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Table 6
Experiences of unwanted behaviours in public places and online, by sexual orientation and gender, Canada, 2018

Table 6
Experiences of unwanted behaviours in public places and online, by sexual orientation and gender, Canada, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Experiences of unwanted behaviours in public places and online. The information is grouped by Sexual orientation (appearing as row headers), Experienced unwanted behaviours in public in the past 12 months, Experienced unwanted behaviours online in the past 12 months, number (thousands), percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Sexual orientation and gender	Experienced unwanted behaviours in public in the past 12 months				Experienced unwanted behaviours online in the past 12 months
	number (thousands)	percent^{Table 6 Note 1}	95% confidence interval		number (thousands)	percent^{Table 6 Note 1}	95% confidence interval
	number (thousands)	percent^{Table 6 Note 1}	from	to	number (thousands)	percent^{Table 6 Note 1}	from	to
Heterosexual^{Table 6 Note †}
Male gender	1,788	12.5	11.7	13.3	1,688	13.0	12.1	13.8
Female gender	4,465	30.5^Note **	29.5	31.6	2,291	17.5^Note **	16.6	18.5
Total^{Table 6 Note 2}	6,254	21.6	20.9	22.2	3,990	15.3	14.6	16.0
Gay or lesbian
Male gender	117	38.2^Note *	31.1	45.8	82	27.6^Note *	20.9	35.3
Female gender	87	50.8^Note ***	41.7	59.8	35	21.0	13.9	30.3
Total^{Table 6 Note 2}	205	42.8^Note *	37.1	48.7	118	25.3^Note *	20.4	31.0
Bisexual^{Table 6 Note 3}
Male gender	71	41.4^Note *	30.3	53.5	66	40.3^Note *	29.5	52.2
Female gender	280	76.4^Note ***	69.6	82.1	179	49.8^Note *	41.9	57.6
Total^{Table 6 Note 2}	378	66.8^Note *	60.7	72.4	257	46.5^Note *	40.0	53.2
Note * significantly different from reference category only (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 Percent calculations include missing or not stated responses. For behaviours online, percent calculations exclude those who stated they did not use the Internet. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Includes gender diverse respondents as well as those who did not indicate their gender. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes persons who reported being, for example, pansexual, omnisexual or polysexual. Return to note 3 referrer Note: Reliable data on gender diverse victims and victims whose sexual orientation is not elsewhere classified are unavailable due to small counts. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 1000. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces.

Date modified:: 2020-09-09