In Canada -
- Younger Canadians were more likely to report being a victim of spousal violence than were older Canadians. Those aged 25 to 34 years old were three times more likely than those aged 45 and older to state that they had been physically or sexually assaulted by their spouse
- In addition to physical and sexual violence, many Canadians also reported being the victim of emotional and financial abuse. As in 2004, close to one in five (17%) Canadians said that they had experienced some form of emotional or financial abuse in their current or previous relationship, with put-downs and name calling being the most common form of abuse.
- In cases of current relationships in which emotional abuse existed, 25% of women and 19% of men experienced violence. Examples of emotional abuse include being isolated from family and friends, having no access to family income, or having property or possessions destroyed
In Alberta -
- We lead the provinces in incidents of domestic assault, homicide-suicide, and stalking and has the third highest number of domestic homicides.
- At least one in four children in Alberta will witness their mother being abused and 70 per cent of children who witness domestic violence are also physically abused.
- From 2000 - 2006, over 170 homicides were identified as domestic violence related. This represents about one third of all the homicides in the province.
In Edmonton -
- In 2009 Edmonton City Police responded to 6,500 reported cases of domestic violence
- Last year, there were eight domestic homicides in Edmonton.
- The Edmonton Elder Abuse Intervention Team receives over 1200 calls per year related to concerns or actual cases of abuse.
References:
Alberta Council of Women Shelters. (2008). Annual statistics. Retrieved August 31, 2011, from
http://www.acws.ca/annual_stats.php
City of Edmonton. (2006). Edmonton social plans-families. Retrieved August 31, 2011, from
http://www.edmonton.ca/assets/CityGov/Families.pdf
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