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Table 27
Basis of discrimination among people aged 15 and over who reported experiencing discrimination in the last five years, by visible minority status and sex, Canada, 2014 Table 27
Basis of discrimination among people aged 15 and over who reported experiencing discrimination in the last five years, by visible minority status and sex, Canada, 2014

Table summary
This table displays the results of Basis of discrimination among people aged 15 and over who reported experiencing discrimination in the last five years. The information is grouped by Basis of discrimination (appearing as row headers), Women, Men, Visible minority and Not a visible minority, calculated using percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Basis of discrimination	Women		Men
	Visible minority	Not a visible minority	Visible minority	Not a visible minority
	percentage
Sex	29^Note *	39	14	15
Ethnicity of culture	62^Note *	19	65^Note *	29
Race or skin colour	62^Note *	17	66^Note *	27
Physical appearance (other than skin colour)	24	26	20	21
Religion	20^Note *	12	24^Note *	15
Sexual orientation	Note F: too unreliable to be published	7	3^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	6
Age	14^Note *	26	11^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	20
Physical or mental disability	Note F: too unreliable to be published	14	3^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	14
Language	29^Note *	14	26	22
Other	4^{Note E: Use with caution}	4	6^{Note E: Use with caution}	5^{Note E: Use with caution}
^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from "Not a visible minority," within sex, at p < 0.05 Return to note * referrer Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2014.

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Date modified:: 2016-03-03