Library Guides: Gender-Based Violence: Data & Statistics

Non-Governmental Organizations

DAWN Canada, Rooting Resilience: Women, Girls, and Non-Binary People with Disabilities and the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence: A Beginning: Working with the Government of Canada on its National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence, "DAWN consulted with three groups of subject matter experts (women with disabilities; Deaf women; and Indigenous women) to address gaps related to GBV" (2022, p. 7).

The TransFormed Project: Addressing Partner Violence from Two-Spirit, Nonbinary and Trans Perspectives: "A bilingual, community-based research and action initiative led by METRAC: Action on Violence in partnership with the Centre Francophone. The Project’s goal is to remove barriers to health care and social services for Two-Spirit, Nonbinary and Trans survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV)."

Rainbow Health Ontario (RHO): "RHO creates and distributes resources for LGBT2SQ communities, service providers and others with an interest in LGBT2SQ health. You can click here to access just RHO-produced resources, or search our extensive Resource Library which includes third-party resources."

TransPulse: "The Trans PULSE Project (Ontario) was a community-based research (CBR) project that investigated the impact of social exclusion and discrimination on the health of trans people in Ontario, Canada. From April 2009 to May 2010, we collected information from 433 trans people across Ontario. Now we’re returning the results back to our communities." Click here to read through their extensive research collection

Statistics Canada

Statistics Canada: Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Statistics
The Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Statistics portal is a focal point for data produced by Statistics Canada's Centre for Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Statistics.
Government of Canada: Gender-Based Violence Knowledge Centre
Learn about the federal strategy It’s Time: Canada’s Strategy to Prevent and Address Gender-Based Violence and access information, resources and research related to gender-based violence.
Women and Gender Equality Canada
Women and Gender Equality Canada works to advance equality with respect to sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression through the inclusion of people of all genders, including women, in Canada’s economic, social, and political life.
Intimate Partner Violence in Canada, 2018: An Overview (April 26, 2021)
This article, focusing on the overall Canadian population, is one in a series of short reports examining experiences of intimate partner violence among members of different population groups, based on self-reported data from the 2018 Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces. It explores the prevalence, nature, and impact of intimate partner violence on Canadians taking a gender-based approach by comparing the experiences of women and men.
Gender-Based Violence: Sexual and Physical Assault in Canada's Territories, 2018 (December 2, 2020)
Using data from the 2018 Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces in the territories, this Juristat article provides a gender-based analysis on the experiences of sexual assaults and physical assaults since age 15 and in the 12 months preceding the survey. This article also provide an analysis of perceptions and attitudes regarding gender equality and gender-based violence.
Experiences of Violent Victimization and Unwanted Sexual Behaviours Among Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Other Sexual Minority People, and the Transgender Population, in Canada, 2018 (September 9, 2020)
This Juristat article presents information on the experiences of sexual minority and transgender people in Canada, aged 15 and older, with violent victimization and inappropriate sexual behaviours in public, online and at work. It is based on data from the 2018 Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces.
Gender-Based Violence and Unwanted Sexual Behaviour in Canada, 2018: Initial findings from the Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces (December 5, 2019)
This Juristat article provides an in-depth analysis on the experiences of inappropriate behaviours in public, online and at work, as well as information on experiences and characteristics of violent victimization. Using data from the 2018 Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces, this gender-based analysis fills a critical gap by measuring behaviours that have not previously been a focus of other surveys.