Table 6
Students at Canadian postsecondary schools who were sexually assaulted or experienced unwanted sexualized behaviours in a postsecondary setting in the past 12 months, by student characteristics, 2019

Table 6
Students at Canadian postsecondary schools who were sexually assaulted or experienced unwanted sexualized behaviours in a postsecondary setting in the past 12 months, by student characteristics, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Students at Canadian postsecondary schools who were sexually assaulted or experienced unwanted sexualized behaviours in a postsecondary setting in the past 12 months. The information is grouped by Student characteristics (appearing as row headers), Students who were sexually assaulted, Students who experienced unwanted sexualized behaviours, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Student characteristics	Students who were sexually assaulted			Students who experienced unwanted sexualized behaviours^{Table 6 Note 1}
	percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval
	percent	from	to	percent	from	to
Age (years)^{Table 6 Note 2}
17 and 18	8.1	6.9	9.5	37.7^Note *	35.7	39.8
19^{Table 6 Note †}	9.0	7.7	10.5	41.9	39.6	44.2
20	8.2	7.0	9.6	40.6	38.4	42.9
21	8.3	7.0	9.8	40.4	37.9	43.0
22	6.8^Note *	5.6	8.2	38.5	36.0	41.0
23	7.0	5.6	8.7	36.0^Note *	33.4	38.7
24	5.6^Note *	4.3	7.4	33.7^Note *	30.7	36.7
Visible minority status
Visible minority^{Table 6 Note †}	6.8	6.0	7.8	35.5	34.0	37.2
Not a visible minority	8.1^Note *	7.5	8.8	40.6^Note *	39.5	41.7
Indigenous^{Table 6 Note 3}
Total Indigenous^{Table 6 Note †}	9.7	6.8	13.7	38.9	33.5	44.6
First Nations	9.5	5.5	16.1	41.7	33.2	50.8
Métis	10.1	6.4	15.5	37.1	30.4	44.3
Inuit	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Not Indigenous	7.6	7.1	8.2	38.8	37.9	39.7
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual^{Table 6 Note †}	6.9	6.4	7.4	37.1	36.1	38.0
Gay or lesbian	8.9	5.8	13.3	43.5^Note *	37.3	49.9
Bisexual	16.0^Note *	13.6	18.8	56.9^Note *	53.3	60.5
Sexual orientation n.e.c.^{Table 6 Note 4}	9.3	4.8	17.3	55.4^Note *	45.0	65.4
Religious affiliation
Buddhist	7.8	4.2	14.1	35.2	27.7	43.4
Christian	7.1	6.4	8.0	39.7	38.2	41.2
Hindu	7.1	4.5	11.0	32.9^Note *	27.4	39.0
Muslim	6.5	4.7	9.1	35.8	31.6	40.1
Sikh	7.3	4.6	11.6	34.1^Note *	28.2	40.5
Other religions^{Table 6 Note †}^{Table 6 Note 5}	11.2	7.4	16.6	43.8	36.7	51.1
No religious affiliation	8.2	7.4	9.0	38.9	37.6	40.3
Religious symbol^{Table 6 Note 6}
Yes, most of the time	9.2	7.1	11.9	39.4	35.5	43.4
Yes, sometimes	10.2^Note *	8.4	12.4	44.7^Note *	41.4	48.0
No^{Table 6 Note †}	7.3	6.8	7.9	38.1	37.2	39.1
Disablility^{Table 6 Note 7}
Living with a disability^{Table 6 Note †}	12.2	11.2	13.3	47.1	45.6	48.7
Not living with a disability	5.1^Note *	4.6	5.7	34.0^Note *	32.9	35.1
Marital status
Single^{Table 6 Note †}	7.9	7.4	8.5	39.0	38.1	39.9
Married or common law	5.1^Note *	3.7	6.9	36.3	32.9	39.7
Widowed, separated, divorced	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Dating status^{Table 6 Note 8}
Not dating	6.6^Note *	5.9	7.3	34.4^Note *	33.1	35.7
Dating relationship^{Table 6 Note 9}	8.5^Note *	7.6	9.5	42.3^Note *	40.8	43.9
Dating casually^{Table 6 Note †}^{Table 6 Note 10}	13.8	11.6	16.4	53.5	50.2	56.8
Time at school
Less than one year^{Table 6 Note †}	6.4	5.4	7.7	33.3	31.2	35.4
One or two years	7.8	6.8	8.9	39.1^Note *	37.3	41.0
Three or four years	8.4^Note *	7.5	9.4	41.1^Note *	39.5	42.7
Five or more years	7.5	6.4	8.7	39.9^Note *	37.7	42.1
Type of school in past 12 months
University^{Table 6 Note †}	9.0	8.3	9.7	42.2	41.0	43.4
Non-university	5.5^Note *	4.8	6.3	33.1^Note *	31.7	34.5
Both university and non-university^{Table 6 Note 11}	11.6	6.6	19.5	37.6	28.9	47.1
Type of student in past 12 months
Full time	8.0^Note *	7.4	8.6	39.7^Note *	38.7	40.6
Part time^{Table 6 Note †}	4.8	3.5	6.5	28.7	25.7	31.9
Both	8.4^Note *	6.0	11.5	43.4^Note *	38.5	48.4
Living arrangements
Campus housing^{Table 6 Note †}	12.0	9.9	14.5	49.2	45.7	52.6
Off campus with partner	3.7^Note *	2.3	5.9	34.4^Note *	30.0	39.2
Off campus with roommates	12.2	10.9	13.7	47.4	45.3	49.6
Off campus alone	7.0^Note *	5.2	9.3	37.4^Note *	33.8	41.2
With parents	5.8^Note *	5.2	6.5	34.7^Note *	33.5	35.9
With other family	6.4^Note *	4.3	9.3	36.7^Note *	32.5	41.2
Other	7.0^Note *	4.0	12.2	34.8^Note *	27.5	43.0
... not applicable F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 Includes sexual jokes, unwanted sexual attention, inappropriate sexual comments about body or appearance, inappropriate discussion about sex life, displaying, showing or sending sexually explicit messages or materials, taking or posting inappropriate or sexually suggestive photos or videos of any student without consent, indecent exposure or inappropriate display of body parts in a sexual manner, repeated pressure from the same person for dates or sexual relationships, unwelcome physical contact or getting too close, and offering workplace benefits for engaging in sexual activity or being mistreated for not engaging in sexual activity. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Age group reflects students' ages at the time of survey collection. Students may have been younger at the time that they experienced sexual assault or unwanted sexualized behaviour. Students aged 17 at the time of survey collection are only included if they resided in Quebec. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 The term “Indigenous” is used to refer to individuals identifying themselves as “First Nations people, Métis or Inuit”. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Sexual orientation not elsewhere classified (n.e.c.) includes students who identified as asexual, pansexual or with another sexual orientation not indicated elsewhere. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Includes Jewish, traditional First Nations, Métis or Inuit spirituality, and others. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 Includes clothing or accessories that are visibly associated with a faith or spiritual practice, such head coverings, jewelry with religious symbols, and regalia. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7 Includes students whose daily activities are sometimes, often, or always limited by difficulties related to hearing, vision, pain, mobility, flexibility, dexterity, learning, developmental, memory, or mental or psychological health. Return to note 7 referrer Note 8 Includes students who indicated that they were not married or living in common-law relationships. Return to note 8 referrer Note 9 Includes boyfriend or girlfriend-type relationships. Return to note 9 referrer Note 10 Includes casual dating relationships that the respondent does not consider to be a boyfriend or girlfriend-type relationship. Return to note 10 referrer Note 11 Includes students who attended both a university and a non-university postsecondary institution in the past 12 months. Return to note 11 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 or who experienced an unwanted sexualized behaviour in the past 12 months. 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. Percent calculations are based on unrounded estimates and include missing responses. 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. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey on Individual Safety in the Postsecondary Student Population.

Date modified:: 2020-09-14

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Students at Canadian postsecondary schools who were sexually assaulted or experienced unwanted sexualized behaviours in a postsecondary setting in the past 12 months, by student characteristics, 2019