Table 7
Experiences of unwanted behaviours in public and online, by type of behaviour, sexual orientation and gender of the victim, Canada, 2025

Table 7
Experiences of unwanted behaviours in public and online, by type of behaviour, sexual orientation and gender of the victim, Canada, 2025 Table summary
The information is grouped by Type of behaviour and sexual orientation (appearing as row headers), Men+, Women+, Total, 95% confidence interval, 95% confidence interval and 95% confidence interval, calculated using percent1, percent1, percent1, from, to, from, to, from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of behaviour and sexual orientation Men+ Women+ Total
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significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)

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significantly different from estimate for Men+ only (p < 0.05)

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significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) and estimate for Men+ (p < 0.05)

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reference category

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Note 1

Percent calculations include missing or not stated responses. For behaviours online, percent calculations exclude those who stated they did not use the Internet in the past 12 months.

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Public places refer to anywhere people are able to access with little or no restriction, such as streets, businesses, public transportation, bars, or restaurants. For the purposes of this analysis, public places also include work and school settings.

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Note: The LGB+ population refers to people whose reported sexual orientation is gay or lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, or another sexual orientation that is not heterosexual. The category “Women+” includes women, as well as some non-binary respondents and some respondents who did not state their gender, while the category “Men+” includes men, as well as some non-binary persons and some respondents who did not state their gender.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces.
LGB+  
Experienced unwanted sexual behaviour in public in the past 12 months Table 7  Note 2 41.4 Table 7  Note * 38.5 44.4 60.8 Table 7  Note *** 58.5 63.1 53.3 Table 7  Note * 51.5 55.1
Inappropriate sexual jokes 19.6 Table 7  Note * 17.3 22.0 33.1 Table 7  Note *** 30.9 35.4 27.9 Table 7  Note * 26.2 29.6
Unwanted sexual attention 14.2 Table 7  Note * 12.3 16.3 40.3 Table 7  Note *** 37.9 42.6 30.2 Table 7  Note * 28.5 31.9
Unwanted physical contact 15.4 Table 7  Note * 13.4 17.6 28.3 Table 7  Note *** 26.2 30.6 23.3 Table 7  Note * 21.8 24.9
Indecent exposure 4.0 Table 7  Note * 3.0 5.3 8.5 Table 7  Note *** 7.2 9.9 6.7 Table 7  Note * 5.9 7.7
Suggestions you don't act like a man or woman is supposed to act 23.4 Table 7  Note * 20.9 26.2 27.0 Table 7  Note *** 24.9 29.2 25.6 Table 7  Note * 24.1 27.3
Being insulted, mistreated, ignored, or excluded because you are a man or woman 10.3 Table 7  Note * 8.7 12.1 29.4 Table 7  Note *** 27.2 31.7 22.0 Table 7  Note * 20.4 23.6
Being insulted, mistreated, ignored, or excluded because of your sexual orientation or assumed sexual orientation 20.4 Table 7  Note * 18.2 22.9 16.8 Table 7  Note *** 15.2 18.6 18.2 Table 7  Note * 16.8 19.7
Being insulted, mistreated, ignored, or excluded because you are or assumed to be transgender 9.8 Table 7  Note * 8.4 11.4 8.4 Table 7  Note * 7.3 9.7 9.0 Table 7  Note * 8.1 10.0
Experienced unwanted sexual behaviour online in the past 12 months 24.2 Table 7  Note * 21.7 26.8 29.3 Table 7  Note *** 27.3 31.4 27.3 Table 7  Note * 25.7 29.0
Received threatening or aggressive emails, social media messages, or text messages where you were the only recipient 11.4 Table 7  Note * 9.6 13.4 14.4 Table 7  Note *** 12.9 16.1 13.2 Table 7  Note * 12.0 14.5
Target of threatening or aggressive messages through group emails, group text messages or postings on social media 7.7 Table 7  Note * 6.3 9.4 8.3 Table 7  Note * 7.1 9.6 8.1 Table 7  Note * 7.2 9.1
Someone posted or distributed, or threatened to post or distribute, intimate or sexually explicit images of you without consent 3.2 Table 7  Note * 2.3 4.5 2.9 Table 7  Note * 2.2 3.7 3.0 Table 7  Note * 2.4 3.7
Someone pressured you to send, share, or post sexually suggestive or explicit images or messages 5.6 Table 7  Note * 4.4 7.1 8.7 Table 7  Note *** 7.4 10.2 7.5 Table 7  Note * 6.6 8.6
Someone sent you sexually suggestive or explicit images or messages when you did not want to receive them 13.7 Table 7  Note * 11.8 15.9 19.2 Table 7  Note *** 17.4 21.2 17.1 Table 7  Note * 15.7 18.6
Heterosexual Table 7  Note †  
Experienced unwanted sexual behaviour in public in the past 12 months Table 7  Note 2 10.0 9.6 10.5 22.7 Table 7  Note ** 22.1 23.3 16.3 15.9 16.7
Inappropriate sexual jokes 5.1 4.7 5.5 11.0 Table 7  Note ** 10.6 11.5 8.0 7.7 8.3
Unwanted sexual attention 2.4 2.2 2.7 13.5 Table 7  Note ** 12.9 14.0 7.8 7.6 8.1
Unwanted physical contact 3.0 2.7 3.3 8.5 Table 7  Note ** 8.1 8.9 5.7 5.4 6.0
Indecent exposure 1.4 1.2 1.6 2.5 Table 7  Note ** 2.3 2.8 1.9 1.8 2.1
Suggestions you don't act like a man or woman is supposed to act 3.4 3.1 3.7 5.8 Table 7  Note ** 5.5 6.2 4.6 4.4 4.8
Being insulted, mistreated, ignored, or excluded because you are a man or woman 2.9 2.6 3.2 9.3 Table 7  Note ** 8.9 9.8 6.1 5.8 6.3
Being insulted, mistreated, ignored, or excluded because of your sexual orientation or assumed sexual orientation 0.9 0.8 1.1 1.1 0.9 1.2 1.0 0.9 1.1
Being insulted, mistreated, ignored, or excluded because you are or assumed to be transgender 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2
Experienced unwanted sexual behaviour online in the past 12 months 8.2 7.7 8.6 10.2 Table 7  Note ** 9.7 10.6 9.1 8.8 9.5
Received threatening or aggressive emails, social media messages, or text messages where you were the only recipient 4.8 4.4 5.1 5.2 4.9 5.6 5.0 4.7 5.2
Target of threatening or aggressive messages through group emails, group text messages or postings on social media 2.9 2.6 3.1 2.5 2.3 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.9
Someone posted or distributed, or threatened to post or distribute, intimate or sexually explicit images of you without consent 1.6 1.4 1.8 1.1 Table 7  Note ** 0.9 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.5
Someone pressured you to send, share, or post sexually suggestive or explicit images or messages 0.7 0.6 0.8 1.8 Table 7  Note ** 1.6 2.0 1.2 1.1 1.4
Someone sent you sexually suggestive or explicit images or messages when you did not want to receive them 2.8 2.6 3.1 5.2 Table 7  Note ** 4.9 5.6 4.0 3.8 4.2
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