Sexual Violence in Ontario

Ending sexual violence will need planning, resources and increased equity. Read our take on provincial politics and policy that affect sexual violence survivors, sexual assault centres, and violence prevention in Ontario.

  • Gender-based violence: the importance of affordable, accessible childcare

    Canadian research shows that “there is a direct link between economic empowerment and gender-based violence. Women with domestic violence experiences have more disrupted work histories, are on lower personal incomes, have [...]

    Published On: August 21, 2019

  • Statistics Canada: Almost 19% year over year increase in Sexual Assaults in Ontario

    Last week, Statistics Canada released recent findings of Incident-based crime statistics[1] in Canada. In these statistics, we can see that the prevalence of sexual assault in Ontario rose from 7,434 police-reported [...]

    Published On: July 29, 2019

  • What Survivors are saying about Ontario Sexual Assault Centres

    Published On: July 26, 2019

  • Supporting Sexual Violence Survivors

    Published On: July 15, 2019

  • Ontario Sexual Assault Centres: What We Do

    Published On: July 2, 2019

  • Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: “pervasive, immediate and urgent”

    As women’s advocates, we know that the threat of violence continues to loom too large as a reality in the lives of Indigenous girls and women in Canada. On average, Indigenous [...]

    Published On: June 4, 2019

  • Vast Majority Of Ontarians Oppose Cuts To Legal Aid

    Three-quarters of Ontarians are opposed to the province’s cuts to Legal Aid Ontario, a new poll has found. Legal Aid Ontario provides legal support and representation for residents with little to [...]

    Published On: May 23, 2019

  • Sexual Violence: Rural realities

    While all survivors of violence face barriers to getting the support they need, rural survivors of sexual violence face concerns that urban survivors do not. Sexual violence is easily hidden in [...]

    Published On: May 16, 2019

  • One-time Funding Resources for Ontario Sexual Assault Centres: Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC) Responds

    A year ago, on March 1, 2018, the Province of Ontario launched a strategy which would see a significant increase in funding for Ontario sexual assault centres.  At that time, [...]

    Published On: February 27, 2019

  • Government spending cuts impact Indigenous programming in Ontario: OCRCC Responds

    The Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC) responds with concern to recent government spending cuts impacting Indigenous programming in Ontario. In arts, a fund for Indigenous culture that was set [...]

    Published On: December 17, 2018

  • Remember December 6

    On this date in 1989, a gunman killed 14 women at Montreal’s École Polytechnique, before killing himself. In the suicide note he left on his body, he described his rage against women and [...]

    Published On: December 6, 2018

  • $11.5 million increase to shelters and counselling, but no news on Sexual Violence Support services

    Last week, Minister Responsible for Women’s Issues Lisa McLeod announced a $11.5 million increase to shelters and counselling services. While we laud this investment as positive for our shelter sisters and [...]

    Published On: November 28, 2018