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Additional Capacity is Needed to Stop Intimate<br />

Partner Violence<br />

While intimate partner violence calls appear to be declining,<br />

information from women’s shelters and second stage housing<br />

providers indicates an increase in the acuity and complexity of<br />

gender-based violence cases.<br />

Police intimate partner<br />

violence calls<br />

Intimate partner<br />

violence charges<br />

Perth<br />

2020<br />

Huron<br />

2020<br />

Perth<br />

20<strong>21</strong><br />

Huron<br />

20<strong>21</strong><br />

Perth<br />

2022<br />

Huron<br />

2022<br />

726 658 940 617 564 423<br />

276 225 168 168 <strong>21</strong>8 74<br />

Table 3: Reported Intimate Partner Violence Occurances<br />

Source: Stop VAW; DART<br />

Percentage of<br />

People Experiencing<br />

Discrimination<br />

69%<br />

Immigrants &<br />

Visible Minorities<br />

81%<br />

Most Indigenous Residents, Immigrants and Visible<br />

Minorities Have Faced Recent Discrimination<br />

According to the 20<strong>21</strong> report on discrimination by the Huron<br />

County Immigration Partnership, Indigenous peoples are the most<br />

likely to experience discrimination in Perth and Huron, followed by<br />

immigrants and visible minorities.<br />

Indigenous<br />

Peoples<br />

49%<br />

White Non-<br />

Immigrants<br />

Factors Increasing Likelihood of Discrimination<br />

People who have fulltime/part-time/selfemployed<br />

status<br />

People aged 18-35<br />

People whose highest<br />

level of education was<br />

secondary school or lower<br />

People living in the region<br />

for less than 10 years

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