According to Statistics Canada’s “Measuring Violence Against Women: Statistical Trends 2006″ report (all numbers relate to Canadian men and women)…
39% of women have been sexually assaulted
654 000 women experienced spousal violence incidents
16% of women who were victimized were sexually assaulted
2 times as many women (compared to men) were beaten by their partners and reported “chronic, ongoing assaults”
4 times as many women (compared to men) were choked
2.5 times as many women (compared to men) have reported “the most serious forms of violence, such as being beaten, choked, threatened with a gun or knife, and sexually assaulted”
72.6 of women are killed by their spouse on average, per year
11% of women have been stalked
80% of female stalking victims are stalked by men
21% of female victims stalked by current/former partners
16% of women uneasy about walking alone late at night
27% of women feel unsafe alone at home at night
258 000 children knew about domestic abuse against their mothers (estimated over 5 year period)
68% of single mothers experienced domestic abuse
$15 billion: economic cost of violence against women (1998 year)
86% of sexual assaults in 2004 happened to women
34% of spousal homicides had female victims
21% of female victims of abuse were assaulted while pregnant
543 shelters for women exist in Canada
200 women are turned away from shelters on an average day
171 women working in the sex trade were murdered between 1991-2004
205 “treatment programs for violent men” existed in 2004
606 victim services center existed in 2004
Note: According to a 2004 survey, only 8% of sexual assaults are reported to police.
