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Statistics

2. The proportion of all same-sex couples who resided in Toronto in 2006:
5.6% 30% 41.2%
21.2%

3. The number of same-sex couples in 2006 in Canada:
28,400 55,300 35,300
45,300

4. The proportion of same-sex married spouses who were men:
59.7% 43.7% 67.7%
53.7%

5. The percentage of Canadians aged 18 to 59 who reported in 2009 that they consider themselves to be homosexual (gay or lesbian):
3.1%
2.1%
4.1%
1.1%

6. The percentage of Canadians aged 18 to 59 who reported in 2009 that they consider themselves to be bisexual:
0.7% 1.5% 0.2%
0.9%

7. The proportion of all hate crimes that were motivated by sexual orientation in 2009 in Canada:
21% 18% 3%
13%

8. The number of hate crimes in 2009 that were motivated by sexual orientation, up 18% from 2008 in Canada:
188

9. The proportion of hate crimes motivated by sexual orientation in 2009 that were violent in nature. Minor assaults were the most frequent type of violent hate crime:
47% 86% 39%
74%