BULLYING STATISTICS

•  At least 1 in 3 adolescent students in Canada have reported being bullied recently. Any participation in bullying increases the risk of suicidal ideas.
  
  

• When others intervene in bullying, more than 50% of the time, it stops within 10 seconds.
  
  

• Bullying can seriously affect the mental health and well-being of children and youth.
  
  

• The rate of discrimination experienced among students who identify as 2SLGBTQIA+ is 3 times higher than heterosexual youth.
  
  

• 58% of Canadian students have witnessed racialized bullying.
  
  

• 42% of youth with a disability have experienced bullying at school. This increases to 62% among those with a more severe disability.
  
  

• 70% of mental illness symptoms begin before age 18.
  
  

• Mental illness affects approximately 20% of Canadian children and youth.
  
  

• 2 in 3 people suffer in silence fearing judgment and rejection.
  
  

• 2 in 3 2SLGBTQIA+ students feel unsafe in their schools.
  
  

• Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death among children and youth (10 to 19 years).
  
  

• Suicide rates among 2SLGBTQIA+ youth are 4 times higher than their heterosexual peers.
  
  

• Cyberbullying victims are 2 times more likely to attempt suicide.
  
  

• 40% or nearly half of Canadians are bullied in the workplace every week.

Sources: Government of Canada, CAMH, Mental Health Commission of Canada, PREVNet, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canadian Mental Health Association, Safe and Caring Schools, Kids Help Phone, Angus Reid Institute/University of British Columbia, Government of Ontario