Did you know half of Canadian women (51%) have experienced at least one incident of physical or sexual violence since the age of 16.1, and that one to two women are murdered by a current or former partner each week in Canada.
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Sources: Statistics Canada, The Violence Against Women Survey, The Daily, November 18, 1993; Dauvergne, M., (2002), Homicide in Canada – 2001, Juristat 22(7), Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Statistics Canada.
