Table 4
Selected characteristics of work-related discriminatory behaviours experienced in the past 12 months, by category of behaviour and gender, 2020


Table 4
Selected characteristics of work-related discriminatory behaviours experienced in the past 12 months, by category of behaviour and gender, 2020
Table summary
This table displays the results of Selected characteristics of work-related discriminatory behaviours experienced in the past 12 months. The information is grouped by Selected characteristics (appearing as row headers), Discrimination on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity, Women, Men, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Selected characteristics Discrimination on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity
WomenTable 4 Note † Men
percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval
from to from to
Location of incident
At the workplaceTable 4 Note ‡ 93 90 96 91 82 95
At a work site or office building 92 88 95 87 74 94
In a parking lot or outdoor space 13 9 19 10 4 24
In lodging provided by work 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
At a public or private place outside of work 12Note ** 9 16 17Note ** 10 26
Online or over the phone 7Note ** 5 10 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Other 3Note ** 2 6 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Number of perpetrators
OneTable 4 Note ‡ 44 38 50 52 41 63
Two or more 29Note ** 23 34 29Note ** 20 40
It varied 19Note ** 15 23 17Note ** 11 25
Don't know 9Note ** 5 14 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Gender of perpetrators
Always menTable 4 Note ‡ 60 54 66 33Note * 23 45
Always women 6Note ** 3 10 33Note * 21 47
Combination of men and women 30Note ** 25 36 32 23 43
Don't know 4Note ** 2 8 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Relationship to perpetrator
Co-worker 74 68 79 87Note * 75 93
Co-worker in a position of authority over respondent 44 38 50 36Note ** 26 47
Co-worker under the authority of the respondent 7Note ** 4 11 8Note ** 4 14
Any other co-workerTable 4 Note ‡ 44 38 50 70Note * 59 80
A contractor or consultant at respondent's work 7Note ** 4 12 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
A client, patient, or customer at respondent's work 32Note ** 26 38 15Note * Note ** 8 27
Someone else associated with work 10Note ** 7 13 11Note ** 5 19
OtherTable 4 Note 1 3Note ** 2 6 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Don't know 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
Bystanders present
Always or sometimesTable 4 Note ‡ 66 60 72 71 60 80
No 24Note ** 19 30 23Note ** 15 34
Don't know 9Note ** 6 14 6Note ** 3 12
Bystanders intervenedTable 4 Note 2
Always or sometimesTable 4 Note ‡ 35 28 43 23Note E: Use with caution 13 38
No 62Note ** 54 70 71Note E: Use with caution Note ** 56 83
Don't know 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
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
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significantly different from reference category † (p < 0.05)

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significantly different from reference category ‡ (p < 0.05)

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Note 1

Includes intimate partners.

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Note 2

Includes those workers who said that bystanders were sometimes or always present.

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Note: Includes those who experienced (targeted, directed at them personally) discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months. Includes behaviours which occurred in the workplace and outside the workplace involving coworkers. The terms "women" and "men" include trans and cisgender women and men. Percent calculations are based on unrounded estimates and exclude missing responses.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey on Sexual Misconduct at Work.
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