Violent Victimization and Discrimination Among Visible Minority Populations, Canada, 2014 /

Using data from the 2014 General Social Survey (GSS) on Canadians’ Safety (Victimization), this Juristat article highlights some of the socio-demographic characteristics of visible minorities in Canada, followed by an analysis of the nature and extent of self- reported violent victimization among visible minorities as measured by the GSS on Victimization—including sexual assault, robbery and physi [...] Profile of the visible minority population Visible minority population younger, more educated and more urban Results from the 2016 Census of Population show that the visible minority population in Canada is younger than the non- visible minority population, with 15- to 24-year-olds comprising just under one-fifth (19%) of the visible minority population (compared to 14% of the non-visible minority [...] This mirrors the general trend among the non-visible minority population and the Canadian population overall, which experienced decreases of 25% and 28% in the self-reported rate of violent victimization between 2004 and 2014, respectively (Table 1).5 Visible minorities far less likely to be victims of physical assault In 2014, the overall rate of violent victimization among visible minorities (55 [...] No differences between visible and non-visible minorities in reporting to the police The ‘dark figure of crime’ refers to the proportion of criminal incidents that are not brought to the attention of the police. [...] Text box 2 Experiences of discrimination and perceptions of safety and disorder One in five visible minorities report experiencing some form of discrimination In 2014, one in five (20%) visible minorities reported experiencing some form of discrimination in the past five years, a significant difference from the non-visible minority population (12%).