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Family and partner violence against Canadian men is rising, data says. Why? - National | Globalnews.ca

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Police-reported family violence rose by 17 per cent and intimate partner violence by 13 per cent from 2018 to 2023 .

In 2023 , there were a total of 139,020 victims of family violence and 123,319 victims of such violence as reported to police across the country.

The rate of reported family violence for women and girls in 2023 was double that reported for men and boys.

This comes as the term “femicide” was used for the first time in August by the Ottawa Police Service .

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English

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