Canada women men cyberstalked by age 2014

The graph demonstrates the share of women and men who were cyberstalked in Canada over the last five years, broken down by age. According to the 2014 findings, cyberstalking in Canada decreased with age, with 14 percent of women aged between 15 and 24 experiencing cyberstalking compared to just two percent of women aged 65 or above. It was also found that four percent of men aged in the 55-64 age bracket had experienced cyberstalking, compared to less than 0.05 percent of women within the same age group.

Share of population in Canada who were cyberstalked over the last 5 years as of 2014, by age

Characteristic	Women	Men
15-24	14%	9%
24-34	11%	8%
35-44	7%	5%
45-54	7%	4%
55-64*	0.05%	4%
65 or older	2%	3%

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December 2017

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

2014

Age group

14 years and older

Supplementary notes

*Fewer than 0.05 percent of women aged between 55 and 64 experienced cyberstalking.
Excludes the territories.
Includes only those who had used the internet at some point in the past 5 years.
A person has experienced cyberstalking of they have received repeated and unwanted online attention. This includes unwanted text messages, e-mails and messages via social media, or having someone post inappropriate, unwanted or personal/private information or pictures on social media. Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, 2014. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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