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Table 10
Work-related sexual assault, by gender and type of sexual assault, 2020

Table 10
Work-related sexual assault, by gender and type of sexual assault, 2020
Table summary
This table displays the results of Work-related sexual assault. The information is grouped by Type of sexual assault (appearing as row headers), Women, Men, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of sexual assault	Women^{Table 10 Note †}			Men
	percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval
	percent	from	to	percent	from	to
Past 12 months in a work-related setting
Sexual attack	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
Unwanted sexual touching	1.7	1.3	2.2	1.0^Note *	0.6	1.5
Sexual activity to which the victim was unable to consent^{Table 10 Note 1}	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
Total sexual assault^{Table 10 Note 2}	1.8	1.4	2.3	1.1^Note *	0.7	1.7
Ever in a work-related setting^{Table 10 Note 3}
Sexual attack	3.2	2.7	3.7	0.5^Note *	0.3	0.8
Unwanted sexual touching	13.0	12.0	14.1	2.5^Note *	1.9	3.3
Sexual activity to which the victim was unable to consent^{Table 10 Note 1}	1.2	0.9	1.6	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Total sexual assault^{Table 10 Note 2}	13.2	12.2	14.3	3.0^Note *	2.3	3.7
F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 Includes being subjected to a sexual activity to which one was not able to consent, including being drugged, intoxicated, manipulated, or forced in ways other than physically. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Total does not equal the sum of the categories of sexual assault as they are not mutually exclusive. Respondents were asked to indicate each type of sexual assault they experienced. Total reflects the number who reported being the victim of at least one type of sexual assault. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes sexual assaults committed in the past 12 months as well as those committed more than 12 months ago. Return to note 3 referrer Note: Includes sexual assaults 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.

Date modified:: 2021-08-12