General Statistics - Source: Statistics Canada, July 16, 2002

• Approximately 5.4% of the perpetrators were complete strangers to the victim; the victim knew 87.1% in some capacity and the remaining 7.5% no recorded information of the assailant.
• In Canada a total of reported sexual assaults and sexual offenses for the year 2001 was 1187.2 (rate per 100,000 population) and 745.3 youths were charged and 441.8 adults were charged. Canada ? population 31,081,887.
• In Saskatchewan a total of reported sexual assaults and sexual offenses for the year 2001 was 2059.9 (rate per 100,000 population) and 1248 youths were charged and 811.9 adults were charged. Saskatchewan - population 1,015,783.
• For the year 2001 in Canada 857.8 (rate per 100,000 population) of sexual assaults or sexual offenses were committed.
• For the year 2001 in Saskatchewan 1603.4 (rate per 100,000 population) of sexual assaults and sexual offenses were committed.
• The average child molester will have 73 victims in his lifetime, starting their offending in their teens and generally not being charged until their 60's.
• One study indicates that 83% of women with disabilities will be sexually assaulted during their lifetime.
• Sexual assault is a vastly under-reported crime. According to Statistics Canada, only 8% of all sexual assaults are reported to police. In Saskatchewan, 15.5% of sexual assaults were reported to police
• 29% of children in Canada will be sexually assaulted before the age of 18.
• Approximately 1 in 7 boys will be assaulted by the age of 18.
• In prison, it is estimated that a male is raped every 19 minutes.
• A woman is 13 times more likely to be assaulted in her home than on a street.