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Cyberbullying and its victims

Online tormentors don’t discriminate by age. Amanda Shendruk breaks down the numbers
By Amanda Shendruk

Cyberbullying isn’t just a problem for kids. Online tormentors don’t discriminate by age: On average, seven per cent of Canadian adults have experienced some form of cyberbullying. Our graphic below uses data from Statistics Canada to provide a more detailed look at the who, what, and where (but unfortunately not the why) of online bullying: