Table 17
Students at Canadian postsecondary schools' beliefs about personal safety, by whether or not they were sexually assaulted or experienced unwanted sexualized behaviours in a postsecondary setting in the past 12 months, 2019


Table 17
Students at Canadian postsecondary schools' beliefs about personal safety, by whether or not they were sexually assaulted or experienced unwanted sexualized behaviours in a postsecondary setting in the past 12 months, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Students at Canadian postsecondary schools' beliefs about personal safety. The information is grouped by Beliefs about personal safety (appearing as row headers), Experienced sexual assault, Experienced unwanted sexualized behaviours, Did not experience sexual assault or unwanted sexualized behaviours, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Beliefs about personal safety Experienced sexual assault Experienced unwanted sexualized behavioursTable 17 Note 1 Did not experience sexual assault or unwanted sexualized behavioursTable 17 Note †
percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval
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School tries hard to ensure student safety
Agree or strongly agree 72.7Note * 69.3 75.8 80.4Note * 79.2 81.5 86.0 85.1 86.9
Neither agree nor disagree 16.1Note * 13.7 19.0 12.9 11.9 14.0 11.6 10.8 12.4
Disagree or strongly disagree 10.3Note * 8.3 12.6 5.9Note * 5.2 6.7 2.2 1.9 2.6
Feel safe on school campus
Agree or strongly agree 76.8Note * 73.6 79.7 85.3Note * 84.2 86.3 91.3 90.6 92.0
Neither agree nor disagree 12.0Note * 9.9 14.6 8.9Note * 8.0 9.8 6.7 6.1 7.4
Disagree or strongly disagree 9.8Note * 7.9 12.1 5.0Note * 4.3 5.7 1.7 1.5 2.1
Feel safe walking alone on campus after dark
Agree or strongly agree 51.3Note * 47.9 54.8 63.8Note * 62.3 65.2 74.8 73.7 75.9
Neither agree nor disagree 15.1 12.8 17.8 12.6 11.7 13.7 13.1 12.2 14.0
Disagree or strongly disagree 32.2Note * 29.0 35.5 22.6Note * 21.3 23.9 11.8 11.0 12.7
Feel safe using public transportation alone after dark
Agree or strongly agree 38.1Note * 34.6 41.6 51.1Note * 49.5 52.6 61.7 60.4 63.0
Neither agree nor disagree 14.2 11.8 16.9 13.3Note * 12.2 14.4 16.8 15.8 17.9
Disagree or strongly disagree 46.1Note * 42.6 49.7 34.4Note * 33.0 36.0 21.0 20.0 22.1
Feel safe at home alone after dark
Agree or strongly agree 79.7Note * 76.6 82.5 86.8Note * 85.6 87.8 90.6 89.8 91.3
Neither agree nor disagree 8.9Note * 7.0 11.2 6.4 5.7 7.2 6.3 5.7 6.9
Disagree or strongly disagree 10.2Note * 8.3 12.4 5.9Note * 5.2 6.7 2.8 2.4 3.2
Feel safe and not fearful of who they are or are perceived to be
Agree or strongly agree 59.9Note * 56.4 63.2 73.6Note * 72.2 74.9 83.3 82.3 84.2
Neither agree nor disagree 16.6Note * 14.2 19.3 11.7Note * 10.8 12.7 10.2 9.4 11.0
Disagree or strongly disagree 21.9Note * 19.1 25.1 13.7Note * 12.6 14.8 6.2 5.6 6.9
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Note 1

Includes sexual jokes, unwanted sexual attention, inappropriate sexual comments, 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, 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.

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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). Percent calculations are based on unrounded estimates and include missing responses, and exclude responses of "not applicable". 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.
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