Table 11
Selected characteristics of work-related sexual assault experienced by women in the past 12 months, 2020


Table 11
Selected characteristics of work-related sexual assault experienced by women in the past 12 months, 2020
Table summary
This table displays the results of Selected characteristics of work-related sexual assault experienced by women in the past 12 months. The information is grouped by Selected characteristics (appearing as row headers), Women, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Selected characteristics Women
percent 95% confidence interval
from to
Location of incident
At the workplace 80Note E: Use with caution 66 89
At a work site or office building 70Note E: Use with caution 57 81
In a parking lot or outdoor space Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
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
At a public or private place outside of work 25Note E: Use with caution 15 39
Other Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Number of perpetrators
Always one 82Note E: Use with caution 71 89
Always two or more Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
It varied 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
Gender of perpetrators
Always men 81Note E: Use with caution 70 88
Always women Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Combination of men and women 11Note E: Use with caution 5 20
Don't know 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 60Note E: Use with caution 47 71
Co-worker in a position of authority over respondent 28Note E: Use with caution 18 41
Any other co-workerTable 11 Note 1 35Note E: Use with caution 25 48
A client, patient, or customer 31Note E: Use with caution 21 44
OtherTable 11 Note 2 16Note E: Use with caution 9 28
Don't know 31Note E: Use with caution 21 44
Bystanders present
Always or sometimes 54Note E: Use with caution 41 66
No 40Note E: Use with caution 28 53
Don't know Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Incident related to perpetrator's use of alcohol or drugs
Yes 25Note E: Use with caution 15 39
No 53Note E: Use with caution 40 66
Don't know 20Note E: Use with caution 11 33
Experienced verbal pressure after saying no
Yes 24Note E: Use with caution 15 37
No 74Note E: Use with caution 61 83
Was afraid career would be threatened if they refused sexual activity
Yes 11Note E: Use with caution 6 22
No 87Note E: Use with caution 77 93
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
Note 1

Includes all coworkers other than those with authority over the respondent, including subordinates.

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Note 2

Includes contractors or consultants at respondent's work, intimate partners (if associated with the respondent's work), and others associated with the respondent's work.

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Note: Estimates for men are not available due to small sample size. Sexual assault includes sexual attack, unwanted sexual touching and sexual activity to which the victim was unable to consent because they were manipulated, coerced, intoxicated or forced in another non-physical way. Includes sexual assaults which occurred in the workplace and outside the workplace involving coworkers. Includes trans and cisgender women. Percent calculations are based on unrounded estimates and exclude missing responses.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey on Sexual Misconduct at Work.
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