Statistics

• Only 5% of survivors report to the police.

• One in three women will experience some form of sexual violence in their lifetime.

• One in six men will experience some form of sexual violence in their lifetime.

• 39% of Canadian adult women reported having had at least one experience of sexual assault since the age of 16

• Only 1 in 3 Canadians understand what sexual consent means.

• Clothes don't cause rape.

• Over 80% of women with disAbilities will be sexually abused in their lifetime

• Sexual assault victimization rates are five times higher for women under the age of 35.

• In 99% of sexual assaults, the accused perpetrator is male.

• Most perpetrators don’t consider themselves perpetrators.

• The perpetrator is known to the victim in 82% of sexual assaults.

• Women with disabilities are three times as likely to be sexually assaulted.

• The yearly economic costs of sexual violence is $4.8 billion, compared to gun violence at $3.1 billion.

• It is estimated that between 15% to 25% of North American college and university-aged women will experience some form of sexual assault during their academic career.[1]

• Alcohol is most commonly used drug in drug facilitated sexual assaults.

• Only 2-8% of rape claims are false reports.

• 28% of Canadians say they have been on the receiving end of unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favours, or sexually-charged talk while on the job.

• 91% of men would like to intervene if they knew someone was in a violent relationship.

• Women and girls are five times more likely to experience sexual violence than males.

• 53% of survivors in a survey responded that they did not report their sexual assault because they were not confident in the police. Two out of three responded that they were not confident in the criminal justice and court system in general.

The following stats are taken directly from the Violence Against Women Learning Network newsletter on sexual violence:

• Women in the NWT and Nunavut are at 9-12X greater risk of experiencing sexual violence than women in other provinces.
• 6 out of 10 Deaf female students in the U.S. experienced at least 1 form of sexual coercion in an intimate relationship.
• Almost 1 in 4 sexual assault victims reporting to medical treatment centres in Ontario were suspected to have been drugged.
• About 80% of sexual assaults against older women in Canada (55-87yrs.) occurred in their homes.
• About 1 in 4 sexual assaults against younger women in Canada occurred in a vehicle.
• 1 in 5 LBG individuals in Canada experienced physical/sexual violence in an intimate relationship, with bisexual women reporting this type of violence most often followed by gay men, lesbian women, and bisexual males.

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