
Inappropriate behavior experienced by Canadian women in the workplace 2020, by type
More than one in four Canadian women surveyed between the beginning of the year and June 2020 had experienced inappropriate behavior in the workplace in the past 12 months, including verbal or non-verbal sexual communication, sexually explicit material, sexual assault, or discrimination based on gender, sexual orientation or gender identity. The most common type of inappropriate behavior experienced by women was sexual jokes (16 percent) and unwanted sexual attention (12 percent).