Table 2
Discrimination in the past five years, by incident characteristic, Chinese and other populations, Canada, 2019


Table 2
Discrimination in the past five years, by incident characteristic, Chinese and other populations, Canada, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Discrimination in the past five years. The information is grouped by Incident characteristics (appearing as row headers), Chinese population, Other racialized populations, Non-racialized population, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Incident characteristics Chinese populationTable 2 Note † Other racialized populationsTable 2 Note 1 Non-racialized populationTable 2 Note 2
percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval
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Reason for discrimination
Experienced discrimination in the past five yearsTable 2 Note 3 29.5 24.7 34.7 29.1 26.0 32.4 16.5Note * 15.6 17.4
Sex 4.3 2.6 7.0 6.5 4.9 8.5 6.1 5.5 6.7
Ethnicity or culture 16.7 13.2 21.1 18.9 16.1 22.0 2.3Note * 2.0 2.8
Race or skin colour 22.2 17.9 27.1 21.2 18.5 24.3 2.8Note * 2.4 3.2
Physical appearance 5.1 3.3 7.9 7.1 5.6 9.0 5.1 4.5 5.7
Gender identity or expression 1.4 0.6 3.2 0.9 0.5 1.7 1.2 0.9 1.6
Age 3.7 2.2 6.2 5.3 3.8 7.2 4.8 4.2 5.4
Language 11.1 8.4 14.5 7.9 6.2 9.9 2.1Note * 1.8 2.5
Other 2.5 1.4 4.3 8.5Note * 6.7 10.7 4.8Note * 4.3 5.4
Religion Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 6.9 5.2 9.0 2.1 1.7 2.5
Sexual orientation Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 0.7 0.4 1.4 1.1 0.8 1.4
Physical or mental disability Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 0.6 0.3 1.1 1.7 1.4 2.0
Any other reason Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 0.8 0.4 1.6 0.6 0.4 0.8
Did not experience discrimination in the past five years 70.5 65.2 75.2 70.8 67.5 73.8 83.4Note * 82.4 84.3
Number of reasons for discriminationTable 2 Note 4
Identified a single reason 35.7Note E: Use with caution 26.9 45.5 25.6 20.7 31.2 54.9Note * 51.6 58.2
Identified multiple reasons 64.3Note E: Use with caution 54.5 73.1 74.4 68.8 79.3 45.1Note * 41.8 48.4
Situation in which discrimination was experiencedTable 2 Note 4
In a store, bank or restaurant 44.6Note E: Use with caution 34.9 54.7 46.9 40.7 53.2 28.2Note * 25.4 31.2
When attending school or classes 22.0Note E: Use with caution 14.9 31.1 22.5 17.3 28.8 16.9 14.1 20.0
At work or when applying for a job or promotion 26.8Note E: Use with caution 19.6 35.4 50.7Note * 44.5 56.8 45.0Note * 41.7 48.3
When dealing with the police or the courts 4.7Note E: Use with caution 2.3 9.4 10.9Note * 7.7 15.2 4.6 3.5 5.9
When dealing with the police Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 9.6 6.5 13.8 3.9 3.0 5.2
When dealing with the courts Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 3.4 1.7 6.7 1.7 1.1 2.6
When crossing the border into Canada 6.7Note E: Use with caution 3.5 12.4 12.7 8.9 17.8 2.0Note * 1.4 3.0
Any other situation 14.8Note E: Use with caution 8.8 23.9 15.8 11.9 20.7 18.9 16.9 21.2
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
Note *

significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)

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Note †

reference category

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Note 1

Includes the non-Chinese racialized population (i.e., those who are South Asian, Black, Filipino, Arab, Latin American, Southeast Asian, West Asian, Korean or Japanese), those who identify with multiple racialized groups and those who identify with a racialized group not elsewhere indicated. Excludes the Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, Inuit) population.

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Note 2

Excludes the Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, Inuit) population, but includes the non-Indigenous population.

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Note 3

As respondents could indicate all reasons that applied, "experienced discrimination in the past five years" does not equal the sum of the reasons.

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Note 4

Based on those who experienced discrimination in the past five years. Situations do not add to 100% as respondents could indicate all that applied.

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Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey on Canadians' Safety (Victimization), 2019.
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