1. In 1993, the Canadian Panel on Violence Against Women reported this statistic, based on the legal definition of sexual assault.
2. The 1993 Violence Against Women Survey estimated that 572,000 women in Canada aged 18 or over had been sexually assaulted within the previous year. This equals 5% of all Canadian women.
3. The Women's Safety Project reported that over half (51%) the cases of sexual assault it studied in 1991 and 1992 were committed against women between the ages of 16 and 21.
4. Violence Against Women Survey, 1993
5. Family Violence: A Statistical Profile 2000, Statistics Canada
6. Family Violence: A Statistical Profile 2000, Statistics Canada

Table of Contents