,952	43	66	1,328	25	52	3,280	33	60
Grown child^{Table 5.1 Note 1}	536	12	18	446	8	18	982	10	18
Spouse^{Table 5.1 Note 2}	636	14	22	271	5	11	907	9	17
Sibling^{Table 5.1 Note 3}	242	5	8	160	3	6	402	4	7
Extended family^{Table 5.1 Note 4}	538	12	18	451	8	18	989	10	18
Total friends, acquaintances, other	1,672	37	57	2,422	45	96	4,094	41	75
Casual acquaintance^{Table 5.1 Note 5}	888	20	30	1,187	22	47	2,075	21	38
Neighbour	365	8	12	563	10	22	928	9	17
Business relationship	141	3	5	329	6	13	470	5	9
Dating partner^{Table 5.1 Note 6}	139	3	5	122	2	5	261	3	5
Friend^{Table 5.1 Note 7}	139	3	5	221	4	9	360	4	7
Stranger	924	20	31	1,620	30	64	2,544	26	46
Unknown	1	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	4	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	5	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Total violence against seniors	4,549	100	154	5,374	100	212	9,923	100	181
... not applicable Note 1. Includes biological, step, adoptive and foster children. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2. Includes current and former legally married and common-law spouses. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3. Includes biological, step, adoptive and foster brothers and sisters. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4. Includes all other family members related by blood, marriage or adoption. Examples include grandchildren, uncles, aunts, cousins and in-laws. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5. Includes criminal relationships, authority figures, and reverse authority figures. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6. Includes girlfriend/boyfriend (current and previous) and other intimate partners. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7. Includes roommates, which was added as a relationship category beginning in 2013. Return to note 7 referrer Note: Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Senior victims refer to those aged 65 to 89 years. 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. Percentages have been calculated excluding victims where the accused-victim relationship was unknown. Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.

Date modified:: 2017-02-16