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Table 4
Experiences of physical assault and sexual assault since age 15 and in the past 12 months, by sexual orientation and gender, Canada, 2018

Table 4
Experiences of physical assault and sexual assault since age 15 and in the past 12 months, by sexual orientation and gender, Canada, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Experiences of physical assault and sexual assault since age 15 and in the past 12 months. The information is grouped by Sexual orientation and gender (appearing as row headers), Physical assault, Sexual assault, Total violent victimization, Since age 15, Past 12 months, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Sexual orientation and gender	Physical assault						Sexual assault						Total violent victimization^{Table 4 Note 1}
	Since age 15			Past 12 months			Since age 15			Past 12 months			Since age 15			Past 12 months
	percent^{Table 4 Note 2}	95% confidence interval		percent^{Table 4 Note 2}	95% confidence interval		percent^{Table 4 Note 2}	95% confidence interval		percent^{Table 4 Note 2}	95% confidence interval		percent^{Table 4 Note 2}	95% confidence interval		percent^{Table 4 Note 2}	95% confidence interval
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Heterosexual^{Table 4 Note †}
Male gender	33.1	32.0	34.2	3.5	3.1	4.0	7.7	7.2	8.3	0.9	0.7	1.2	34.9	33.9	36.0	4.2	3.7	4.7
Female gender	25.6^Note **	24.6	26.6	1.9^Note **	1.5	2.3	29.8^Note **	28.8	30.7	2.7^Note **	2.3	3.2	38.3^Note **	37.2	39.3	4.1	3.6	4.7
Total^{Table 4 Note 3}	29.3	28.6	30.0	2.7	2.4	3.0	18.9	18.3	19.4	1.8	1.6	2.1	36.6	35.9	37.4	4.2	3.8	4.5
Gay or lesbian
Male gender	42.2^Note *	35.1	49.7	4.3	2.2	8.2	26.6^Note *	20.8	33.3	3.3^Note *	1.7	6.2	52.3^Note *	44.7	59.7	6.6	4.0	10.7
Female gender	46.3^Note *	37.6	55.3	5.6	2.2	13.4	39.4^Note ***	31.2	48.2	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	55.6^Note *	46.8	64.1	6.6	3.0	14.1
Total^{Table 4 Note 3}	43.7^Note *	38.1	49.4	4.7	2.7	8.0	31.2^Note *	26.2	36.6	3.2	1.7	5.7	53.4^Note *	47.7	59.1	6.6	4.3	10.0
Bisexual^{Table 4 Note 4}
Male gender	52.5^Note *	40.1	64.5	9.8^Note *	5.2	17.6	25.4^Note *	17.3	35.8	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	57.8^Note *	45.0	69.6	12.1^Note *	7.0	20.0
Female gender	46.2^Note *	38.4	54.3	7.9^Note *	4.6	13.3	55.4^Note ***	47.0	63.5	11.2^Note *	7.4	16.5	63.1^Note *	54.5	71.0	15.1^Note *	10.7	21.0
Total^{Table 4 Note 3}	48.5^Note *	41.8	55.2	8.1^Note *	5.4	11.9	45.0^Note *	38.5	51.6	9.2^Note *	6.3	13.1	62.1^Note *	55.1	68.7	14.3^Note *	10.8	18.8
F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note significantly different from estimate for male gender only (p < 0.05) Return to note referrer Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) and estimate for male gender (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 Includes sexual and physical assault. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Percent calculations include missing or not stated responses. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes gender diverse respondents as well as those who did not indicate their gender. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Includes persons who reported being, for example, pansexual, omnisexual or polysexual. Return to note 4 referrer Note: Reliable data on gender diverse victims and victims whose sexual orientation is not elsewhere classified are unavailable due to small counts. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces.

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Date modified:: 2020-09-09