Table 1
Attitudes towards gender-based violence, gender equality, gender identity and gender expression, by gender and statement or perception, Canada, 2018 and 2025

Table 1 Attitudes towards gender-based violence, gender equality, gender identity and gender expression, by gender and statement or perception, Canada, 2018 and 2025
Table summary
The information is grouped by Statement or perception (appearing as row headers), 2018, 2025†, Women+, Men+, Women+ and Men+, calculated using percent, 95% confidence interval, percent, 95% confidence interval, percent, 95% confidence interval, percent, 95% confidence interval, from, to, from, to, from, to, from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Statement or perception Table 1 Note 1 2018 2025 Table 1 Note †
Women+ Men+ Women+ Men+
percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to from to
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significantly different from reference category only (p < 0.05)

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significantly different from estimate for women+ only (p < 0.05)

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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

Respondents were asked to indicate their level of agreement with each statement on a scale from 1 (strongly agree) to 5 (strongly disagree). For the purpose of this analysis, the five response options were grouped into the following three categories: agree or strongly agree, neither agree nor disagree, and disagree or strongly disagree.

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Note 2

In 2018, this question read: “If a family member of mine came out as transgender, I would not be able to support them”. For comparisons to 2025, the 2018 answer categories were recoded to appear in reverse order: for example, answers of "strongly agree" to the 2018 version were recoded to "strongly disagree" to match the 2025 question format. Because of this change, analysis of change over time as it pertains to this question should be done with caution.

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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. In 2025, responses from respondents who had indicated their gender as non-binary and those who did not state their gender were combined with responses from those who had indicated their gender as women or men, in order to safeguard confidentiality and data quality in line with Statistics Canada standards. To enable trend comparisons with the 2018 survey, the same process was applied retroactively to responses received in 2018. For this reason, proportions for 2018 reported here will not match earlier reports. Percent calculations include missing responses.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces, 2018 and 2025.
Violence between partners can be excused if people get so angry they lose control  
Agree or strongly agree 6.4 5.9 7.0 9.0 Table 1 Note *** 8.4 9.6 6.2 5.9 6.6 7.5 Table 1 Note ** 7.1 7.8
Neither agree nor disagree 5.0 4.5 5.4 7.7 Table 1 Note ** 7.0 8.4 4.9 4.6 5.2 7.1 Table 1 Note ** 6.7 7.4
Disagree or strongly disagree 88.3 87.5 88.9 83.0 Table 1 Note *** 82.0 83.9 88.2 87.8 88.7 84.8 Table 1 Note ** 84.3 85.3
It is understandable that someone would react violently if they suspect their partner of having an affair  
Agree or strongly agree 16.2 Table 1 Note * 15.4 17.0 20.5 Table 1 Note *** 19.6 21.4 13.0 12.6 13.5 17.8 Table 1 Note ** 17.2 18.4
Neither agree nor disagree 12.9 12.2 13.7 17.2 Table 1 Note ** 16.4 18.2 12.4 12.0 12.9 16.6 Table 1 Note ** 16.1 17.2
Disagree or strongly disagree 70.4 Table 1 Note * 69.4 71.4 61.8 Table 1 Note *** 60.7 62.9 73.9 73.3 74.5 64.8 Table 1 Note ** 64.1 65.5
People have the right to check who their partner has been calling or texting at all times  
Agree or strongly agree 18.3 17.5 19.1 17.2 16.4 18.1 18.2 17.7 18.7 16.9 Table 1 Note ** 16.4 17.5
Neither agree nor disagree 23.0 Table 1 Note * 22.1 23.9 22.2 Table 1 Note * 21.3 23.1 25.0 24.4 25.6 25.2 24.5 25.8
Disagree or strongly disagree 58.2 Table 1 Note * 57.2 59.3 60.3 Table 1 Note *** 59.2 61.4 56.2 55.5 56.8 57.1 Table 1 Note ** 56.4 57.9
There are significant obstacles that make it harder for women to get ahead than men  
Agree or strongly agree 72.4 Table 1 Note * 71.4 73.3 55.4 Table 1 Note *** 54.3 56.5 74.8 74.2 75.4 52.3 Table 1 Note ** 51.6 53.1
Neither agree nor disagree 16.5 15.7 17.4 22.3 Table 1 Note *** 21.4 23.2 15.7 15.3 16.2 24.0 Table 1 Note ** 23.4 24.7
Disagree or strongly disagree 10.8 Table 1 Note * 10.2 11.5 21.9 Table 1 Note ** 21.0 22.9 8.8 8.4 9.2 22.9 Table 1 Note ** 22.3 23.6
People should be able to express their gender however they choose  
Agree or strongly agree 84.8 Table 1 Note * 84.0 85.5 78.4 Table 1 Note *** 77.5 79.3 77.4 76.9 78.0 69.6 Table 1 Note ** 68.9 70.3
Neither agree nor disagree 10.2 Table 1 Note * 9.6 10.8 13.6 Table 1 Note *** 12.9 14.4 14.2 13.7 14.6 17.1 Table 1 Note ** 16.6 17.7
Disagree or strongly disagree 4.8 Table 1 Note * 4.3 5.2 7.7 Table 1 Note *** 7.2 8.3 7.9 7.6 8.3 12.8 Table 1 Note ** 12.3 13.2
People who report sexual assault are almost always telling the truth  
Agree or strongly agree 62.1 Table 1 Note * 61.0 63.1 47.3 Table 1 Note *** 46.2 48.4 67.5 66.8 68.1 49.8 Table 1 Note ** 49.0 50.5
Neither agree nor disagree 27.2 Table 1 Note * 26.2 28.3 36.0 Table 1 Note *** 34.9 37.0 23.6 23.1 24.2 34.5 Table 1 Note ** 33.8 35.1
Disagree or strongly disagree 10.1 Table 1 Note * 9.6 10.8 16.1 Table 1 Note *** 15.3 16.9 8.2 7.8 8.5 14.9 Table 1 Note ** 14.4 15.5
I would support a family member if they came out as transgender Table 1 Note 2  
Agree or strongly agree 79.7 Table 1 Note * 78.8 80.6 71.5 Table 1 Note *** 70.5 72.5 76.6 76.1 77.2 65.3 Table 1 Note ** 64.6 66.0
Neither agree nor disagree 11.9 Table 1 Note * 11.2 12.6 17.4 Table 1 Note *** 16.6 18.3 15.1 14.6 15.6 20.8 Table 1 Note ** 20.2 21.4
Disagree or strongly disagree 8.0 7.4 8.6 10.5 Table 1 Note *** 9.8 11.2 7.5 7.1 7.8 12.9 Table 1 Note ** 12.4 13.4
Same-sex and opposite-sex couples should have the same rights to adopt children  
Agree or strongly agree 78.7 77.8 79.4 69.9 Table 1 Note ** 69.0 70.9 79.6 79.0 80.1 70.8 Table 1 Note ** 70.1 71.4
Neither agree nor disagree 11.6 11.0 12.3 15.5 Table 1 Note ** 14.7 16.3 11.5 11.1 12.0 15.5 Table 1 Note ** 15.0 16.0
Disagree or strongly disagree 9.4 Table 1 Note * 8.8 9.9 14.3 Table 1 Note *** 13.6 15.0 8.4 8.0 8.7 13.1 Table 1 Note ** 12.7 13.6
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