New Brunswick Announces $1,000,000 in Funding to Coincide with Sexual Assault Awareness Month

New Brunswick has announced $1,000,000 in new funding to coincide with proclaiming May as ‘Sexual Assault Awareness Month’ in the province.

$200,000 will go to five agencies that provide counselling and other services to victims of sexual violence. They include:

• Sexual Violence New Brunswick in Fredericton
• The Southeast Sexual Assault Centre in Moncton
• Services à la famille on the Acadian Peninsula
• L’Éclipse in Edmundston
• Family Plus in Saint John

According to Statistics Canada,  there were 610 sexual assault cases reported to police in New Brunswick in 2020.