Table 2
Level of agreement with whether people should be able to express their gender however they choose, by gender and selected characteristics, Canada, 2025

Table 2 Level of agreement with whether people should be able to express their gender however they choose, by gender and selected characteristics, Canada, 2025
Table summary
The information is grouped by Selected characteristic (appearing as row headers), People should be able to express their gender however they choose, Women+ and Men+, calculated using percent who agree or strongly agree, 95% confidence interval, percent who agree or strongly agree, 95% confidence interval, from, to, from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Selected characteristic People should be able to express their gender however they choose
Women+ Men+
percent who agree or strongly agree 95% confidence interval percent who agree or strongly agree 95% confidence interval
from to from to
Note E

use with caution

Note F

too unreliable to be published

Note *

significantly different from reference category only (p < 0.05)

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Note **

significantly different from estimate for women+ only (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, and 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. Percent calculations include missing responses.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces, 2025.
Age group (years)  
15 to 24 82 80 83 68 Table 2 Note *** 66 70
25 to 34 Table 2 Note † 81 80 83 73 Table 2 Note ** 71 74
35 to 44 76 Table 2 Note * 75 78 69 Table 2 Note *** 67 71
45 to 54 75 Table 2 Note * 73 76 68 Table 2 Note *** 67 70
55 and older 76 Table 2 Note * 75 76 69 Table 2 Note *** 69 70
Indigenous identity  
Indigenous person 79 76 81 69 Table 2 Note ** 66 72
First Nations 82 Table 2 Note * 78 85 71 Table 2 Note ** 66 75
Métis 77 73 80 67 Table 2 Note ** 63 72
Inuit 74 68 79 71 64 77
Non-Indigenous person Table 2 Note † 77 77 78 70 Table 2 Note ** 69 70
Racialized population group Table 2 Note 1  
Yes 71 Table 2 Note * 69 72 67 Table 2 Note *** 65 68
South Asian 73 Table 2 Note * 70 76 70 67 72
Chinese 70 Table 2 Note * 67 73 62 Table 2 Note *** 59 65
Black 64 Table 2 Note * 59 68 65 Table 2 Note * 61 70
Filipino 82 78 85 75 Table 2 Note ** 70 79
Arab 60 Table 2 Note * 54 66 57 Table 2 Note * 51 63
Latin American 73 Table 2 Note * 67 77 74 68 79
Southeast Asian 79 72 84 77 70 83
West Asian 67 Table 2 Note * 59 75 66 58 73
Korean 59 Table 2 Note * 50 68 50 Table 2 Note * 40 60
Japanese 68 E use with caution 54 79 F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published F too unreliable to be published
Racialized population group not otherwise specified 68 Table 2 Note * 60 75 63 55 71
Multiple racialized population groups 77 68 83 70 60 78
No Table 2 Note † 80 79 80 71 Table 2 Note ** 70 72
Place of birth  
Born outside Canada Table 2 Note † 70 69 71 67 Table 2 Note ** 65 68
Born in Canada 80 Table 2 Note * 80 81 71 Table 2 Note *** 70 72
Sexual orientation  
Heterosexual Table 2 Note † 76 75 77 68 Table 2 Note ** 68 69
LGB+ 96 Table 2 Note * 95 97 93 Table 2 Note *** 91 94
Lesbian or gay 96 Table 2 Note * 94 98 93 Table 2 Note *** 90 95
Bisexual or pansexual 96 Table 2 Note * 94 97 93 Table 2 Note *** 90 95
Sexual orientation not elsewhere classified 94 Table 2 Note * 90 97 94 Table 2 Note * 87 98
Identifies as a person with disability  
Yes Table 2 Note † 81 79 82 73 Table 2 Note ** 71 75
No 77 Table 2 Note * 76 78 69 Table 2 Note *** 69 70
Employed in past 12 months  
Yes Table 2 Note † 79 78 79 69 Table 2 Note ** 69 70
No 75 Table 2 Note * 74 76 70 Table 2 Note ** 69 71
Highest level of education completed  
Less than high school 72 Table 2 Note * 70 74 65 Table 2 Note *** 63 67
High school 76 Table 2 Note * 74 77 68 Table 2 Note *** 66 69
College or trade school 75 Table 2 Note * 74 76 68 Table 2 Note *** 67 69
University certificate, diploma or degree Table 2 Note † 81 81 82 74 Table 2 Note ** 73 75
Marital status  
Married or common-law 75 Table 2 Note * 75 76 69 Table 2 Note ** 68 70
Separated, divorced, or widowed 76 Table 2 Note * 75 77 70 Table 2 Note ** 68 72
Single, never married Table 2 Note † 82 81 83 70 Table 2 Note ** 69 72
Area of residence  
Rural area of the provinces 75 Table 2 Note * 74 76 66 Table 2 Note *** 64 67
Territories 79 76 82 74 70 78
Urban area of the provinces Table 2 Note † 78 77 78 70 Table 2 Note ** 70 71
Individual before-tax income  
Less than $20,000 Table 2 Note † Table 2 Note 2 76 74 77 70 Table 2 Note ** 68 71
$20,000 to $39,999 75 74 76 69 Table 2 Note ** 68 71
$40,000 to $59,999 76 74 77 69 Table 2 Note ** 67 71
$60,000 to $79,999 79 Table 2 Note * 78 81 69 Table 2 Note ** 67 71
$80,000 to $99,999 80 Table 2 Note * 78 82 70 Table 2 Note ** 68 72
$100,000 to $119,999 82 Table 2 Note * 80 84 70 Table 2 Note ** 68 72
$120,000 or more 83 Table 2 Note * 82 85 70 Table 2 Note ** 68 72
Not stated 78 76 81 70 Table 2 Note ** 68 73
Total 77 77 78 70 Table 2 Note ** 69 70
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