Table 6
Canadian Armed Forces Primary Reserve members who witnessed or experienced sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months, by selected characteristics and types of behaviour, 2018

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Table 6
Canadian Armed Forces Primary Reserve members who witnessed or experienced sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months, by selected characteristics and types of behaviour, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Canadian Armed Forces Primary Reserve members who witnessed or experienced sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months. The information is grouped by Selected characteristics of members (appearing as row headers), Total sexualized or discriminatory behaviours, Sexualized behaviours, Discriminatory behaviours, Total sexualized behaviours, Inappropriate verbal or non-verbal communication, Sexually explicit materials, Physical contact or suggested sexual relations, Total discriminatory behaviours, Discrimination on the basis of sex and Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Selected characteristics of members	Total sexualized or discriminatory behaviours^{Table 6 Note 1}		Sexualized behaviours				Discriminatory behaviours
			Total sexualized behaviours^{Table 6 Note 2}	Inappropriate verbal or non-verbal communication^{Table 6 Note 3}	Sexually explicit materials^{Table 6 Note 4}	Physical contact or suggested sexual relations^{Table 6 Note 5}	Total discriminatory behaviours^{Table 6 Note 6}	Discrimination on the basis of sex^{Table 6 Note 7}	Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity^{Table 6 Note 8}
	number	percent
Class of service^{Table 6 Note 9}
Class A only^{Table 6 Note †}	4,380	64	62	61	8.5	9.7	21	20	5.3
Class B/C only	4,860	72^Note *	71^Note *	70^Note *	10^Note *	14^Note *	30^Note *	29^Note *	7.5^Note *
Mixed (Class A and another type of service)	10,150	74^Note *	73^Note *	72^Note *	14^Note *	19^Note *	32^Note *	31^Note *	7.1^Note *
Environmental command
Canadian Army^{Table 6 Note †}	14,050	72	71	69	13	16	29	28	6.6
Royal Canadian Navy	2,460	75^Note *	73	71	9.1^Note *	22^Note *	36^Note *	35^Note *	8.1
Royal Canadian Air Force	1,200	59^Note *	58^Note *	56^Note *	5.7^Note *	7.4^Note *	19^Note *	17^Note *	4.3^Note *
Military Personnel Command	1,350	73	72	71	6.5^Note *	13	30	29	7.8
Other	480	67	65	64	6.0^Note *	10^Note *	25	22	6.8
Gender
Women	3,430	78^Note *	76^Note *	75^Note *	14^Note *	28^Note *	43^Note *	41^Note *	11^Note *
Men^{Table 6 Note †}	15,990	70	69	67	11	13	26	25	5.8
Gender diverse^{Table 6 Note 10}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Indigenous identity^{Table 6 Note 11}
Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, Inuit) person	780	72	70	68	15	20	38^Note *	34^Note *	11^Note *
Non-Indigenous person^{Table 6 Note †}	18,730	71	70	69	11	15	28	27	6.6
Persons with disabilities
Persons with disabilities	540	73	69	66	16	20	40^Note *	38^Note *	13^Note *
Persons without disabilities^{Table 6 Note †}	18,970	71	70	69	11	15	29	27	6.6
Visible minority
Visible minority	2,800	69	67	66^Note *	11	19^Note *	30	29	7.2
Non-visible minority^{Table 6 Note †}	16,720	72	70	69	12	15	29	27	6.6
Rank
Junior Non-Commissioned Member^{Table 6 Note †}	13,250	72	71	70	13	18	31	29	7.3
Senior Non-Commissioned Member	3,070	71	70	69	9.8^Note *	10^Note *	24^Note *	24^Note *	5.8^Note *
Junior Officer	2,370	71	69	68	8.7^Note *	13^Note *	29	28	5.9^Note *
Senior Officer	870	60^Note *	57^Note *	55^Note *	4.5^Note *	6.3^Note *	21^Note *	20^Note *	4.8^Note *
Age group
24 years and younger	6,850	73^Note *	71^Note *	70^Note *	13^Note *	21^Note *	31^Note *	30^Note *	6.8^Note *
25 to 29 years	4,030	76^Note *	75^Note *	75^Note *	15^Note *	18^Note *	34^Note *	33^Note *	7.9^Note *
30 to 34 years	2,730	78^Note *	77^Note *	76^Note *	14^Note *	15^Note *	33^Note *	33^Note *	8.6^Note *
35 to 39 years	1,730	72^Note *	71^Note *	70^Note *	10^Note *	13^Note *	27^Note *	26^Note *	6.0
40 to 44 years	1,100	64^Note *	62^Note *	62^Note *	7.9^Note *	8.9^Note *	22^Note *	21^Note *	5.3
45 to 49 years	1,180	64^Note *	62^Note *	60^Note *	7.6^Note *	8.5^Note *	21	20^Note *	4.5
50 years and older^{Table 6 Note †}	1,950	59	57	56	4.7	5.7	19	17	5.2
Total	19,570	71	70	69	11	16	29	28	6.7
