Uncovering the Facts

• Women make up the vast majority of victims of sexual assault (86%) and other types of sexual offences (78%).

• Women experience higher rates than men of sexual assault, stalking, serious spousal assaults, and homicide.

• 51% of all Canadian women have experienced at least one incident of sexual or physical violence since the age of 16. And close to 60% of these women have survived more than one incident of violence.

• Every minute in Canada , a woman or child is being sexually assaulted.

• Sexual assault by someone known to the survivor is more common than left-handedness, heart attacks, or alcoholism.

• 80% of sexual assaults occur at home. 49% in broad daylight.

• 80% of sexual assault survivors show no physical injuries.

• The #1 drug used in sexual assaults is alcohol. The #2 is marijuana.

• Only 6% of all sexual assaults are reported to police with a conviction rate of 1%.

• 80 to 90% of women have been sexually harassed at work.

• 7 of 10 women reported unwanted touching.

• 4 of 5 high school students have been sexually harassed.

• 1 of 4 women on college and university campuses have been sexually assaulted. 90% knew their perpetrators.

• Women between the ages of 14 to 24 years of age are 4 times more likely to be sexually assaulted.

• 80% of First Nations women have been sexually assaulted.

• 80 to 90% of women living with disabilities have been sexually assaulted.

• Women living in poverty are at a higher risk of being sexually assaulted.

• Women of marginalized races and ethnicities are at a higher risk of being sexually assaulted.

• 1 of 3 men will be sexually assaulted.