Table 4
Sexual assault in the past 12 months, by gender and selected characteristics of the victim, 2025

Table 4
Sexual assault in the past 12 months, by gender and selected characteristics of the victim, 2025 Table summary
The information is grouped by Selected characteristic (appearing as row headers), Women+, Men+, Total, 95% confidence interval, 95% confidence interval and 95% confidence interval, calculated using percent, percent, percent, from, to, from, to, from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Selected characteristic Women+ Men+ Total
percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to
Note F

too unreliable to be published

Note *

significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)

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Note **

significantly different from estimate for Women+ (p < 0.05)

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Note ***

significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) and estimate for Women+ (p < 0.05)

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Note †

reference category

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Note 1

Excludes First Nations people, Métis, or Inuit.

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Note 2

Respondents who were 15 years of age and who did not link to tax data were assumed to have an individual income of $0.

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Note: The category “Women+” includes women, as well as some non-binary respondents and some respondents who did not state their gender, while the category “Men+” includes men, as well as some non-binary persons and some respondents who did not state their gender.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces.
Age group (years)  
15 to 24 Table 4 Note † 10.3 9.1 11.6 2.9 Table 4 Note ** 2.3 3.7 6.5 5.8 7.2
25 to 34 4.6 Table 4 Note * 3.9 5.5 1.5 Table 4 Note *** 1.1 2.1 3.0 Table 4 Note * 2.6 3.5
35 to 44 2.7 Table 4 Note * 2.2 3.3 1.4 Table 4 Note *** 1.0 1.9 2.0 Table 4 Note * 1.7 2.4
45 to 54 2.2 Table 4 Note * 1.7 2.7 0.5 Table 4 Note *** 0.3 0.9 1.4 Table 4 Note * 1.1 1.7
55 and older 0.7 Table 4 Note * 0.6 0.9 0.2 Table 4 Note *** 0.1 0.3 0.5 Table 4 Note * 0.4 0.6
Indigenous identity  
Indigenous person 5.7 Table 4 Note * 4.5 7.3 2.7 Table 4 Note *** 1.8 4.1 4.3 Table 4 Note * 3.5 5.3
First Nations 6.9 Table 4 Note * 4.9 9.6 3.2 Table 4 Note *** 1.8 5.6 5.1 Table 4 Note * 3.8 6.8
Métis 4.7 3.2 6.9 2.4 1.3 4.5 3.6 Table 4 Note * 2.6 5.0
Inuk 5.9 3.4 10.0 F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published 3.5 2.1 5.9
Non-Indigenous person Table 4 Note † 3.1 2.8 3.3 1.0 Table 4 Note ** 0.8 1.2 2.0 1.9 2.2
Racialized population group Table 4 Note 1  
Yes 2.7 2.2 3.3 1.0 Table 4 Note ** 0.7 1.4 1.8 1.5 2.2
South Asian 2.8 1.9 4.2 F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published 1.6 1.1 2.3
Chinese 2.2 1.4 3.5 F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published 1.5 1.0 2.2
Black 3.1 1.8 5.0 1.8 0.9 3.8 2.4 1.6 3.7
Filipino 2.5 1.4 4.5 F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published 1.7 1.0 2.9
Arab F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published
Latin American F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published 1.6 0.8 3.2
Southeast Asian F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published
West Asian F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published
Korean F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published
