Statistics

Domestic Violence Statistics

In 2023, the Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability documents that 187 women and girls were violently killed in Canada.

From November 26, 2022, to November 25, 2023, 62 women and girls in Ontario lost their lives to gender-based violence in Ontario. **

During the last Statistics Canada “snapshot” date in 2023, 7,581 women and children were living in shelters for victims of abuse in Canada. 45% of residents were children. 29% of women living in a domestic violence shelter, identified as First Nations, Métis or Inuit, indicating that Indigenous persons experience abuse at a higher rate than the general population.*

*Source: Statistics Canada-
** Source: Annual Femicide List (OAITH)

Additional information regarding trends and statistics related to intimate partner violence in Canada can be accessed at Statistics Canada and at the Canadian Women’s Foundation.

Birchway Niagara Statistics

Statistics for the fiscal year April 1, 2023 – March 31, 2024

Number of beds: 40

148 women stayed in shelter

127 children stayed in shelter

1,620 support calls were received on our 24-hour phone/text support line

229 women used services of our Family Court Support Worker/Legal Advocate

577 women used the services of our Transitional & Housing Support Advocates

257 clients used the services of our Child & Youth Intervention Advocates

53 women and 20 children received support from our After- Care Program