Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :Official National Statistics Not Available
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 11 % (1)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : Official National Statistics Not Available
Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
Gender Inequality Index Rank :17 (2)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :25 (3)
Canada | 2020 | 2025
Type of Measure : Policies > National strategy specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Trafficking
Canada | 2019 | 2020
Type of Measure : Social services > Hotline/Helpline
Form of Violence : Trafficking
Canada | 2018
Type of Measure : Budgets > Government allocation
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Canada | 2018
Type of Measure : Other relevant laws > Employment/Labor law
Form of Violence : Sexual violence
Canada | 2018
Type of Measure : Other relevant laws > Employment/Labor law
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Canada | 2018
Type of Measure : Other relevant laws > Employment/Labor law
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Canada | 2018
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Canada | 2018
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Canada | 2018 | 2023
Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Canada | 2018
Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
(1) Proportion of women age 15+, currently partnered or who have had contact with their former partner during the five years preceding the survey, experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Bott S, Guedes A, Ruiz-Celis AP, Mendoza JA. Intimate partner violence in the Americas: A systematic review and reanalysis of national prevalence estimates. Based on data from: Statistic Canada. 2016. Criminal victimization in the territories, 2014.
(2) The Gender Inequality Index is a composite measure reflecting inequality between women and men in three different dimensions: reproductive health (maternal mortality ratio and adolescent birth rate), empowerment (share of parliamentary seats held by women and share of population with at least some secondary education), and labour market participation (labour force participation rate). Source: United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report 2021/2022.
(3) The Global Gender Gap Index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education and health criteria. Source: World Economic Forum, the Global Gender Gap Report 2022.