Table 4
Students at Canadian military colleges who personally experienced unwanted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in a postsecondary setting in the past 12 months, by incident characteristics, 2019


Table 4
Students at Canadian military colleges who personally experienced unwanted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in a postsecondary setting in the past 12 months, by incident characteristics, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Students at Canadian military colleges who personally experienced unwanted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in a postsecondary setting in the past 12 months. The information is grouped by Incident characteristics (appearing as row headers), Unwanted sexualized behaviours, Discriminatory behaviours, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Incident characteristics Unwanted sexualized behavioursTable 4 Note 1 Discriminatory behavioursTable 4 Note 2
percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval
from to from to
Number of perpetrators
Always one 24 19 30 37 28 46
Always two or more 24 19 30 22 15 32
It varied 37 31 44 30 22 40
Don't know 10 7 15 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Gender of perpetrators
One man or multiple men 44 37 50 56 46 65
One woman or multiple women 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
Sometimes men, sometimes women 45 39 52 32 23 41
Don't know 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
Bystanders present
Yes, in at least one instance 88 84 92 75 66 82
No, in at least one instance 64 58 70 45 36 55
Don't know 7 4 11 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Bystanders took action
Yes, in at least one instance 40 34 47 34 24 45
No, in at least one instance 87 82 91 83 73 89
Don't know 7 5 12 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Type of bystander action
Separated those involved 29 20 40 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Asked if needed help 31 22 42 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Confronted the perpetrator 53 42 63 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Created a distraction 46 35 57 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Ask others to step in 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
Tell someone in authority 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
Encourage the behaviour 16 10 25 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Something else 23 15 34 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Relationship of perpetrator
Student at their school 94 90 96 86 78 91
Friend or acquaintance 53 46 59 37 28 47
Stranger 11 8 16 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Student at another school 15 10 20 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Dating partner or married or common-law spouse (current or former)Table 4 Note 3 11 7 16 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Casual dating partner (current or former)Table 4 Note 4 5 3 9 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Member of a club or team to which they belong 7 4 11 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Staff member, security staff, tutor or otherTable 4 Note 5 8 5 12 19 12 28
Supervisor or boss, coach, professor or instructor at their school, teaching assistantTable 4 Note 6 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
Don't know 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 applicable
F too unreliable to be published
Note 1

Includes sexual jokes, unwanted sexual attention, inappropriate sexual comments about appearance or body, 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.

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Note 2

Includes suggestions that a man does not act like a man is supposed to act or a woman does not act like a woman is supposed to act, someone being insulted, mistreated, ignored, or excluded because of their gender, comments that people are not good at or should be prevented from being in a particular program because of their gender, someone being insulted, mistreated, ignored, or excluded because of their sexual orientation or assumed sexual orientation, and someone being insulted, mistreated, ignored, or excluded because they are, or are assumed to be, transgender.

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Note 3

Dating partners include, for example, boyfriend- or girlfriend-type relationships. This type of relationship is different from a causal dating relationship, which includes (for example) "friends with benefits"-type relationships. Spouses include legally married and common-law spouses.

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Note 4

Causal dating partners include, for example, "friends with benefits"-type relationships. This type of relationship is different from a dating partner relationship, which includes (for example) boyfriend- or girlfriend-type relationships.

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Note 5

Includes civilian and non-civilian staff members, campus security and private tutors. Also includes other persons associated with the postsecondary setting.

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Note 6

Includes supervisors or bosses associated with co-ops, internships, volunteer positions or paid on-campus employment.

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Note: Includes postsecondary students at the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) in Kingston, Ontario and the Royal Military College Saint Jean (RMC SJ) in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec who experienced (targeted, directed at them personally) unwanted sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months. Includes behaviours which occurred in the postsecondary setting, including on campus, 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, or during on the job training) or online (where some or all of the people responsible were students, teachers or other people associated with the school). Percent calculations are based on unrounded estimates and include missing responses. Respondents were able to provide information on multiple incidents; therefore, percentages do not add to 100. 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. Confidence intervals for proportions are shown, and are available for numbers upon request.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey on Individual Safety in the Postsecondary Student Population.
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