Table 4
Child and youth victims of violence by sex of victim and relationship to the accused, reported to a subset of police services, 2008

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Child and youth victims of violence by sex of victim and relationship to the accused, reported to a subset of police services, 2008: Part 1
Relationship of accused to victim Total Sex of victim
Female Male
  number percent number percent number percent
Total violent violations 75,333 100 36,864 100 38,469 100
Total family 15,778 21 9,482 26 6,296 16
Parent 1 9,127 12 5,074 14 4,053 11
Sibling 2 3,056 4 1,879 5 1,177 3
Extended family 3 3,034 4 2,023 5 1,011 3
Other family 4 561 1 506 1 55 0
Total friends/acquaintances 5 33,214 44 17,162 47 16,052 42
Authority figure 1,575 2 826 2 749 2
Boy/girlfriend 6 3,273 4 3,015 8 258 1
Friend 4,493 6 2,493 7 2,000 5
Acquaintance 22,904 30 10,342 28 12,562 33
Other non-family 7 969 1 486 1 483 1
Stranger 13,873 18 4,485 12 9,388 24
Unknown 8 12,468 17 5,735 16 6,733 18
Physical assaults - total 41,926 100 17,339 100 24,587 100
Total family 9,496 23 4,873 28 4,623 19
Parent 1 6,339 15 3,107 18 3,232 13
Sibling 2 1,576 4 813 5 763 3
Extended family 3 1,203 3 606 3 597 2
Other family 4 378 1 347 2 31 0
Total friends/acquaintances 5 19,519 47 8,324 48 11,195 46
Authority figure 777 2 268 2 509 2
Boy/girlfriend 6 1,996 5 1,822 11 174 1
Friend 2,468 6 1,121 6 1,347 5
Acquaintance 13,823 33 4,956 29 8,867 36
Other non-family 7 455 1 157 1 298 1
Stranger 6,001 14 1,663 10 4,338 18
Unknown 8 6,910 16 2,479 14 4,431 18
Sexual assaults - total 13,641 100 11,141 100 2,500 100
Total family 4,516 33 3,635 33 881 35
Parent 1 1,698 12 1,396 13 302 12
Sibling 2 1,213 9 921 8 292 12
Extended family 3 1,573 12 1,288 12 285 11
Other family 4 32 0 30 0 2 0
Total friends/acquaintances 5 5,754 42 4,690 42 1,064 43
Authority figure 701 5 505 5 196 8
Boy/girlfriend 6 422 3 412 4 10 0
Friend 1,083 8 845 8 238 10
Acquaintance 3,303 24 2,727 24 576 23
Other non-family 7 245 2 201 2 44 2
Stranger 1,317 10 1,118 10 199 8
Unknown 8 2,054 15 1,698 15 356 14
Child and youth victims of violence by sex of victim and relationship to the accused, reported to a subset of police services, 2008: Part 2
Relationship of accused to victim Total Sex of victim
Female Male
  number percent number percent number percent
Other violent violations - total 19,766 100 8,384 100 11,382 100
Total family 1,766 9 974 13 792 7
Parent 1 1,090 6 571 7 519 5
Sibling 2 267 1 145 2 122 1
Extended family 3 258 1 129 2 129 1
Other family 4 151 1 129 2 22 0
Total friends/acquaintances 5 7,941 42 4,148 54 3,793 34
Authority figure 97 1 53 1 44 0
Boy/girlfriend 6 855 5 781 10 74 1
Friend 942 5 527 7 415 4
Acquaintance 5,778 31 2,659 35 3,119 28
Other non-family 7 269 1 128 2 141 1
Stranger 6,555 35 1,704 22 4,851 44
Unknown 8 3,504 19 1,558 20 1,946 18
1.
Includes biological, step, foster and adoptive parents. Includes a small number of cases where age or the relationship between the accused and the victim may have been miscoded.
2.
Sibling includes biological, step, half, foster or adoptive siblings.
3.
Extended family includes all others related to victim through blood, marriage, foster care or adoption.
4.
Includes legally married, common-law, separated and divorced partners and children.
5.
For some incidents, the close friend, acquaintance or business relationship may be an accused person who is associated with the parent or another relative of the victim.
6.
Includes current or former boyfriends or girlfriends, and other intimate relationships.
7.
Includes neighbour, business relationship or criminal relationship.
8.
The identity of the accused is not known or cannot be established.
Note(s):
Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. Includes victims under 18 years of age. Excludes incidents where the age and/or sex of the victim was unknown. The Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey collected data from 155 police services, representing approximately 98% of the Canadian population in 2008.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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