Table 4
Level of agreement with selected statements related to gender equality, by gender and province or territory of residence, 2025

Table 4 Level of agreement with selected statements related to gender equality, by gender and province or territory of residence, 2025
Table summary
The information is grouped by Statement and province and territory (appearing as row headers), 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).
Statement and province and territory Women+ Table 4 Note † Men+
percent who agree or strongly agree 95% confidence interval percent who agree or strongly agree 95% confidence interval
from to from to
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significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)

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significantly different from estimate for rest of Canada (p < 0.05)

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significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) and estimate for the rest of Canada (p < 0.05)

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reference category

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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. The reference category for each province and territory is the sum of all other provinces and territories. Percent calculations include missing responses.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces, 2025.
There are significant obstacles that make it harder for women to get ahead than men  
Newfoundland and Labrador 75 71 79 52 Table 4 Note * 47 58
Prince Edward Island 73 66 79 53 Table 4 Note * 45 62
Nova Scotia 78 Table 4 Note ** 75 81 58 Table 4 Note *** 54 62
New Brunswick 75 71 78 54 Table 4 Note * 49 58
Quebec 74 Table 4 Note ** 72 75 51 Table 4 Note * 50 53
Ontario 75 74 76 53 Table 4 Note * 51 54
Manitoba 78 75 81 49 Table 4 Note * 45 53
Saskatchewan 70 Table 4 Note ** 67 74 49 Table 4 Note *** 45 52
Alberta 74 72 76 51 Table 4 Note * 49 53
British Columbia 76 74 77 54 Table 4 Note *** 52 56
Yukon 69 63 75 58 Table 4 Note * 52 65
Northwest Territories 65 Table 4 Note ** 57 71 58 50 66
Nunavut 55 Table 4 Note ** 47 61 41 Table 4 Note *** 32 50
Canada 75 74 75 52 Table 4 Note * 52 53
People should be free to express their gender however they choose  
Newfoundland and Labrador 82 Table 4 Note ** 78 85 73 Table 4 Note * 67 78
Prince Edward Island 79 73 84 70 61 77
Nova Scotia 84 Table 4 Note ** 81 87 72 Table 4 Note * 68 76
New Brunswick 76 73 79 68 Table 4 Note * 64 72
Quebec 82 Table 4 Note ** 81 83 74 Table 4 Note *** 72 75
Ontario 76 Table 4 Note ** 75 77 69 Table 4 Note *** 67 70
Manitoba 76 73 79 63 Table 4 Note *** 59 67
Saskatchewan 69 Table 4 Note ** 66 73 60 Table 4 Note *** 57 64
Alberta 73 Table 4 Note ** 71 74 66 Table 4 Note *** 64 68
British Columbia 78 76 79 72 Table 4 Note *** 70 74
Yukon 81 76 85 77 Table 4 Note ** 71 82
Northwest Territories 82 75 88 75 Table 4 Note ** 70 80
Nunavut 72 Table 4 Note ** 66 77 69 58 78
Canada 77 77 78 70 Table 4 Note * 69 70
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