Table 2
Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members who were sexually assaulted in the past 12 months, by gender and selected characteristics, 2016 and 2018

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Table 2
Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members who were sexually assaulted in the past 12 months, by gender and selected characteristics, 2016 and 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members who were sexually assaulted in the past 12 months. The information is grouped by Selected characteristics of victims (appearing as row headers), 2018, 2016, Male victims, Female victims and Total victims, calculated using percent and number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Selected characteristics of victims	2018				2016
	Male victims	Female victims	Total victims^{Table 2 Note 1}		Male victims	Female victims	Total victims^{Table 2 Note 1}
	percent		number	percent	percent		number	percent
Environmental command
Canadian Army^{Table 2 Note †}	1.2	5.7^Note **	360	1.7	1.3	6.0^Note **	380	1.8
Royal Canadian Navy	1.6	6.0^Note **	170	2.2^Note *	1.7	7.0^Note **	190	2.4^Note *
Royal Canadian Air Force	1.0	4.5^Note **	190	1.5	0.8^Note *	4.1^Note ***	160	1.3^Note *
Military Personnel Command	0.9	2.4^Note ***^{Table 2 Note #}	70	1.4^{Table 2 Note #}	1.2	4.4^Note ***	120	2.3^Note *
Other	0.8^Note *	2.9^Note ***	110	1.2^Note *	0.9^Note *	2.7^Note ***	100	1.2^Note *
Indigenous identity^{Table 2 Note 2}
Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, Inuit) person	1.9^Note *	7.7^Note ***	70	3.0^Note *	2.0^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	Note F: too unreliable to be published	50	2.3^Note *
Non-Indigenous person^{Table 2 Note †}	1.1	4.1^Note **^{Table 2 Note #}	820	1.5	1.2	4.9^Note **	910	1.7
Persons with disabilities
Persons with disabilities	2.4^Note *	Note F: too unreliable to be published	70	3.0^Note *	2.3^Note *	Note F: too unreliable to be published	50	2.6^Note *
Persons without disabilities^{Table 2 Note †}	1.1	4.2^Note **^{Table 2 Note #}	830	1.5	1.1	4.8^Note **	900	1.7
Visible minority
Visible minority	1.8^Note *	6.8^Note **	100	2.5^Note *	2.3^Note *	6.0^Note **	90	2.7^Note *
Non-visible minority^{Table 2 Note †}	1.1	4.1^Note **^{Table 2 Note #}	790	1.5	1.1	4.8^Note **	870	1.6
Rank
Junior Non-Commissioned Member^{Table 2 Note †}	1.5	5.4^Note **	610	2.0^{Table 2 Note #}	1.7	6.2^Note **	690	2.3
Senior Non-Commissioned Member	0.7^Note *^{Table 2 Note #}	2.3^Note ***^{Table 2 Note #}	120	0.9^Note *	0.5^Note *	3.3^Note ***	120	0.9^Note *
Junior Officer	1.0^Note *	5.1^Note **	120	1.8	1.1^Note *	4.3^Note ***	120	1.7^Note *
Senior Officer	0.4^Note *	2.3^Note ***	40	0.7^Note *^{Table 2 Note #}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	2.0^Note *	30	0.5^Note *
Age group
24 years and younger	2.6^Note *	15.4^Note ***^{Table 2 Note #}	180	3.9^Note *	2.1^Note *	10.2^Note ***	130	2.9^Note *
25 to 29 years	1.6^Note *^{Table 2 Note #}	8.0^Note ***	250	2.5^Note *^{Table 2 Note #}	2.1^Note *	9.7^Note ***	320	3.0^Note *
30 to 34 years	1.0^Note *	3.7^Note ***	160	1.4^Note *	1.2^Note *	4.9^Note ***	190	1.7^Note *
35 to 39 years	0.9^Note *	2.9^Note ***	130	1.3^Note *	0.9^Note *	3.8^Note ***	130	1.4^Note *
40 to 44 years	0.8^Note *	2.8^Note ***	90	1.2^Note *	0.8^Note *	2.8^Note **	80	1.1^Note *
45 to 49 years	0.7^Note *	Note F: too unreliable to be published	50	0.8^Note *	0.6^Note *	2.7^Note **	60	0.9^Note *
50 years and older^{Table 2 Note †}	0.4	Note F: too unreliable to be published	40	0.6	0.4	2.3^Note **	50	0.7
Total	1.1	4.3^Note **	900	1.6	1.2	4.8^Note **	960	1.7
^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from reference category only (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note significantly different from male victims only (p < 0.05) Return to note referrer Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) and male victims (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note # significantly different from 2016 (p < 0.05) Return to note # referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 For 2018, includes gender diverse individuals and those whose gender was not stated. For 2016, includes members whose sex was not stated. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 The specific survey question asked “Are you an Aboriginal person, that is, First Nations, Métis, or Inuk (Inuit)?”. Return to note 2 referrer Note: Includes those who were sexually assaulted in the past 12 months. Includes sexual assaults 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. All estimates of numbers 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, 2016 and 2018.

Date modified:: 2019-05-22

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Table 2
Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members who were sexually assaulted in the past 12 months, by gender and selected characteristics, 2016 and 2018

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Table 2
Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members who were sexually assaulted in the past 12 months, by gender and selected characteristics, 2016 and 2018