Table 1. Sociodemographic characteristics of Canadian participants in the EMIS-2017 (N=5,165).
| Characteristics | British Columbia + Yukon (n=1,191)a |
Alberta + Northwest Territories (n=710)a |
Saskatchewan + Manitoba (n=339)a |
Ontario + Nunavut (n=1,707)a |
Quebec (n=789)a |
Atlantic Provinces (n=429)a |
Total (N=5,165)a |
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Age category | ||||||||||||||
| 16–24 | 160 | 13.4 | 148 | 20.8 | 63 | 18.6 | 281 | 16.5 | 165 | 20.9 | 89 | 20.7 | 906 | 17.5 |
| 25–39 | 492 | 41.3 | 295 | 41.5 | 137 | 40.4 | 607 | 35.6 | 334 | 42.3 | 161 | 37.5 | 2,026 | 39.2 |
| 40–54 | 326 | 27.4 | 166 | 23.4 | 83 | 24.5 | 526 | 30.8 | 179 | 22.7 | 96 | 22.4 | 1,376 | 26.6 |
| 55–69 | 193 | 16.2 | 90 | 12.7 | 53 | 15.6 | 250 | 14.6 | 102 | 12.9 | 77 | 17.9 | 765 | 14.8 |
| 70+ | 20 | 1.7 | 11 | 1.5 | 3 | 0.88 | 43 | 2.5 | 9 | 1.1 | 6 | 1.4 | 92 | 1.8 |
| Sexual identity | ||||||||||||||
| Gay or homosexual | 975 | 82.0 | 503 | 70.8 | 223 | 65.8 | 1,294 | 75.8 | 627 | 79.5 | 302 | 70.4 | 3,924 | 76.0 |
| Bisexual | 138 | 11.6 | 156 | 22.0 | 98 | 28.9 | 297 | 17.4 | 116 | 14.7 | 96 | 22.4 | 901 | 17.5 |
| Straight or heterosexual | 4 | 0.3 | 12 | 1.7 | 6 | 1.8 | 17 | 1.0 | 4 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.5 | 45 | 0.9 |
| Other | 72 | 6.1 | 39 | 5.5 | 12 | 3.5 | 99 | 5.8 | 42 | 5.3 | 29 | 6.8 | 293 | 5.7 |
| Gender identity | ||||||||||||||
| Cisgender man | 1,158 | 97.2 | 690 | 97.2 | 331 | 97.6 | 1,675 | 98.1 | 772 | 97.8 | 413 | 96.3 | 5,039 | 97.6 |
| Transgender man | 33 | 2.8 | 20 | 2.8 | 8 | 2.4 | 32 | 1.9 | 17 | 2.2 | 16 | 3.7 | 126 | 2.4 |
| Proportion of friends, family who know about attraction to men | ||||||||||||||
| All, almost all | 652 | 55.1 | 291 | 41.7 | 139 | 41.5 | 819 | 48.6 | 432 | 55.0 | 203 | 47.4 | 2,536 | 49.6 |
| More than half | 227 | 19.2 | 125 | 17.9 | 52 | 15.5 | 318 | 18.9 | 124 | 15.8 | 60 | 14.0 | 906 | 17.7 |
| Less than half | 136 | 11.5 | 80 | 11.5 | 44 | 13.1 | 182 | 10.8 | 74 | 9.4 | 54 | 12.6 | 570 | 11.1 |
| Few | 131 | 11.1 | 135 | 19.3 | 71 | 21.2 | 255 | 15.1 | 100 | 12.7 | 79 | 18.5 | 771 | 15.1 |
| None | 38 | 3.2 | 67 | 9.6 | 29 | 8.7 | 110 | 6.5 | 55 | 7.0 | 32 | 7.5 | 331 | 6.5 |
| Born in Canada | ||||||||||||||
| No | 307 | 25.8 | 99 | 14.0 | 38 | 11.2 | 396 | 23.2 | 190 | 24.1 | 40 | 9.3 | 1,070 | 20.7 |
| Yes | 881 | 74.2 | 610 | 86.0 | 301 | 88.8 | 1,309 | 76.8 | 598 | 75.9 | 388 | 90.7 | 4,087 | 79.3 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||||||||
| White | 795 | 74.2 | 507 | 80.9 | 237 | 78.0 | 1,151 | 76.5 | 524 | 78.9 | 306 | 87.7 | 3,520 | 77.9 |
| Indigenous | 46 | 4.3 | 34 | 5.4 | 24 | 7.9 | 35 | 2.3 | 20 | 3.0 | 11 | 3.2 | 170 | 3.8 |
