Facts
Sexual Assault Statistics:
- 1 in 4 women will be sexually assaulted during her lifetime.
Of these, half will be against women under the age of
16 (Ontario Women's Directorate).
- 1 in 2 women has experienced some form of sexual violence
(Statistics Canada Survey, 1993).
- 1 in 3 women has experienced some form of sexual violence
that can be legally defined as Sexual Assault (Statistics
Canada Survey, 1993).
- According to the Solicitor General, a sexual assault
is reported in Canada every 25 minutes. Another report,
from the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women,
indicates that every 17 minutes a woman is sexually assaulted.
- It is estimated that 80-90% of Canadian women will experience
sexual harassment at some point in their working lives.
- 81% of sexual assault cases were perpetrated by men
who were known to the women (Canadian Panel on Violence
Against Women, 1991).
- 57% of rapes happen while on dates (Ontario Women's
Directorate).
- 60% of sexual assaults occur in private homes (Ontario
Women's Directorate).
- 38% of rapes and sexual assaults occur in the victims
own home (Ontario Women's Directorate).
- Only 1 in 3 assailants is a total stranger; 2 out of
3 assailants are friends, acquaintances, boyfriends, co-workers
or relatives (Ontario Women's Directorate).
- 83% of women with disabilities will be sexually assaulted
during their lifetime (Ontario Women's Directorate)
- The majority of date and acquaintance rape victims are
young women aged 16-24 (Ontario Women's Directorate).
- Date rape has the lowest reporting rate of all forms
of sexual assault. It is estimated that only 1% of all
date rapes are reported to the police (Ontario Women's
Directorate).
- According to statistics Canada, only 6% of all sexual
assaults are reported to police.
- Nearly 90% of sexually assaulted women do not consult
with any helping professional after the assault.
- A study found that 60% of Canadian college-aged males
said that they would commit sexual assault if they were
certain they would not get caught (Ontario Women's Directorate)
Sexual Child Abuse Statistics
- child sexual abuse is any act of a sexual nature committed
against an individual under the age of sixteen. These
acts include: exposure to sexual contact, activity or
behavior, sexual touching, intercourse or other forms
of exploitation.
- 85% of the time, the offender will be known to the child
( Christie, Donna, The Secrets Out: Child Sexual Abuse,
Committee Against Rape and Sexual Assault, Carsa Inc.,
1985).
- Sexual assault of children does not usually involve
violence, because children are trusting, violence is not
needed to get them to co-operate ( Committee Against Rape
and Sexual Assault, Carsa Inc., 1985).
- Children rarely lie about sexual abuse, they simply
do not have that kind of knowledge ( Committee Against
Rape and Sexual Assault , Carsa Inc., 1985).
- Sexual abuse of children is not a one time occurrence,
in most cases it is a progressive process which can occur
over several years (Committee Against Rape and Sexual
Assault, Carsa Inc., 1985).
- Sexual child abuse can and does occur in any type of
family (Committee Against Rape and Sexual Assault, Carsa
Inc., 1985).
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