Table 1.
Sample characteristics, overall and by reporting having experienced suicidal thoughts or feelings in the previous 2 weeks (n, row %).
| Overall study sample |
Experienced suicidal thoughts or feelings in the previous 2 weeks |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n, column %) (n = 7002 a) |
No (n = 6569, 93.8%) | Yes (n = 433, 6.2%) | Chi-square test p-value | |
| Gender | <.001 | |||
| Cisgender man | 3350 (47.8) | 3150 (48.0) | 200 (46.2) | |
| Cisgender woman | 3577 (51.1) | 3366 (51.2) | 211 (48.7) | |
| Transgender woman | 22 (0.3) | 11 (0.2) | 11 (2.5) | |
| Transgender man | 7 (0.1) | 7 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Non-binary | 20 (0.3) | 14 (0.2) | 6 (1.4) | |
| Two-spirit | 8 (0.1) | 6 (0.1) | 2 (0.5) | |
| Not listed | 4 (0.1) | 3 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | |
| Prefer not to answer | 14 (0.2) | 12 (0.2) | 2 (0.5) | |
| Age | <.001 | |||
| 18–34 years | 874 (12.5) | 763 (11.6) | 111 (25.6) | |
| 35–64 years | 3942 (56.3) | 3668 (55.8) | 274 (63.3) | |
| 65+ years | 2186 (31.2) | 2138 (32.5) | 48 (11.1) | |
| Household income | <.001 | |||
| Under $25k | 503 (7.3) | 438 (6.8) | 65 (15.1) | |
| $25k=<$50k | 1258 (18.2) | 1173 (18.1) | 85 (19.7) | |
| $50k=<$100k | 2456 (35.6) | 2317 (35.8) | 139 (32.3) | |
| $100k + | 2688 (38.9) | 2546 (39.3) | 142 (32.9) | |
| Province | .062 | |||
| Alberta | 852 (12.2) | 791 (12.0) | 61 (14.1) | |
| British Columbia | 1048 (15.0) | 985 (15.0) | 63 (14.5) | |
| Manitoba | 262 (3.7) | 248 (3.8) | 14 (3.2) | |
| New Brunswick | 147 (2.1) | 143 (2.2) | 4 (0.9) | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 103 (1.5) | 96 (1.5) | 7 (1.6) | |
| Nova Scotia | 360 (5.1) | 336 (5.1) | 24 (5.5) | |
| Ontario | 2643 (37.7) | 2464 (37.5) | 179 (41.3) | |
| Prince Edward Island | 27 (0.4) | 26 (0.4) | 1 (0.2) | |
| Quebec | 1302 (18.6) | 1245 (19.0) | 57 (13.2) | |
| Saskatchewan | 232 (3.3) | 211 (3.2) | 21 (4.8) | |
| Territories b | 26 (0.4) | 24 (0.4) | 2 (0.5) | |
| Marital status | <.001 | |||
| Single | 1368 (19.5) | 1216 (18.5) | 152 (35.1) | |
| Married or partnered | 4655 (66.5) | 4433 (67.5) | 222 (51.3) | |
| Separated, divorced, widowed | 979 (14.0) | 920 (14.0) | 59 (13.6) | |
| LGBT2Q+ c | <.001 | |||
| Yes or unsure | 495 (7.1) | 410 (6.3) | 85 (20.0) | |
| No | 6471 (92.9) | 6130 (93.7) | 341 (80.0) | |
| Ethnicity d | <.001 | |||
| Indigenous | 209 (3.1) | 177 (2.8) | 32 (7.9) | |
| Not Indigenous | 6531 (96.9) | 6156 (97.2) | 375 (92.1) | |
| Pre-existing mental health condition e | <.001 | |||
| Yes | 1182 (17.0) | 955 (14.6) | 227 (54.3) | |
| No | 5755 (83.0) | 5564 (85.4) | 191 (45.7) | |
| Study round | 0.001 | |||
| Round 1 (May 2020) | 2968 (42.4) | 2792 (42.5) | 176 (40.6) | |
| Round 2 (September 2020) | 2454 (35.0) | 2271 (34.6) | 183 (42.3) | |
| Round 3 (January 2021) | 1580 (22.6) | 1506 (22.9) | 74 (17.1) | |
Final sample is composed of 7068 participants who participated in only one survey round; descriptive analyses exclude 66 participants who selected “Prefer not to say” for the assessment of suicidal ideation.
Includes Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon.
Participants were asked, “Do you identify as being LGBT2Q+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, two-spirit, queer, etc.)?”
Participants were asked, “What is your family ethnicity” and were able to select multiple options. Respondents were classified as Indigenous if they selfidentified having a family of Indigenous origins, even if they identified additional ethnic categories.
Participants were asked, “Do you identify as a person who has a pre-existing (prior to COVID-19) mental health condition?”