Social Development
- What are the most recent statistics on the number of reported cases of child abuse in the province over the last five years, broken down by (i) physical abuse (ii) emotional abuse (iii) sexual abuse and (iv) neglect and (b) what trends does the data indicate?
(a) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)
| 2020 / 2021 | 2021 / 2022 | 2022 / 2023 | 2023 / 2024 | 2024 / 2025 |
Physical Abuse | 923 | 1248 | 1399 | 1865 | 1848 |
Emotional Abuse | 485 | 725 | 839 | 1706 | 1476 |
Sexual Abuse | 2286 | 2331 | 2116 | 2946 | 2871 |
Neglect | 2015 | 2584 | 2493 | 3284 | 3389 |
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