Table 1
Unwanted behaviour in public spaces and online in the past 12 months, by gender and type of behaviour, provinces, 2018

Table 1
Unwanted behaviour in public spaces and online in the past 12 months, by gender and type of behaviour, provinces, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Unwanted behaviour in public spaces and online in the past 12 months. The information is grouped by Type of unwanted behaviour (appearing as row headers), Women, Men, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of unwanted behaviour	Women^{Table 1 Note †}			Men
	percent^{Table 1 Note 1}	95% confidence interval		percent^{Table 1 Note 1}	95% confidence interval
	percent^{Table 1 Note 1}	from	to	percent^{Table 1 Note 1}	from	to
Public spaces
Unwanted sexual behaviour in public spaces
Unwanted physical contact	17.3	16.5	18.2	6.3^Note *	5.7	6.9
Indecent exposure	4.4	3.9	5.0	3.1^Note *	2.7	3.5
Unwanted comments about sex or gender	11.7	10.9	12.5	5.9^Note *	5.4	6.5
Unwanted comments about sexual orientation or assumed sexual orientation	3.7	3.3	4.2	3.9	3.5	4.4
Unwanted sexual attention	24.8	23.9	25.8	5.5^Note *	5.0	6.1
Experienced unwanted sexual behaviour in public spaces	31.8	30.8	32.8	13.4^Note *	12.6	14.3
Online
Unwanted behaviour online
Threatening or aggressive emails or messages directed at you personally	10.2	9.4	11.0	7.6^Note *	7.0	8.3
Threatening or aggressive messages sent to a group or on social media	4.4	3.9	5.1	4.2	3.7	4.7
Posting or distributing, or threatening to post or distribute, intimate or sexually explicit images without consent	1.6	1.2	2.0	1.6	1.3	1.9
Pressure to send, share, or post sexually suggestive or explicit images or messages	3.7	3.2	4.2	1.8^Note *	1.5	2.1
Being sent unwanted sexually suggestive or explicit images or messages	10.7	9.9	11.5	6.5^Note *	5.9	7.1
Experienced unwanted sexual behaviour online	18.4	17.4	19.4	13.6^Note *	12.8	14.5
Protective measure taken online
Changed username or blocked others because of harassment	17.3	16.3	18.3	9.7^Note *	9.0	10.4
Limited Internet use or social media participation for protection	17.4	16.5	18.3	12.1^Note *	11.4	12.8
Shut down or deleted an account because of harassment	4.0	3.6	4.5	2.9^Note *	2.6	3.3
Took an online protective measure	28.2	27.1	29.3	18.7^Note *	17.8	19.6
Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 Percent calculations include missing or not stated responses but are not displayed unless they represent 5% or more of total responses. For online behaviours and protective measures, percent calculations exclude those who stated they did not use the Internet. Return to note 1 referrer Note: Excludes data from Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, which will be published at a later date. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces.

Date modified:: 2019-12-05

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Table 1
Unwanted behaviour in public spaces and online in the past 12 months, by gender and type of behaviour, provinces, 2018

Table 1 Unwanted behaviour in public spaces and online in the past 12 months, by gender and type of behaviour, provinces, 2018

Table 1
Unwanted behaviour in public spaces and online in the past 12 months, by gender and type of behaviour, provinces, 2018