Women face the greatest risk of violence from men they know.
1 in 4 Canadian women have experienced physical or sexual violence at the hands of a marital partner. 5 One third of women who were assaulted by a partner feared for their lives at some point during the abusive relationship. 8 Women who are separated from their spouses are at particularly high risk of intimate femicide. They are approximately five times more likely to be killed by their intimate partners than other women are. Intimate Femicide in Ontario.