According to Statistics Canada, Measuring Violence Against Women, Statistical Trends 2006
(catalogue #85-570-XIE):

• Between 1999 and 2004, twenty-five thousand (25,000) Saskatchewan women experienced violence by a partner (table 1)
• 1 in 5 murders in Canada involves the killing of an intimate partner (p.21)
• Between 1995 and 2004, 39% of all murders against women in Canada were committed by partners. The highest rate in Canada was in Saskatchewan (p.53)
• Between 1975 and 2004, 62% of spousal murder victims in Saskatchewan were women (table 2) and approximately 73 women are killed by their partners each year in Canada. (p.25)
• In 2003-2004, the average number of women accessing shelters in Saskatchewan was 1,926 and they were accompanied by 2,060 children (p.61). Almost 40% of the women assaulted by partners said their children witnessed the violence (p.13)
• Between 1999 and 2004, 21% of female stalking victims were stalked by a current or former partner (p.28). Ex-partners are more likely (43%) to repeat partner violence or use violence or threats (p.31).