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Number of violent crime victims in Canada in 2019, by type of intimate partner and weapon type

Type of weapon	Intimate partner*	Non-intimate partner
No weapon**	6,013	13,103
Threats***	4,783	19,999
Physical force	58,913	110,778
Firearm	660	6,871
Knife or other piercing instrument****	3,589	16,595
Club/blunt instrument	1,341	5,573
Other weapon	6,715	21,310
Unknown	2,651	6,535

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March 2021

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Canada

Survey time period

2019

Age group

15 to 89 years

Supplementary notes

* Includes married, separated or divorced spouses, common-law partners (current and former), dating partners (current and former) and other intimate partners. Includes victims aged 15 to 89 years.
** 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 a hatchet, razor blade or arrow.
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 2019, page 39, 2019. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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This statistic shows the number of police-reported violent crime victims by intimate partners in Canada in 2019, distinguished by type of intimate partner and type of weapon. In 2019, around 59 thousand victims experienced intimate partner violence committed using physical force.