Table 16
Canadians aged 15 and over who reported experiencing discrimination or unfair treatment in Canada in last five years, 2005 to 2009

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Table 16
Canadians aged 15 and over who reported experiencing discrimination or unfair treatment in Canada in last five years, 2005 to 2009
 Table summary
 This table displays the results of Canadians aged 15 and over who reported experiencing discrimination or unfair treatment in Canada in last five years. The information is grouped by Basis of discrimination appearing as row headers and is grouped by Women, Men, Visible minorities, Non-visible minorities appearing as column headers, calculated using percentage as a unit of measure.
Basis of discrimination Women Men
Visible minorities Non-visible minorities Visible minorities Non-visible minorities
percentage
Sex 7.0 6.8 3.4E 2.2
Ethnicity or culture 16.9 3.2 18.0 3.8
Race or colour 17.3 2.8 17.0 3.6
Physical appearance 5.9 4.3 5.9E 3.1
Religion 4.8E 2.4 6.2E 1.6
Sexual orientation x 0.9 x 0.8E
Age 3.8E 3.9 3.6E 2.6
Disability x 1.2 x 1.1
Language 9.1 2.0 6.6 2.5
Some other reason x 0.8 x 0.3E
E use with caution
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2009.
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