Table 10
Experiences of unwanted behaviour in public and online, by type of behaviour and gender, 2025

Table 10
Experiences of unwanted behaviour in public and online, by type of behaviour and gender, 2025 Table summary
The information is grouped by Type of behaviour (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).
Type of behaviour Women+ Table 10 Note † Men+ Total
percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval
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significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)

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Note †

reference category

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Note 1

Includes places that the population can access with little or no restriction, such as streets, sidewalks, bars, restaurants, coffee shops, and other public places.

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Note 2

Percent calculations exclude respondents who stated they did not use the Internet in the past 12 months.

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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.
In public Table 10 Note 1  
Inappropriate sexual jokes 9.6 9.3 10.0 3.6 Table 10 Note * 3.3 3.9 6.6 6.4 6.9
Unwanted sexual attention 13.9 13.4 14.4 2.3 Table 10 Note * 2.1 2.5 8.1 7.8 8.4
Unwanted physical contact 7.6 7.2 8.0 2.4 Table 10 Note * 2.1 2.6 5.0 4.8 5.2
Suggestions that you do not act like someone of your gender is supposed to act 5.6 5.3 5.9 2.9 Table 10 Note * 2.7 3.2 4.2 4.0 4.5
Being insulted, mistreated, ignored or excluded due to gender 7.9 7.6 8.3 2.0 Table 10 Note * 1.8 2.3 5.0 4.8 5.2
Being insulted, mistreated, ignored or excluded due to (actual or assumed) sexual orientation 1.8 1.7 2.0 1.6 1.4 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.8
Being insulted, mistreated, ignored or excluded because you are (or are assumed to be) transgender 0.9 0.7 1.0 0.6 Table 10 Note * 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8
Indecent exposure 2.3 2.1 2.5 1.1 Table 10 Note * 0.9 1.2 1.7 1.5 1.8
Total 21.6 21.0 22.1 8.0 Table 10 Note * 7.6 8.5 14.8 14.5 15.2
Online Table 10 Note 2  
Received threatening or aggressive emails, social media messages, or text messages where you were the only recipient 6.1 5.8 6.5 5.2 Table 10 Note * 4.8 5.5 5.6 5.4 5.9
Target of threatening or aggressive comments spread through group emails, text messages, or social media postings 3.1 2.9 3.4 3.1 2.9 3.4 3.1 2.9 3.3
Someone posted or distributed, or threatened to post or distribute, intimate or sexually explicit videos or images of you without your consent 1.3 1.1 1.4 1.7 Table 10 Note * 1.5 1.9 1.5 1.4 1.6
Someone pressured you to send, share, or post sexually suggestive or explicit images or messages 2.5 2.3 2.7 1.0 Table 10 Note * 0.8 1.1 1.7 1.6 1.9
Someone sent you sexually suggestive or explicit images or messages when you did not want to receive them 6.6 6.3 7.0 3.5 Table 10 Note * 3.2 3.8 5.0 4.8 5.3
Total 12.0 11.6 12.5 9.1 Table 10 Note * 8.6 9.5 10.6 10.2 10.9
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