Domestic Abuse usually is Physical, but can also be Emotional Abuse, Verbal Abuse, Economical Abuse, Mental Abuse and Sexual Abuse. If you or anyone you know has faced any type of abuse, please do not be afraid to get help.
67% of all Canadians say they personally know at least one woman who has been sexually or physically assaulted.
Half of all women in Canada have experienced at least one incident of physical or sexual violence since the age of 16.
On average, every six days a woman in Canada is killed by her intimate partner. In 2011, In 2011, from the 89 police reported spousal homicides, 76 of the victims (over 85%) were women.
Sources
1 The Violence Against Women Survey, Statistics Canada, 1993. Although more up-to-date data would be preferable, no future Statistics Canada survey asked women about their life-time experience of violence. Available: http://www23.statcan.gc.ca/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey&SDDS=3896&Item_Id=1712
2 Angus Reid Omnibus Survey, Canadian Women’s Foundation, 2012.
3 “Homicide in Canada, 2011,” Statistics Canada, p. 11. Available: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2012001/article/11738-eng.pdf