Statistics Canada says that more than 4 in 10 women have experienced some form of intimate partner violence, or IPV, in their lifetime.
That includes psychological, physical, or sexual violence. This was also true for 36 per cent of men.
Intimate partner violence can be committed by a current or former spouse, common-law partner, or dating partner.

Stats Canada says women are six times more likely than men to have been sexually assaulted by an intimate partner in their lifetime.
In fact, for each type of violence examined, women were proportionately more likely than men to have been abused.
A significantly higher proportion of women experience the most severe forms of intimate partner violence.

Women were considerably more likely to have experienced being forced to have sex (10 per cent versus two per cent), being made to perform sex acts they did not want to perform (eight per cent versus one per cent), and being choked (seven per cent versus one per cent).

Statistics Canada says those whose sexual orientation is gay, lesbian, bisexual, or another sexual orientation that is not heterosexual-are much more likely to experience all forms of intimate partner violence than heterosexual people.
More than half (55 per cent) of women with disabilities experienced some form of IPV in their lifetime, compared with 37 per cent of women without disabilities.

More than one-quarter of intimate partner violence victims experience violence or abuse each month or more, and one in 10 women victims experience it almost daily.
Women who were victims of intimate partner violence were more likely to experience fear, anxiety and feelings of being controlled or trapped by a partner.

The data were collected before the COVID-19 pandemic and therefore do not reflect possible increases in IPV that could have been brought about by the pandemic lockdowns and restrictions. However, early indicators conducted at the beginning of the pandemic found that 10% of women and six per cent of men reported being very concerned or extremely concerned about the potential of violence in the home.