Table A1
Proportion of workers reporting workplace harassment in the past 12 months, by characteristic, 2016

Table A1
Proportion of workers reporting workplace harassment in the past 12 months, by characteristic, 2016 Table summary
This table displays the results of
Proportion of workers reporting workplace harassment in the past 12 months Workplace harassment, including sexual and Workplace harassment, excluding sexual, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Workplace harassment, including sexual Workplace harassment, excluding sexual
percent
Total 15.9 14.0
Sociodemographic characteristics
Gender
Men (ref.) 13.2 12.6
Women 18.7Note ** 15.5Note **
Age
15 to 24 (ref.) 14.5 10.7
25 to 34 17.2 14.5Note *
35 to 44 16.0 14.6Note *
45 to 54 16.1 15.1Note **
55 to 64 15.0 14.4Note *
Highest level of completed education
Less than high school 11.3 9.9
High school (ref.) 14.5 12.0
Trades 17.6 16.5Note *
College, CEGEP or university certificate below bachelor's level 16.1 14.3
Bachelor's 17.0 15.3Note *
Above bachelor's 18.8Note * 16.2Note *
Visible minority status
Visible minority 12.8Note ** 11.2Note **
Not a visible minority (ref.) 16.8 14.8
Self-reported Aboriginal identification
Aboriginal 15.8 10.7
Non-Aboriginal (ref.) 15.9 14.1
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual (ref.) 15.5 13.8
Homosexual or bisexual 24.6Note ** 18.7
Immigrant status
Recent immigrant (less than 10 years) 12.1Note * 11.4
Established immigrant (more than 10 years) 13.6 12.5
Canadian-born (ref.) 16.6 14.4
Personal income
Less than $20,000 15.4 11.9
$20,000 to $39,999 (ref.) 16.8 14.5
$40,000 to $59,999 16.7 15.3
$60,000 to $79,999 15.6 14.7
$80,000 to $99,999 17.0 16.3
$100,000 to $119,999 16.3 14.2
$120,000 or more 10.4Note ** 9.8Note **
Province of residence
Newfoundland and Labrador 13.3 11.4
Prince Edward Island 14.5 10.9
Nova Scotia 19.3 15.7
New Brunswick 15.4 14.2
Quebec 13.5Note * 12.8
Ontario (ref.) 16.5 14.4
Manitoba 19.2 16.0
Saskatchewan 17.5 15.9
Alberta 17.1 14.5
British Columbia 15.4 13.2
Marital status
Married 14.2Note * 13.4
Common-law 16.1 14.5
Widowed 21.2 18.3
Separated 18.2 15.1
Divorced 22.8Note * 19.6Note **
Single or never-married (ref.) 17.1 13.8
Children under 6 living at home
Yes 14.6 12.7
No (ref.) 16.1 14.2
Presence of a mobility limitation affecting daily activity
Yes 23.7Note ** 22.0Note **
No (ref.) 15.6 13.7
Current workplace characteristics
Workplace size
Small business (1 to 99 employees) 14.8Note * 12.9Note **
Medium-sized business (100 to 499 employees) 17.0 15.0
Large business (500 or more employees) (ref.) 18.5 16.6
Terms of employment
Regular employee (ref.) 16.1 14.4
Seasonal employee 11.6Note * 8.8Note **
Term employee 17.4 14.9
Casual or on-call employee 15.9 13.6
Union status
Unionized 21.2Note ** 19.5Note **
Not unionized (ref.) 13.5 11.5
Occupation (NOC 4-digit)
Management 14.4Note ** 13.5Note **
Business, finance and administrative 13.1Note ** 11.9Note **
Natural and applied sciences 8.4Note ** 7.0Note **
Health (ref.) 28.1 24.6
Education, law, social and related 18.5Note ** 17.0Note **
Sales and service 16.7Note ** 13.3Note **
Trades and related 14.2Note ** 13.5Note **
Unweighted sample size 9203 8,990
Weighted sample size 16,248,795 15,888,673
Note *

significantly different from reference category (ref.) (p < 0.05)

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significantly different from reference category (ref.) (p < 0.01)

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Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2016.
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