Japanese F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published
Multiple racialized population groups F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published 3.8 2.0 7.4
Racialized population group not otherwise specified F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published
No Table 4 Note † 3.2 2.9 3.5 0.9 Table 4 Note ** 0.8 1.1 2.1 1.9 2.3
Place of birth  
Born outside Canada 2.1 Table 4 Note * 1.7 2.6 0.9 Table 4 Note ** 0.6 1.2 1.5 Table 4 Note * 1.2 1.8
Born in Canada Table 4 Note † 3.6 3.3 3.9 1.2 Table 4 Note ** 1.0 1.4 2.4 2.2 2.6
Sexual orientation  
Heterosexual Table 4 Note † 2.6 2.4 2.9 0.7 Table 4 Note ** 0.6 0.9 1.7 1.5 1.8
LGB+ 9.3 Table 4 Note * 8.0 10.7 6.5 Table 4 Note *** 5.2 8.2 8.2 Table 4 Note * 7.3 9.3
Lesbian or gay 3.9 2.5 6.0 5.8 Table 4 Note * 4.1 8.3 5.0 Table 4 Note * 3.8 6.6
Bisexual 11.4 Table 4 Note * 9.7 13.3 7.0 Table 4 Note *** 5.1 9.5 10.1 Table 4 Note * 8.7 11.6
Sexual orientation not elsewhere classified 7.9 Table 4 Note * 5.0 12.2 8.2 Table 4 Note * 4.1 15.9 8.0 Table 4 Note * 5.5 11.5
Identifies as a person with a disability  
Yes 5.5 Table 4 Note * 4.7 6.4 2.2 Table 4 Note *** 1.7 2.9 4.0 Table 4 Note * 3.5 4.5
No Table 4 Note † 2.8 2.5 3.0 0.9 Table 4 Note ** 0.8 1.1 1.8 1.7 2.0
Employed in past 12 months  
Yes 4.0 Table 4 Note * 3.7 4.4 1.2 Table 4 Note ** 1.0 1.4 2.5 Table 4 Note * 2.3 2.7
No Table 4 Note † 1.8 1.5 2.1 0.9 Table 4 Note ** 0.7 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.6
Individual before-tax income  
Less than $20,000Table 4 Note † Table 4 Note 2 5.2 4.5 6.0 2.3 Table 4 Note ** 1.8 3.0 3.9 3.5 4.5
$20,000 to $39,999 3.3 Table 4 Note * 2.8 3.9 1.3 Table 4 Note *** 0.9 1.9 2.4 Table 4 Note * 2.1 2.8
$40,000 to $59,999 2.3 Table 4 Note * 1.8 2.9 0.8 Table 4 Note *** 0.6 1.3 1.6 Table 4 Note * 1.3 2.0
$60,000 to $79,999 2.6 Table 4 Note * 2.0 3.3 0.7 Table 4 Note *** 0.4 1.2 1.6 Table 4 Note * 1.3 2.0
$80,000 to $99,999 2.3 Table 4 Note * 1.7 3.2 0.4 Table 4 Note *** 0.2 0.9 1.3 Table 4 Note * 1.0 1.7
$100,000 to $119,999 2.4 Table 4 Note * 1.6 3.6 0.6 Table 4 Note *** 0.3 1.2 1.4 Table 4 Note * 0.9 1.9
$120,000 or more 2.1 Table 4 Note * 1.5 2.9 0.7 Table 4 Note *** 0.5 1.1 1.2 Table 4 Note * 0.9 1.5
Not stated 4.1 3.1 5.3 1.4 Table 4 Note *** 0.9 2.3 2.7 Table 4 Note * 2.1 3.4
Attended school in the past 12 months  
Yes 8.2 Table 4 Note * 7.2 9.3 2.7 Table 4 Note *** 2.1 3.3 5.6 Table 4 Note * 5.0 6.2
No Table 4 Note † 2.2 2.0 2.4 0.8 Table 4 Note ** 0.7 1.0 1.5 1.4 1.6
Marital status  
Married or common-law Table 4 Note † 1.5 1.3 1.7 0.5 Table 4 Note ** 0.4 0.6 1.0 0.9 1.1
Separated, divorced, or widowed 2.3 Table 4 Note * 1.9 2.8 0.9 Table 4 Note ** 0.5 1.5 1.8 Table 4 Note * 1.5 2.2
Single, never married 7.1 Table 4 Note * 6.4 7.9 2.2 Table 4 Note *** 1.9 2.7 4.5 Table 4 Note * 4.1 4.9
Area of residence  
Rural area of the provinces 2.9 2.3 3.5 0.8 Table 4 Note *** 0.5 1.2 1.8 Table 4 Note * 1.5 2.2
Territories 4.4 2.9 6.5 1.4 Table 4 Note ** 0.7 2.8 2.9 2.1 4.0
Urban area of the provinces Table 4 Note † 3.3 3.0 3.6 1.2 Table 4 Note ** 1.0 1.4 2.2 2.1 2.4
First official language spoken  
English Table 4 Note † 3.4 3.1 3.7 1.2 Table 4 Note ** 1.0 1.4 2.3 2.1 2.5
French 2.4 Table 4 Note * 2.0 2.9 0.8 Table 4 Note *** 0.5 1.1 1.6 Table 4 Note * 1.4 1.9
English and French 4.8 2.7 8.4 F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published 2.7 1.6 4.4
Neither English nor French F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published
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