Demographic characteristics of the survey participants
| Characteristic | N | Frequency (%) | |
| Age (median(range)) | 293 | 33 (18–71) | |
| Gender identity | Male | 293 | 209 (71.3) |
| Female | 80 (27.3) | ||
| Sexual partners—gender of typical sexual partner(s)* | MSM | 282 | 106 (37.6) |
| MSW | 96 (34.0) | ||
| WSM | 67 (23.8) | ||
| WSW | 13 (4.6) | ||
| Identify as two-spirit† | 280 | 8 (2.7) | |
| Education completed | College/ university/postgraduate | 292 | 235 (80.5) |
| High school degree | 51 (17.5) | ||
| Some high school | 6 (2.1) | ||
| Ethnicity | White, European descent | 272 | 144 (52.9) |
| Asian descent | 75 (27.6) | ||
| Central or South American | 18 (6.6) | ||
| Other, other mixed descent | 15 (5.5) | ||
| Aboriginal (including Aboriginal & White) | 11 (4.0) | ||
| African or Black | 9 (3.3) | ||
| Have had an STI ever | 289 | 144 (49.8) | |
| Number of partners in the last 6 months | 0 | 283 | 13 (4.6) |
| 1–2 | 115 (40.6) | ||
| 3–4 | 73 (25.8) | ||
| 5–9 | 48 (17.0) | ||
| 10–19 | 24 (8.5) | ||
| 20+ | 10 (3.5) | ||
| Have a regular healthcare provider or family doctor | 286 | 149 (52.1) | |
| Have heard of the HPV vaccine | 291 | 233 (80.1) | |
| Have previously received the HPV vaccine | 293 | 65 (22.2) | |
| Have heard of the hepatitis B vaccine | 288 | 261 (90.6) | |
| Have previously received the hepatitis B vaccine | 292 | 168 (57.5) | |
| Intend to engage in future in positive health behaviours‡ | 226 | 212 (93.8) | |
| Willing to pay out of pocket for an STI vaccine | 271 | 242 (89.3) | |
*Categorisation based on participant responses of their own gender identity and their typical partner(s) gender identity.
†Two spirit refers to a person who identifies as having both masculine and feminine spirit, used by some Indigenous populations in Canada.
‡Variable is aggregate of scaled agreeableness of future positive health behaviours.
.HPV, human papillomavirus; MSM, men who have sex with men; MSW, men who have sex with women; STI, sexually transmitted infection; WSM, women who have sex with men; WSW, women who have sex with women.