Measuring Violence Against Women: Statistical Trends (2006)

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Federal/Provincial/Territorial (F/P/T) Status of Women Ministers have joined with Statistics Canada to compile this collection of statistical indicators on five major aspects of women’s experiences of violence:

• prevalence and severity,

• impact,

• risk factors,

• institutional and community-based responses, and

• victims’ use of services.

Wherever possible, comparisons are made with the violence experienced by men. This report updates the information contained in the 2002 publication Assessing Violence Against Women: A Statistical Profile and includes important new information in a number of areas. New data examining the situation for Aboriginal women and residents of the territories is highlighted in separate sections of the report.