Recent trends: Survivors in our communities

Published On: March 29, 2022

The Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres includes over 30 community-based sexual assault centres. Centres have continued providing crisis and counselling support to survivors of sexual violence throughout the pandemic, in communities all across Ontario.

In that time, 81% of all Ontario sexual assault centres saw an increase in crisis line contacts (phone, text lines and crisis chat).

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This infographic was compiled by Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres in 2022, with data provided by 26 of our member centres. OCRCC includes over 30 community-based sexual assault centres in Ontario. If you or someone you know has been affected by sexual violence, go to: www.sexualassaultsupport.ca/support.

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