B.C. saw a 15 per cent jump in the number of sexual assaults reported to police in 2021, resulting in the greatest annual number on record.
Nationally, 34,242 sexual assaults were reported in 2021, in an 18 per cent jump from 2020. That amounts to 90 incidents per 100,000 people. Of the four B.C. regions – Kelowna, Abbotsford/Mission, Metro Vancouver and Greater Victoria – Stats Can released local numbers for, by far the greatest number occurred in Metro Vancouver. There, 1,674 sexual assaults were reported, followed by 478 in Greater Victoria, 240 in Kelowna and 147 in Abbotsford/Mission. The remaining 1,985 were reported in other unspecified areas of the province.
“With widespread stay-at-home orders and overburdened hospital and medical care resources, it may have been more difficult for victims to come forward to report instances of sexual assault, and less likely that a third-party would identify signs of abuse, particularly for children and youth,” Stats Canada said.
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