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Ontario Sexual Assault Centres: Our Impact

A Justice Canada study examined the economic cost of violent crime and found that the largest single cost — $4.8 billion in one year – was attributed to sexual assault and other sexual offences.

 

Sexual assault centres aim to reduce this burden on survivors and their support people. Centres provide free counselling, information and support for survivors of sexual violence in communities across Ontario. The Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres includes 29 community-based sexual assault centres:

 

In one year, Ontario Sexual Assault Centres took 48,226 Crisis Line Calls

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  • Find your local sexual assault centre: www.sexualassaultsupport.ca/support.
  • https://www.brant-brave.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Ontario-SACs-Infographic.pdf
  • Ontario SACs Infographic

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Ministry of Community and Social Services and the Ontario Women's Directorate