Saskatchewan Federation of Police Officers 31 Visible minority women • Among those who had ever been in an intimate partner relationship, 29% of women belonging to an ethno-cultural group designated as a visible minority reported experiencing some kind of psychological, physical, or sexual violence committed by an intimate partner in their lifetime (since the age of 15). • Visible minority women and non-visible minority women were equally likely to have experienced intimate partner violence in the form of physical abuse (both 2%) or sexual abuse (both 1%) in the past 12 months. • One-quarter (25%) of visible minority women between the ages of 15 and 24 experienced IPV in the past 12 months. Intimate partner homicide • Between 2014 and 2019, there were 497 victims of intimate partner homicide, and - similar to intimate partner violence in general - 80% (400 victims) were women. • While Indigenous women account for about 5% of all women in Canada, they accounted for 21% of all women killed by an intimate partner between 2014 and 2019 (83 victims). In 2020, 53 women, 11 of whom were Indigenous, were killed by their partner in Canada. FAMILY VIOLENCE AGAINST SENIORS Canadian police-reported data (2019): • 4,518 seniors (aged 65 and older) experienced violence by a family member in Canada. Among them, 2,613 were women accounting for the majority of victims (58%). This translated into higher rates of family violence among senior women than senior men (79 victims versus 65 per 100,000 population). • When compared with senior men, senior women are considerably more likely to be victimized by a family member. Among all senior victims of violent crimes, 41% of senior women were victimized by a family member compared with 25% of senior men. • Rates of family violence against seniors in the provinces were higher in rural areas than urban areas for both senior women (107 versus 70 victims per 100,000 population) and men (89 versus 58 victims). • Between 2008 and 2018, a total of 198 seniors were killed by a family member, women accounting for 62% (123 victims) of all senior victims of family-related homicide (Canadian police-reported data – 2018). Image by freepik.com canada.ca
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