The Durex Global Survey

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Ohhhhhhh, Canada!

Nearly three-quarters of adult Canadians use vibrators, handcuffs, costumes, blindfolds, role-playing, or spanking during sex. And more than half of us snuggle down as couples to watch pornographic videos.

This country may as well throw away the Victorian clichés right now, the Annual sex survey from the Durex condom company shows.

Only 27 percent of adults here do not use pornography, sex toys, or handcuffs, which puts our love of sexual technology among the highest in the world.

And our ownership of vibrators – 39 percent of adults here own at least one, the survey says – is way over the global average of 27 percent. (We are well behind Iceland – 52 percent there own one – and Britain at 49).

In Canada, 45 percent of women and 33 percent of men own a vibrator or an “intimate massager.”

“People don’t talk about it too much, but there is a higher proclivity of ownership than people would normally think,” said Durex brand manager Kimberly Liss.

“Also interesting is that 61 percent of all people surveyed between the ages of 45 and 55 either own or have a partner that owns a vibrator,” she added.

Sexual Photography and Videos

As well, one quarter of us take photos or videos of our partners during sex – the kind of pictures that may cause surprises if they aren’t hidden whenever out-of-town relatives visit. We’re behind the Brits and Danes (at 29 and 30 percent respectively), but ahead of lovers in most countries.

Sexual Activity Frequency

Canadians, meanwhile, rate pretty high on the sexual activity scale: We have sex on average 108 times a year. The global average is 103, but it ranges from the randy French (137) down to repressed, or maybe just exhausted, Japanese (46).

Durex’s annual Global Sex Survey is conducted on the company’s website, which may skew the results to those cruising the Internet for sex information. It drew 350,000 responses from 41 countries