F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 Includes witnessed (saw or heard) or experienced (targeted, directed at them personally) at least one type of sexualized or discriminatory behaviour . Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Includes witnessed (saw or heard) or experienced (targeted, directed at them personally) at least one type of sexualized behaviour. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes sexual jokes, unwanted sexual attention, inappropriate sexual comments, and inappropriate discussion about sex life. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Includes displaying, showing, or sending sexually explicit messages or materials, and taking or posting inappropriate or sexually suggestive photos or videos of Canadian Armed Forces members, without consent. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Includes indecent exposure or inappropriate display of body parts, repeated pressure from the same person for dates or sexual relations, unwelcome physical contact or getting too close, offering workplace benefits for engaging in sexual activity or being mistreated for not engaging in sexual activity. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 Includes witnessed (saw or heard) or experienced (targeted, directed at them personally) at least one type of discriminatory behaviour. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7 Includes suggestions that a man does not act like a man is supposed to act or a woman does not act like a woman is supposed to act; someone being insulted, mistreated, ignored, or excluded because they are a man or a woman; and comments that people are either not good at a particular job or should be prevented from having a particular job because they are a man or a woman. Return to note 7 referrer Note 8 Includes someone being insulted, mistreated, ignored, or excluded because of their sexual orientation or assumed sexual orientation, and someone being insulted, mistreated, ignored, or excluded because they are, or are assumed to be, trans. Return to note 8 referrer Note 9 Class of service includes Class A (part-time service), Class B (full-time service for non-operational roles such as training or providing support to an operational unit), and Class C (full-time deployment for domestic or international operations). Reservists in the mixed group reported that they had worked a combination of part-time (Class A) and full-time (Class B, C, or Regular Force) service during the previous 12 months. Return to note 9 referrer Note 10 The gender diverse population include those who report a gender other than male or female, those who report being unsure of their gender, those who report being both male and female and those who report being neither male nor female. Return to note 10 referrer Note 11 The specific survey question asked “Are you an Aboriginal person, that is, First Nations, Métis, or Inuk (Inuit)?”. Return to note 11 referrer Note: Includes those who witnessed (saw or heard) or experienced (targeted, directed at them personally) sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months. Includes behaviours which occurred in the military workplace and outside the military workplace involving military members (Canadian Armed Forces or foreign) and/or Department of National Defence civilians or contractors. Excludes behaviours that respondents heard about from someone else (e.g., something that a friend confided in them). All estimates have been rounded to the nearest 10. Estimates are rounded independently; therefore, the sum of the rounded categories may not equal the rounded total. Percent calculations are based on unrounded estimates and exclude missing responses. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey on Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces, 2018.

Date modified:: 2019-05-22

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Canadian Armed Forces Primary Reserve members who witnessed or experienced sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months, by selected characteristics and types of behaviour, 2018

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Table 6 Canadian Armed Forces Primary Reserve members who witnessed or experienced sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months, by selected characteristics and types of behaviour, 2018

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Table 6
Canadian Armed Forces Primary Reserve members who witnessed or experienced sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months, by selected characteristics and types of behaviour, 2018