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Table 4
Students at Canadian postsecondary schools who were sexually assaulted in a postsecondary setting, by time frame and type of sexual assault, and gender, 2019

Table 4
Students at Canadian postsecondary schools who were sexually assaulted in a postsecondary setting, by time frame and type of sexual assault, and gender, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Students at Canadian postsecondary schools who were sexually assaulted in a postsecondary setting. The information is grouped by Time frame and type of sexual assault (appearing as row headers), Men, Women, number, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Time frame and type of sexual assault	Men^{Table 4 Note †}				Women
	number	percent	95% confidence interval		number	percent	95% confidence interval
	number	percent	from	to	number	percent	from	to
Sexual assault in the past 12 months^{Table 4 Note 1}
Sexual attack^{Table 4 Note 2}	3,000	0.3	0.2	0.5	17,000	1.7^Note *	1.4	2.1
Unwanted sexual touching^{Table 4 Note 3}	29,000	3.3	2.8	3.9	95,000	9.4^Note *	8.7	10.2
Sexual activity where unable to consent^{Table 4 Note 4}	6,000	0.7	0.5	1.0	48,000	1.8^Note *	1.4	2.1
Non-consensual sexual activity following consensual sexual activity^{Table 4 Note 5}	4,000	0.4	0.3	0.7	20,000	2.0^Note *	1.7	2.4
Total	35,000	4.0	3.4	4.6	110,000	11.0^Note *	10.2	11.9
Sexual assault at some point during postsecondary school^{Table 4 Note 6}
Sexual attack^{Table 4 Note 2}	5,000	0.4	0.3	0.6	43,000	3.3^Note *	2.9	3.8
Unwanted sexual touching^{Table 4 Note 3}	47,000	4.0	3.5	4.5	165,000	12.7^Note *	12.0	13.5
Sexual activity where unable to consent^{Table 4 Note 4}	13,000	1.1	0.8	1.4	48,000	3.7^Note *	3.3	4.2
Non-consensual sexual activity following consensual sexual activity^{Table 4 Note 5}	9,000	0.8	0.6	1.1	48,000	3.7^Note *	3.3	4.2
Total	58,000	4.9	4.3	5.5	197,000	15.2^Note *	14.4	16.1
Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 Percentage calculations are based on the population of students who had attended postsecondary school in the past 12 months. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Includes being forced or attempted to be forced into any unwanted sexual activity, by threatening, holding down, or hurting in some way. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes being touched against one’s will in any sexual way, including unwanted touching or grabbing, kissing, or fondling. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Includes being subjected to a sexual activity to which one was not able to consent, including being drugged, intoxicated, manipulated, or forced in ways other than physically. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Includes sexual activity to which one did not consent, after having consented to another form of sexual activity (for example, unprotected sex after consenting to protected sex). Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 Includes all sexual assaults that occurred in the postsecondary setting, including those that occurred prior to the previous 12 months. Return to note 6 referrer Note: Includes postsecondary students aged 18 to 24 (17 to 24 in Quebec) as of December 31, 2018 in the Canadian provinces who were sexually assaulted. Includes incidents which occurred in the postsecondary setting, including on campus or off campus (if they occurred during travel to or from school, during an official or unofficial event organized by someone affiliated with the school, or during paid or unpaid employment, work placements or volunteer work associated with postsecondary studies). The categories "women" and "men" include cisgender and transgender women and men. All estimates have been rounded to the nearest 1,000. Percent calculations are based on unrounded estimates and include missing responses. Respondents were able to provide information on multiple incidents; therefore, percentages do not add to 100. Confidence intervals should be interpreted as follows: If the survey were repeated many times, then 95% of the time (or 19 times out of 20), the confidence interval would cover the true population value. Confidence intervals for proportions are shown, and are available for numbers upon request. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey on Individual Safety in the Postsecondary Student Population.

Date modified:: 2020-09-14