Table 2.

Baseline demographic characteristics.

Characteristics		Participants (n=100), n (%)
Age group (years)
	16-19	41 (41)
	20-26	59 (59)
Gender
	Woman	65 (65)
	Man	18 (18)
	Prefer to self-describe (eg, agender and nonbinary)	16 (16)
	Prefer not to say	1 (1)
Ethnicity
	South Asian (East Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, or Bangladeshi)	16 (16)
	East Asian (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or Polynesian)	15 (15)
	Indigenous (First Nation, Inuit, or Metis)	6 (6)
	Southeast Asian (Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian, or Thai)	4 (4)
	Middle Eastern (Egyptian or Lebanese)	3 (3)
	West Asian (Iranian or Afghan)	2 (20
	African Nova Scotian or African-Canadian, African-American, or Caribbean	1 (1)
	White	42 (42)
	Prefer not to answer or not reported	11 (11)
Diversity
	2SLGBTQIA+a	44 (44)
	Differently abled	14 (14)
	Recent immigrant (immigrated to Canada or Nova Scotia in the last 5 years)	1 (1)
Education
	Enrolled in school	63 (63)
	Not enrolled in school	37 (37)
Employment
	Employed	60 (60)
	Unemployed	40 (40)
Living situation
	Living with parents	62 (62)
	Rent	30 (30)
	Own	3 (3)
	Other	5 (5)
Current use of mental health services
	Currently accessing	76 (76)
	Currently not accessing	24 (24)
Age of first mental health service access
	12 years or younger	23 (23)
	13-19 years	60 (60)
	20-25 years	13 (13)
	Not reported	4 (4)
Current use of SMS text messaging
	Daily	90 (90)
	Weekly	7 (7)
	Rarely	3 (3)

^a2SLGBTQIA+: two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, asexual/agender, and additional people who identify as part of sexual and gender diverse communities.