Bullying among sexually and gender diverse youth in Canada

Release date: October 18, 2022
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Bullying among sexually and gender diverse youthNote 1 in Canada

Same-gender attracted, transgender and non-binary youth were more likely to have experienced bullying in the past year (77%) than youth exclusively attracted to a different gender (69%).

Being insulted was the most common form of bullying among all youth


Top 5 types of bullying experienced by all youth in the past year
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This table displays the results of Top five most prevalent types of bullying experienced by youth in the past year Same-gender attracted, transgender and non-binary and Different-gender attracted (appearing as column headers).
Same-gender attracted, transgender and non-binary Exclusively different-gender attracted
Made fun of, called names or insulted 67% 57%
Rumours spread 43% 34%
Excluded from activities 40% 31%
Pressured to do things 23% 18%
Threatened or insulted online or by text message 22% 18%

Sexually and gender diverse youth were significantly more likely to experience multiple forms of bullying (at least six types) (16%) than youth attracted exclusively to a different gender (10%).


Poor mental health was more commonly reported by bullied sexually and gender diverse youth
Table summary
This table displays the results of Poor mental health was more commonly reported by bullied sexually and gender diverse youth. Self-reported poor mental health, Considered taking one’s own life in past year and Skipped school three or more times in past year without permission (appearing as column headers).
Self-reported poor mental health Considered taking their life in the past year Skipped school three or more times in the past year
Exclusively different-gender attracted, not bullied 6% 5% 9%
Exclusively different-gender attracted, bullied 16% 13% 16%
Same-gender attracted, transgender and non-binary, not bullied 16% 16% 10%
Same-gender attracted, transgender and non-binary, bullied 33% 27% 20%

Source: Prokopenko, E. and D. Hango. 2022. “Bullying victimization among sexually and gender diverse youth in Canada. ”Insights on Canadian Society. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 75-006-X.

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