Since the age of 16, 51% of Canadian Women report having experienced at least one incident of physical or sexual violence.
Ministry of Children’s Services – Prevention of Violence and Bullying

Nearly ¼ of women (22%) who have experienced wife assault never told anyone about the abuse.
Ministry of Children’s Services – Prevention of Violence and Bullying

Violent men are 3 times as likely as non-violent men to have witnessed spousal violence in childhood, and women who were raised in similar circumstances are twice as likely to be victims of spousal violence.
Ministry of Children’s Services – Prevention of Violence and Bullying

Alberta has the highest rate of reported family violence in Canada and leads the country in domestic assault, homicide-suicide and stalking.
Statistics Canada, General Survey, 2004

In 2002, approximately ¼ of all violent crime victims were also family violence victims and 62% of individuals were abused by spouses.
Statistics Canada, 2002.

Rates of spousal violence are highest amoung 15 to 24 year olds.
Statistics Canada, Family Violence in Canada, 2005.

In 2003, exposure to domestic violence was the second most common form (28%) of substantiated child maltreatment in Canada.
Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect 2003: Major findings (2005).

In Canada, 21% of women abused by a partner were assaulted during pregnancy with 40% reporting that the abuse began during pregnancy.
Statistics Canada Family Violence in Canada, 1999.

Some studies show that as many as 80% of Aboriginal women have been abused by a partner.
LaRoque, 1994.

Abused women are 16 times more likely to become alcoholics and 9 times more likely to use drugs than women who are not abused.
Statistics Canada

A 2004 study estimated the social services, education, criminal justice, health/medicine, and labour/employment costs of violence against women at more than $6 billion annually.
Statistics Canada

Almost 4 in 10 women report that their children witnessed the violence – which would mean that at least 2 million children (in Canada) would have been exposed to violence. And parents tend to underestimate what children have been exposed to in the home. Health Canada, “A Handbook for Health and Social Service Providers and Educators on Children Exposed to Woman Abuse/Family Violence”

In 1 in 4 cases of child homicide the household had been involved in some time of reported family violence.
Statistics Canada, Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile 2001.

74% of crimes against people are committed by youth from violent homes.
Youth from violent homes are 24 times more likely to commit sexual assault.
Children and youth from violent homes are 6 times more likely to commit suicide.
Sources unknown (from lady in US presentation and Val Campbell).