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