Victims of sexual violent crime in Canada, by type of offence and age 2016

This statistic shows the number of adult and child victims of sexual violent crime in Canada in 2016, distinguished by type of offence. In 2016, around 4,497 children aged 17 or younger became victims of sexual interference.

Number of child and adult victims of sexual violent crime in Canada in 2016, by type of offence

Type of offence	Adult (18 years and older)	Children and youth (0 to 17 years)
Sexual assault (level 3) - aggravated	94	14
Sexual assault (level 2) - weapon or causing bodily harm	271	108
Sexual assault (level 1)	12,400	7,896
Sexual interference	-	4,497
Invitation to sexual touching	-	512
Luring a child via a computer	-	767
Incest	44	126
Voyeurism	349	155
Non-consensual distribution of intimate images	493	319
Violations involving the commodification or procurement of sexual activity	57	75
Other sexual offences*	41	316

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January 2018

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Canada

Survey time period

2016

Supplementary notes

- Data not applicable.

Sexual assault levels according to seriousness:
'Level 1' is the least serious form of assault and includes pushing, slapping, punching and face-to-face verbal threats.
'Level 2' is defined as assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm.
'Level 3' is defined as assault that wounds, maims, disfigures or endangers the life of the victim.

Other sexual offences include corrupting children, making sexually explicit material available to children, anal intercourse, bestiality, other unknown sexual assault, and as of December 2014, new violations classified as 'commodification of sexual activity.' These include the purchasing of sexual services or communicating for that purpose, receiving material benefit deriving from purchase of sexual services, procuring of persons for the purpose of prostitution, and advertising sexual services offered for sale. Adapted from Statistics Canada, Family violence in Canada: A statistical profile 2016, page 74, 2016. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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