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SCStatistics CanadaGeneral acceptanceOct 2024 – Jun 30, 2025
agreement that people should be free to express their gender however they choose
In both its 2018 and 2025 cycles, the Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces used a series of eight statements to measure perceptions of gender-based violence, gender expression and gender equality, asking respondents their level of agreement with each statement.
People should be able to express their gender however they choose
Base: people aged 15 and older; results are reported separately for women and men throughout and no combined total is published for these statements
Wording notes: abstract expression framing rather than a specific right or policyembedded in a battery otherwise about gender-based violence and gender equality
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Agree (net)
- Disagree (net)
SCStatistics CanadaGeneral acceptanceOct 2024 – Jun 30, 2025
willingness to support a family member who came out as transgender
In both its 2018 and 2025 cycles, the Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces used a series of eight statements to measure perceptions of gender-based violence, gender expression and gender equality, asking respondents their level of agreement with each statement.
I would support a family member if they came out as transgender
Base: people aged 15 and older; results are reported separately for women and men throughout and no combined total is published for these statements
Wording notes: reworded in 2025 from the 2018 negative formulation 'If a family member of mine came out as transgender, I would not be able to support them', so the two cycles are not directly comparable
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Agree (net)
- Disagree (net)
SCStatistics CanadaGeneral acceptanceJan 2018 – Dec 31, 2018
agreement that people should be free to express their gender however they choose
One of a series of eight statements measuring perceptions of gender-based violence, gender expression and gender equality.
People should be able to express their gender however they choose
Base: people aged 15 and older; results reported separately for women and men
Wording notes: identical wording to the 2025 cycle
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Agree (net)
- Disagree (net)
SCStatistics CanadaGeneral acceptanceJan 2018 – Dec 31, 2018
ability to support a family member who came out as transgender (2018 negative wording)
One of a series of eight statements measuring perceptions of gender-based violence, gender expression and gender equality.
If a family member of mine came out as transgender, I would not be able to support them
Base: people aged 15 and older; results reported separately for women and men
Wording notes: negatively worded, so agreement is the unsupportive response - the reverse of the 2025 item
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Agree (net)
- Disagree (net)