This statistic shows the total number of senior victims of family violence in Canada in 2018, distinguished by type of weapon. In 2018, a total 3,022 persons, aged 65 and over, were victim of family violence in Canada. 33 senior victims of family violence reported that the perpetrator used a firearm against them.
Number of senior victims of family violence in Canada in 2018, by type of weapon
* Includes no threat, physical force or weapon. ** Includes threats that are construed to imply that death or injury is possible. *** Includes other piercing/cutting instruments, such as hatchets, razor blades and arrows. **** Includes other types of weapons such as explosives, fire, motor vehicles, poison and weapons not otherwise classified.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Family violence in Canada: A statistical profile 2018, page 53, 2018. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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