Note
Issued also in French under title: Les services aux victimes au Canada, 2002-2003.
"Statistics Canada – Catalogue no. 85-002-XPE, Vol. 24, no. 11"--At head of title.
Summary
This report, based on data from the 2002/03 Victim Services Survey, provides a profile of victim service agencies in Canada and the clients they served. Data are presented on the types of agencies in Canada, the services offered, staff and volunteers, criminal injuries compensation applications and awards, and client characteristics such as sex, age grouping and type of victimization. The report also contains some information on transition homes and shelters for abused women and their children that was collected by Statistics Canada's 2001/2002 Transition Home Survey.