Table 3
Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members who were sexually assaulted in the past 12 months, by gender and selected characteristics of perpetrators, 2022


Table 3
Canadian Armed Forces Regular Force members who were sexually assaulted in the past 12 months, by gender and selected characteristics of perpetrators, 2022
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 perpetrators (appearing as row headers), Men, Women and All victims, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Selected characteristics of perpetrators MenTable 3 Note † Women All victimsTable 3 Note 1
percent
Type of perpetratorTable 3 Note 2
Canadian Armed Forces member(s) 93 93 93
Foreign military member(s) 4Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published 4Note E: Use with caution
Department of National Defence civilian(s) or contractor(s) 6Note E: Use with caution 6Note E: Use with caution 6Note E: Use with caution
Other 5Note E: Use with caution 6Note E: Use with caution 5Note E: Use with caution
Don't know 4Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published 4Note E: Use with caution
Number of perpetratorsTable 3 Note 2
Lone 74 85Note * 78
Two or more 20 13Note E: Use with caution Note * 18
Varied - sometimes one perpetrator other times two multiple perpetrators 8Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published 6
Don't know 6Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published 5Note E: Use with caution
Sex of perpetratorTable 3 Note 2
Always men 44 91Note * 60
Always women 35 Note F: too unreliable to be published 25
Combination of men and women 21 Note F: too unreliable to be published 16
Don't know 5Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published 4Note E: Use with caution
Relationship to victimTable 3 Note 2
Supervisor or higher rank 37 41 38
Peer 54 47 52
Subordinate - either in or outside chain of command 21 10Note E: Use with caution Note * 17
Intimate partner (dating partner, spouse, common-law partner) 5Note E: Use with caution 6Note E: Use with caution 5Note E: Use with caution
Stranger 6Note E: Use with caution 10Note E: Use with caution 8
Other 8Note E: Use with caution 11 9
Don't know 8Note E: Use with caution 7Note E: Use with caution 7
Rank of perpetratorTable 3 Note 2
Junior Non-Commissioned Member 72 62Note * 69
Senior Non-Commissioned Member 31 33 32
Junior Officer 16 15 16
Senior Officer 8Note E: Use with caution 4Note E: Use with caution 7Note E: Use with caution
Other Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 3Note E: Use with caution
Don't know 6Note E: Use with caution 7Note E: Use with caution 6Note E: Use with caution
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
Note *

significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)

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Note †

reference category

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Note 1

Includes gender diverse individuals and those whose gender was not stated.

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Note 2

Respondents were asked to select all characteristics which applied for all incidents of sexual assault; therefore, percentages do not add to 100.

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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. Percent calculations exclude missing responses.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey on Sexual Misconduct in the Canadian Armed Forces, 2022.
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