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Police-reported family and partner violence rates rise in Canada

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11 Nov 2026, 11:25 am IST1 min read

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Rates of police-reported family violence and intimate partner violence in Canada reached their highest levels in comparable records dating to 2009, Statistics Canada reported on November 10. Police recorded 147,030 victims of family violence and 133,256 victims of intimate partner violence in 2025. Their respective rates rose 1.1% and 1.9% from 2024.

Statistics Canada cautioned that police records miss cases that go unreported. The two categories overlap, so adding their totals would count some victims twice.

Adapted from Statistics Canada, The Daily report on police-reported family and intimate partner violence, 2025, released November 10, 2026. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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