University of Victoria · Sex, Safety & Security Study
[ About the Study ]
During the 2014–15 Sex, Safety & Security study, 1,133 people with experience purchasing sexual services took an anonymous and confidential survey. In one section, they were asked about where they currently live and where they most often purchase sexual services.
What you are viewing is a network map of the mobility patterns of these respondents, showing the connection between the self-reported city where they live and the city where they most often purchase sexual services in Canada.
[ How to Use This Map ]
Navigate
Scroll to zoom · Click + drag to pan
Zooming into a dense cluster gently spreads overlapping cities apart for easier selection.
Select City
Click a node to lock its connections
Use the Both / ← Inbound / Outbound → toggle in the detail panel to focus on arrivals or departures. Hover for a quick preview without locking.
Node Colour
Reflects total purchasing activity
Darker nodes have little or no respondent activity; brighter, near-white nodes are cities with the highest concentrations of purchasing. Toggle Per Capita to normalise by city population.
Edge Taper
Thin at origin → thick at destination
Each line widens toward the destination city, showing the direction of travel. Thicker destination ends indicate more respondents making that journey.
Dashed Ring
Local purchasers — no travel
A dashed circle around a node indicates respondents who purchase sexual services in their home city.
Filters
Slice the network across seven dimensions
Filter by Preferred Venue, colour edges by Sexuality or Avg Age, narrow the Buyer Experience range, or apply Sexuality and Age filters. Node sizes and panel statistics update live.