| Latin American | 39 | 3.6 | 16 | 2.6 | 10 | 3.3 | 53 | 3.5 | 41 | 6.2 | 1 | 0.3 | 160 | 3.5 |
| Asian | 47 | 4.4 | 17 | 2.7 | 8 | 2.6 | 53 | 3.5 | 12 | 1.8 | 3 | 0.9 | 140 | 3.1 |
| East/Southeast Asian | 57 | 5.3 | 16 | 2.6 | 5 | 1.6 | 36 | 2.4 | 8 | 1.2 | 4 | 1.1 | 126 | 2.8 |
| South Asian | 22 | 2.1 | 10 | 1.6 | 4 | 1.3 | 45 | 3.0 | 5 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.6 | 88 | 1.9 |
| Blackb | 10 | 0.9 | 6 | 1.0 | 5 | 1.6 | 43 | 2.9 | 7 | 1.1 | 6 | 1.7 | 77 | 1.7 |
| Arab/West Asian | 13 | 1.2 | 5 | 0.8 | 2 | 0.7 | 22 | 1.5 | 19 | 2.9 | 4 | 1.1 | 65 | 1.4 |
| Other | 42 | 3.9 | 16 | 2.6 | 9 | 3.0 | 67 | 4.5 | 28 | 4.2 | 12 | 3.4 | 174 | 3.8 |
| Years of education past 16 years of age | ||||||||||||||
| None | 113 | 9.5 | 70 | 9.9 | 37 | 10.9 | 174 | 10.2 | 50 | 6.3 | 39 | 9.1 | 483 | 9.4 |
| 1–3 | 156 | 13.1 | 124 | 17.5 | 49 | 14.5 | 168 | 9.8 | 66 | 8.4 | 65 | 15.2 | 628 | 12.2 |
| 4–6 | 322 | 27.0 | 210 | 29.6 | 116 | 34.2 | 479 | 28.1 | 193 | 24.5 | 136 | 31.7 | 1,456 | 28.2 |
| 7+ | 600 | 50.4 | 306 | 43.1 | 137 | 40.4 | 886 | 51.9 | 480 | 60.8 | 189 | 44.1 | 2,598 | 50.3 |
| Occupation | ||||||||||||||
| Employed full-time | 664 | 55.8 | 394 | 55.5 | 206 | 60.8 | 944 | 55.5 | 422 | 53.6 | 228 | 53.1 | 2,858 | 55.4 |
| Employed part-time | 80 | 6.7 | 59 | 8.3 | 17 | 5.0 | 109 | 6.4 | 58 | 7.4 | 41 | 9.6 | 364 | 7.1 |
| Self-employed | 110 | 9.3 | 53 | 7.5 | 26 | 7.7 | 154 | 9.0 | 66 | 8.4 | 29 | 6.8 | 438 | 8.5 |
| Unemployed | 70 | 5.9 | 45 | 6.3 | 22 | 6.5 | 101 | 5.9 | 31 | 3.9 | 21 | 4.9 | 290 | 5.6 |
| Student | 125 | 10.5 | 88 | 12.4 | 40 | 11.8 | 214 | 12.6 | 155 | 19.7 | 60 | 14.0 | 682 | 13.2 |
| Retired | 84 | 7.1 | 41 | 5.8 | 18 | 5.3 | 105 | 6.2 | 41 | 5.2 | 34 | 7.9 | 323 | 6.3 |
| Other | 56 | 4.7 | 30 | 4.2 | 10 | 2.9 | 75 | 4.4 | 14 | 1.8 | 16 | 3.7 | 201 | 3.9 |
| Comfort level with current income | ||||||||||||||
| Living really comfortably | 190 | 16.0 | 108 | 15.2 | 50 | 14.7 | 250 | 14.7 | 144 | 18.3 | 64 | 14.9 | 806 | 15.6 |
| Living comfortably | 374 | 31.4 | 207 | 29.2 | 116 | 34.2 | 572 | 33.6 | 281 | 35.7 | 118 | 27.5 | 1,668 | 32.3 |
| Neither comfortable nor struggling | 387 | 32.5 | 244 | 34.4 | 106 | 31.3 | 530 | 31.1 | 234 | 29.7 | 145 | 33.8 | 1,646 | 31.9 |
| Struggling | 170 | 14.3 | 102 | 14.4 | 42 | 12.4 | 235 | 13.8 | 105 | 13.3 | 76 | 17.7 | 730 | 14.2 |
| Really struggling | 69 | 5.8 | 49 | 6.9 | 25 | 7.4 | 115 | 6.8 | 23 | 2.9 | 26 | 6.1 | 307 | 6.0 |
a The total counts for each characteristic do not always add up to the provincial totals because only participants with non-missing values were included. Missing values make up less than 3% of the totals
b Black includes people with African and Caribbean ethnicities