Status of Women Canada

It may be difficult to tell for sure that someone is being abused, as abusive actions and behaviours often do not take place in front of others. This website provides signs and symptoms which may indicate that someone is being abused.

Help Guide

Noticing and acknowledging the signs of an abusive relationship is the first step to ending it. This website contains signs that someone may be experiencing relationship violence, and contains resources to get help.

Kelly A. Watt, Ph.D.

Warning signs for intimate partner violence, prepared for the Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence Conference 2015. 

Western Education Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children

How you can identify and help women at risk of abuse: warning signs, signs of high risk, ways to support the abused woman, and how to overcome any hesitation to help. 

Western Education Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children

Information and education to help employers and any other workplace stakeholders to meet their obligations to prevent and respond to domestic violence in the workplace. 

• Warning signs for the workplace

• Warning signs for neighbours, friends, and families

• Warning signs for salon professionals

Native Women's Association of Canada

Fact sheet on what domestic/relationship violence is, warning signs, and what you can do.