Table 1
Number and percentage of currently sexually active 15- to 24-year-olds, and percentage of those reporting multiple partners, by selected characteristics, household population, Canada, 2015/2016

Table 1
Number and percentage of currently sexually active 15- to 24-year-olds, and percentage of those reporting multiple partners, by selected characteristics, household population, Canada, 2015/2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Number and percentage of currently sexually active 15- to 24-year-olds Total , Males, Females, 000', % and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
	000'	%	95% confidence interval		000'	%	95% confidence interval		000'	%	95% confidence interval
	Total				Males				Females
	000'	%	from	to	000'	%	from	to	000'	%	from	to
Currently sexually active
Total, 15- to 24-year-olds	2,180.8	54.1	52.6	55.6	1,109.0	53.1	50.9	55.2	1,071.8	55.2	53.2	57.3
Age group (years)
15 to 17	217.6	20.6^{Table 1 Note ‡}	18.9	22.3	106.4	19.6^{Table 1 Note ‡}	17.3	22.1	111.2	21.6^{Table 1 Note ‡}	19.3	24.1
18 to 19	446.6	52.4^{Table 1 Note ‡}	48.9	55.9	233.5	54.0^{Table 1 Note ‡}	48.9	59.0	213.1	50.9^{Table 1 Note ‡}	46.2	55.5
20 to 24^{Table 1 Note †}	1,516.6	71.5	69.2	73.7	769.1	69.1	65.8	72.2	747.5	74.2^Note *	71.3	77.0
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual^{Table 1 Note †}	1,988.2	54.3	52.7	55.9	1035.9	53.2	51.0	55.5	952.3	55.5	53.3	57.6
Gay or lesbian	46.8	65.0^{Table 1 Note ‡}	55.2	73.7	26.0	71.3^{Table 1 Note ‡}	56.9	82.4	20.8	58.6	45.0	70.9
Bisexual	92.4	61.1	53.9	67.8	22.1	57.4	44.3	69.6	70.3	62.3	53.4	70.4
Province orTerritory
Newfoundland and Labrador	34.6	63.6^{Table 1 Note ‡}	57.7	69.2	14.2	56.1	45.7	66.1	20.4	70.2^{Table 1 Note ‡}^Note *	62.1	77.2
Prince Edward Island	10.6	63.9^{Table 1 Note ‡}	56.9	70.3	5.0	67.7^{Table 1 Note ‡}	56.4	77.2	5.6	60.9	52.0	69.1
Nova Scotia	63.1	61.6^{Table 1 Note ‡}	55.6	67.3	35.0	68.0^{Table 1 Note ‡}	60.2	75.0	28.1	55.2^Note *	46.7	63.4
New Brunswick	44.9	61.2^{Table 1 Note ‡}	54.1	67.8	19.5	60.0	48.6	70.3	25.4	62.1	53.3	70.2
Quebec	575.0	62.2^{Table 1 Note ‡}	59.3	65.0	286.4	60.5^{Table 1 Note ‡}	56.4	64.4	288.6	64.0^{Table 1 Note ‡}	60.0	67.7
Ontario	804.5	50.1^{Table 1 Note ‡}	47.5	52.8	425.9	50.3^{Table 1 Note ‡}	46.5	54.1	378.6	49.9^{Table 1 Note ‡}	46.3	53.6
Manitoba	68.3	44.5^{Table 1 Note ‡}	39.3	49.7	31.2	38.4^{Table 1 Note ‡}	31.1	46.2	37.2	51.3^Note *	43.7	58.8
Saskatchewan	64.9	58.3	52.9	63.6	36.7	59.2	51.8	66.1	28.2	57.3	48.3	65.9
Alberta	242.8	53.1	49.3	56.8	118.4	51.5	46.2	56.7	124.3	54.7	49.4	59.9
British Columbia	262.3	50.9	47.1	54.7	131.9	48.7	43.4	54.0	130.4	53.4	48.0	58.7
Yukon	2.8	67.7^{Table 1 Note ‡}	56.0	77.5	1.5	68.3	51.1	81.6	1.3	67.0	51.5	79.5
Northwest Territories	3.5	71.4^{Table 1 Note ‡}	57.6	82.1	1.9	71.1	49.1	86.2	1.6	71.7^{Table 1 Note ‡}	56.8	83.0
Nunavut	3.6	59.1	47.7	69.6	1.4	44.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	28.5	61.7	2.2	74.8^{Table 1 Note ‡}^Note *	62.3	84.2
Multiple sexual partners
Total, 15- to 24-year-olds	799.4	37.1	35.1	39.1	463.8	42.6	39.7	45.6	335.7	31.4^Note *	28.9	34.0
Age group (years)
15 to 17	75.1	34.8	30.6	39.4	34.4	32.8^{Table 1 Note ‡}	26.6	39.8	40.7	36.7^{Table 1 Note ‡}	31.2	42.5
18 to 19	166.6	37.9	33.7	42.3	89.3	39.3	33.5	45.5	77.3	36.4^{Table 1 Note ‡}	30.5	42.7
20 to 24^{Table 1 Note †}	557.8	37.1	34.6	39.7	340.1	45.0	41.2	48.8	217.7	29.2^Note *	26.2	32.3
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual^{Table 1 Note †}	712.2	36.2	34.0	38.4	422.8	41.5	38.5	44.6	289.4	30.4^Note *	27.8	33.2
Gay or lesbian	23.9	51.0^{Table 1 Note ‡}	37.4	64.5	17.5	67.4^{Table 1 Note ‡}	48.7	81.7	6.4	30.6^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	17.7	47.5
Bisexual	48.8	53.5^{Table 1 Note ‡}	44.9	61.9	16.0	72.5^{Table 1 Note ‡}	55.6	84.7	32.8	47.5^{Table 1 Note ‡}^Note *	37.9	57.2
Note * significantly different from corresponding estimate for males (p<0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note ‡ significantly different from reference category or the rest of Canada for provincial or territorial comparisons (i.e., each province or territory compared with the rest of Canada combined, minus the province or territory) (p<0.05) Return to note ‡ referrer E use with caution (>0.15 to ≤0.35) Note: Currently sexually active is defined as having had vaginal or anal intercourse in the past 12 months. The sample size for estimating the prevalence of being currently sexually active was 11,330. For estimating numbers with multiple sexual partners in the past 12 months, it was 6,034. Source: 2015/2016 Canadian Community Health Survey.

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Number and percentage of currently sexually active 15- to 24-year-olds, and percentage of those reporting multiple partners, by selected characteristics, household population, Canada, 2015/2016

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Number and percentage of currently sexually active 15- to 24-year-olds, and percentage of those reporting multiple partners, by selected characteristics, household population, Canada, 2015/2016