Table 5
Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members who witnessed or experienced sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months, by gender and types of behaviour, 2018

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Table 5
Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members who witnessed or experienced sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months, by gender and types of behaviour, 2018
Table summary
This table displays the results of Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members who witnessed or experienced sexualized or discriminatory behaviours in the past 12 months. The information is grouped by Type of behaviour witnessed or experienced (appearing as row headers), Women, Men, Gender diverse and Total, calculated using number and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of behaviour witnessed or experienced Women MenTable 5 Note † Gender diverse Total
number percent number percent number percent number percent
Total sexualized or discriminatory behaviours 6,010 74.7Note * 32,800 69.8 100 76.2 39,150 70.4
Total sexualized behaviours 5,790 71.9Note * 32,360 68.7 90 72.7 38,480 69.1
Inappropriate verbal or non-verbal communication 5,710 70.7Note * 32,000 67.8 90 66.4 38,030 68.1
Sexual jokes 5,430 67.2Note * 30,880 65.3 90 65.3 36,630 65.5
Unwanted sexual attention 1,790 22.2Note * 5,730 12.1 30Note E: Use with caution 25.5Note E: Use with cautionNote * 7,610 13.6
Inappropriate sexual comments 2,930 36.3Note * 14,050 29.8 50Note E: Use with caution 35.2 17,140 30.7
Inappropriate discussion about sex life 2,790 34.7Note * 12,440 26.4 50Note E: Use with caution 35.2 15,400 27.7
Sexually explicit materials 890 11.1Note * 5,700 12.1 40Note E: Use with caution 31.5Note * 6,720 12.1
Displaying, showing, or sending sexually explicit messages or materials 830 10.3Note * 5,490 11.6 40Note E: Use with caution 31.5Note * 6,430 11.5
Taking or posting inappropriate or sexually suggestive photos or videos of any Canadian Armed Forces members, without consent 200 2.5Note * 950 2.0 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 1,190 2.1
Physical contact or suggested sexual relations 1,850 23.0Note * 5,300 11.2 40Note E: Use with caution 29.1Note * 7,270 13.0
Indecent exposure or inappropriate display of body parts 390 4.8 2,230 4.7 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 2,710 4.8
Repeated pressure from the same person for dates or sexual relations 610 7.6Note * 1,100 2.3 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 1,760 3.1
Unwelcome physical contact or getting too close 1,480 18.3Note * 3,590 7.6 20Note E: Use with caution 18.9Note E: Use with cautionNote * 5,150 9.2
Offering workplace benefits for engaging in sexual activity or being mistreated for not engaging in sexual activity 140 1.7Note * 550 1.2 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 730 1.3
Total discriminatory behaviours 3,180 39.6Note * 11,330 24.0 60 45.4Note * 14,710 26.4
Discrimination on the basis of sex 3,080 38.3Note * 10,810 22.9 50 40.1Note * 14,080 25.2
Suggestions that a man does not act like a man is supposed to act or a woman does not act like woman is supposed to actTable 5 Note 1 2,090 25.9Note * 7,580 16.1 40Note E: Use with caution 31.3Note * 9,820 17.6
Someone being insulted, mistreated, ignored, or excluded because they are a man or a woman 1,710 21.2Note * 3,600 7.6 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 5,400 9.7
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 1,960 24.3Note * 5,420 11.5 30Note E: Use with caution 22.0Note E: Use with cautionNote * 7,490 13.4
Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 940 11.7Note * 2,830 6.0 30Note E: Use with caution 25.8Note * 3,860 6.9
Someone being insulted, mistreated, ignored, or excluded because of their sexual orientation or assumed sexual orientation 760 9.4Note * 2,220 4.7 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 3,050 5.5
Someone being insulted, mistreated, ignored, or excluded because they are, or are assumed to be, transTable 5 Note 1 540 6.7Note * 1,650 3.5 30Note E: Use with caution 22.7Note E: Use with cautionNote * 2,250 4.0
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
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The precise wording of this question changed between 2016 and 2018.

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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 of numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Estimates have been 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.
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