OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says there were nearly 88,000 victims of family violence in Canada in 2013 – making up more than one-quarter of all violent crimes reported to police.
That’s around the same level as 2011, when family violence accounted for 26 per cent of all police-reported violent crime.
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The agency says almost half the victims suffered family violence at the hands of a current or former spouse.
The accused person was a parent in 17 per cent of cases, and an extended family member – such as an in-law, uncle or grandparent – in 14 per cent of cases.
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Sibling violence made up 11 per cent of cases, while 10 per cent of the time the accused person was the victim’s own child.
Statistics Canada says that almost 7 in 10 family violence victims were female in 2013.
The agency says police-reported family violence rates were highest in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and lowest in Ontario and Prince Edward Island.
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