• 6 out of every 10 sexual assaults reported to police involved a child or youth (Statistics Canada, 2003).
• 50% of victims under the age of 6 were sexually assaulted by a family member.
  4% of victims under the age of 6 were sexually assaulted by a stranger (Statistics Canada, 2003).
• The Ontario Sex Offender Registry is not accessible to the public and is used to investigate sex-related crimes and to monitor sex offenders in communities.
  (Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services).
• Individuals charged with sexual offences are less likely to be found guilty than others charged with violent offences. Although, once convicted, sexual offenders (in adult court) are more likely than other violent offenders to receive a prison sentence. (Statistics Canada, 2002).
• 17% of child pornography offenders committed a crime again within a three-year period.
  4% committed a sexual offence in the same period
  (CAMH 2005).
• 14% of sexual offenders had a new charge or conviction within the first five years of release.
  an additional 6% between years 5 and 10.
  an additional 4% between years 10 and 15.
  an additional 3% between years 15 and 20.
  • 73% of sexual offenders had not been charged with, or convicted of, another sexual offence after twenty years (User Report 2004-3, Public Safety Canada).