Table 2
Unwanted behaviours in public spaces, online and in the workplace in the past 12 months, by gender of the targeted person and selected characteristics, territories, 2018

Table 2
Unwanted behaviours in public spaces, online and in the workplace in the past 12 months, by gender of the targeted person and selected characteristics, territories, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Unwanted behaviours in public spaces. The information is grouped by Selected characteristics (appearing as row headers), Unwanted sexual behaviours in public spaces, Unwanted behaviours online, Unwanted sexual behaviours in the workplace, Women, Men, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Selected characteristics	Unwanted sexual behaviours in public spaces						Unwanted behaviours online^{Table 2 Note 1}						Unwanted sexual behaviours in the workplace^{Table 2 Note 2}
	Women			Men			Women			Men			Women			Men
	percent^{Table 2 Note 3}	95% confidence interval		percent^{Table 2 Note 3}	95% confidence interval		percent^{Table 2 Note 3}	95% confidence interval		percent^{Table 2 Note 3}	95% confidence interval		percent^{Table 2 Note 3}	95% confidence interval		percent^{Table 2 Note 3}	95% confidence interval
	percent^{Table 2 Note 3}	from	to	percent^{Table 2 Note 3}	from	to	percent^{Table 2 Note 3}	from	to	percent^{Table 2 Note 3}	from	to	percent^{Table 2 Note 3}	from	to	percent^{Table 2 Note 3}	from	to
Total population	35	32	38	16^Note **	13	20	24	21	27	16^Note **	14	19	31	28	34	16^Note **	13	19
Age group (years)
15 to 24^{Table 2 Note †}	48	38	59	28^Note **	18	42	33	23	44	19^Note **	11	31	30	20	43	26	17	37
25 to 34	50	42	57	23^Note **	18	29	29	22	37	19^Note **	13	25	39	32	47	15^Note **	11	21
35 to 44	37	31	43	12^Note ***	8	19	25	21	31	15^Note **	10	21	34	27	41	15^Note ***	10	20
45 to 54	30^Note *	24	37	13^Note ***	9	19	20^Note *	15	27	14	9	21	31	25	39	14^Note **	9	21
55 to 64	21^Note *	16	27	9^Note ***	6	14	12^Note *	7	18	13	9	19	19	13	26	13^Note *	7	23
65 and older	7^Note *	4	13	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	11^Note *	6	22	17	10	28	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Indigenous identity
Indigenous person	29^Note *	25	33	18^Note **	12	24	27	22	34	17^Note **	12	23	24^Note *	19	29	14^Note **	10	19
First Nations	39	29	50	28	17	43	33	22	46	20	12	33	40	29	54	14^Note **	8	24
Métis	41	28	55	24	11	46	36^Note *	24	49	16^Note **	8	29	28	16	43	36	17	60
Inuk	22^Note *	18	27	10^Note **	6	17	23	16	32	16	10	24	13^Note *	10	18	11	6	20
Non-Indigenous person^{Table 2 Note †}	41	37	45	15^Note **	12	19	21	18	25	16^Note **	13	19	36	32	40	17^Note **	14	22
Visible minority
Yes^{Table 2 Note †}	37	27	48	12^Note **	7	21	19	12	30	12	6	24	21	14	31	20	11	32
No	35	32	38	17^Note **	14	20	25	21	28	17^Note **	14	20	32^Note *	29	35	16^Note **	13	19
LGBTQ2+
No^{Table 2 Note †}	34	31	37	16^Note **	13	18	22	19	26	16^Note **	13	19	29	26	33	16^Note **	13	19
Yes^{Table 2 Note 4}	61^Note *	45	75	36^Note *	14	62	52^Note *	36	67	27^Note **	8	55	54^Note *	39	69	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Disability
Person with disability^{Table 2 Note †}	45	40	49	21^Note **	17	27	35	31	40	26^Note **	20	32	39	34	44	16^Note **	11	22
Person without disability	28^Note *	25	32	14^Note ***	11	17	16^Note *	13	20	12^Note ***	10	15	25^Note *	21	29	16^Note **	13	20
Employed in the last 12 months
Yes^{Table 2 Note †}	41	37	44	17^Note **	13	20	24	21	28	17^Note **	14	20	31	28	34	16^Note **	13	19
No	18^Note *	13	24	15	10	21	21	15	30	13	8	22	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Education status
Currently attending school^{Table 2 Note †}	54	43	64	31^Note **	19	45	32	22	44	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	40	29	52	23^Note **	12	39
Not currently attending school	32^Note *	29	36	15^Note ***	12	18	22	19	26	17^Note **	14	20	29	26	33	15^Note **	12	18
Marital status
Married or common-law^{Table 2 Note †}	30	26	34	11^Note **	9	14	15	12	19	14	11	17	29	26	33	14^Note **	11	17
Separated, divorced	34	26	43	24^Note *	15	35	32^Note *	25	40	13^Note **	7	24	24	16	33	16	9	27
Widowed	16^Note *	9	27	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	18	8	35	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Single, never married	48^Note *	42	55	24^Note ***	18	32	38^Note *	30	46	21^Note ***	16	28	37	30	44	20^Note **	14	28
... not applicable F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from estimate for reference category only (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note significantly different from the estimate for women only (p < 0.05) Return to note referrer Note * significantly different from the estimate for the reference category (p < 0.05) and the estimate for women (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 Percent calculations exclude respondents who reported that they did not use the Internet in the past 12 months. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Percent calculations exclude respondents who did not work in the past 12 months. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Percent calculations include missing or unspecified responses, but these data are not shown unless they represent 5% or more of the total responses. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 The estimates for men are based on a small sample and therefore must be used with caution. Return to note 4 referrer Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces.

Date modified:: 2020-08-26

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Table 2
Unwanted behaviours in public spaces, online and in the workplace in the past 12 months, by gender of the targeted person and selected characteristics, territories, 2018

Table 2 Unwanted behaviours in public spaces, online and in the workplace in the past 12 months, by gender of the targeted person and selected characteristics, territories, 2018

Table 2
Unwanted behaviours in public spaces, online and in the workplace in the past 12 months, by gender of the targeted person and selected characteristics, territories, 2018