Facts on Domestic Abuse in Canada

• On average, every 6 days a woman is killed by her intimate partner.
• 2009, 67 women murdered by a current or former spouse or boyfriend.
• On any given day  3,000+ women (along with their 2,500 children) are living in an emergency shelter to escape domestic abuse.
• Each year, 40,000+ arrests result from domestic abuse (12% of all Canadian crimes). Only 22% of all incidents are reported to the police, the real number is much higher.
• 2010, 582 known cases of missing/murdered Aboriginal women in Canada. 
• In 1 year in Canada, 427,000 women over the age of 15 reported they had been sexually assaulted. Only about 10% of sexual assaults are reported to the police, the actual number is much higher.
• 50%  of Women have experienced at least 1 incident of physical/sexual violence since the age of 16
• About 80% of sex trafficking victims in Canada are women/girls.
• 61% of Canadians say they personally know at least 1 woman whose been sexually/physically assaulted.
• More than 1 in 10 Canadian women say they've been stalked  in a way that made them fear for their life.
• Cost of violence against women in Canada for health care, criminal justice, social services, and lost wages and productivity has been calculated at $4.2 billion per year.