Support for Victims - Assault Victims

First Nations, Inuit and Métis Victims

The Statistics Canada 2004 General Social Survey (GSS) provides some alarming figures regarding the victimization of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Canadians. The following statistics are derived from a Juristat study of the GSS1:

  • Aboriginal people are 3 times more likely than non-Aboriginal people to experience a violent victimization.
  • 21% of Aboriginal people reported some form of physical or sexual violence by a spouse in the 5 years prior to the study (compared to 6% of non-Aboriginal people over the same time period).2
  • Aboriginal people are much more likely to be victims of homicide (8.8 per 100,000 persons) than non-Aboriginal people (1.3 per 100,000 persons).
  • On-reserve crime rates in 2004 were about 3 times higher than rates in the rest of Canada. The difference was even greater for violent crime, with an on-reserve rate that was 8 times the violent crime rate of the rest of the country.

Along with the many and varied resources that are available to all victims of violent crime in the National Capital Region, there are several resources that are available specifically for First Nations, Inuit and Métis people.

Resources for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Victims:

  • OTTAWA VICTIM SERVICES

    Contact Info:
    www.ovs-svo.com/en
    250 City Centre, Suite 600
    Ottawa, Ontario K1R 6K7
    Tel: 613.238.2762
    Email: info@ovs-svo.com

  • OTTAWA POLICE SERVICE (OPS) VICTIM CRISIS UNIT
    Tel: 613.236.1222 Ext. 5822

    COMPAC (Community-Police Action Committee):
    http://www.ottawapolice.ca/en/about_ops/diversity/compac_main.cfm

  • MINWAASHIN LODGE — ABORIGINAL WOMEN’S SUPPORT CENTRE

    Contact Info:
    www.minlodge.com
    424 Catherine Street, 2nd Floor
    Ottawa, Ontario K1R 5T8
    Tel: 613.741.5590

  • WABANO CENTRE FOR ABORIGINAL HEALTH

    Contact Info:
    http://www.wabano.com/
    299 Montreal Road
    Ottawa, Ontario K1L 6B8
    Tel: 613.748.5999
    Fax: 613.748.9364

  • ODAWA NATIVE FRIENDSHIP CENTRE

    Contact Info:
    http://www.odawa.on.ca/home.htm
    12 Stirling Avenue
    Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 1P8
    Tel: 613.722.3811
    Fax: 613.722.4667

  • ABORIGINAL HEALING FOUNDATION

    Contact Info:
    www.ahf.ca
    75 Albert Street, Suite 801
    Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5E7
    Tel: 613.237.4441
    Fax: 613.237.4442
    Toll Free: 888.725.8886

  • NATIVE WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
    http://www.nwac-hq.org/en/index.html

    Contact Info:
    Satellite Office
    1292 Wellington Street West
    Ottawa, Ontario K1Y 3A9
    Tel: 613.722.3033 or 1.800.461.4043
    Fax: 613.722.7687

  • INUIT WOMEN
    Tel: 613.563.3546

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  1. 1 Brzozowski, Taylor-Butts and Johnson, "Victimization and offending among the Aboriginal population in Canada". Statistics Canada: Juristat - Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics. July 2, 2009 <http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/85-002-x2006003-eng.pdf>.
  2. 2 According to Statistics Canada’s 2006 research paper Measuring Violence Against Women: "Aboriginal women may also face additional barriers to disclosing violence to an interviewer that relate to cultural differences. The GSS is therefore likely to underestimate the true incidence of violence against Aboriginal women."