A greater proportion of Aboriginal people have been victims of crime than non-Aboriginals, according to Stats Canada.
In 2014, 28 per cent of Aboriginal people, 15 and older, said they or their household had been a victim of crime in the previous year. That compares to 18 per cent of non-Aboriginals.
The crimes included physical assault, robbery and sexual assault.
Aboriginal women are about three times more likely to report being a victim of spousal violence than non-Aboriginal women according to Stats Canada.
In 2014, half of Aboriginal victims of spousal violence reported experiencing among the more severe forms of spousal violence, such as being sexually assaulted, beaten, choked or threatened with a gun or knife. This compares with just under one quarter of non-Aboriginal victims of spousal violence.
