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).

Learn more, below.

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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