Canadian Indigenous people more likely to experience violence: surveys

OTTAWA, July 19 (Xinhua) -- First Nations people, Métis and Inuit are overrepresented among victims of violence in Canada, Statistics Canada said on Tuesday, citing the results of three surveys.

Results from the 2019 General Social Survey (GSS) on Canadians' Safety, the 2018 Survey of Safety in Private Spaces, and the 2020 Homicide Survey released Tuesday showed that approximately 41 percent of Indigenous people were sexually or physically assaulted by an adult before the age of 15, and nearly 62 percent experienced at least one sexual or physical assault after the age of 15. By comparison, these proportions were 25 percent and 42 percent, respectively, for non-Indigenous people.