Table 2 Reasons for contact with police, past 12 months, Canada, 2012
Table 2
Reasons for contact with police, past 12 months, Canada, 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of Reasons for contact with police. The information is grouped by Reason for contact with police (appearing as row headers), Canadian population, aged 15 and older, calculated using number (thousands) and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Reason for contact with police
Canadian population, aged 15 and older
number (thousands)
percent
Traffic violation
3,101
11.0
Victim of a crime
1,103
3.9
Witness to a crime
965
3.4
Family member's emotions/mental health/substance use
Individual reasons for contact cannot be added to create 'Total, contact with police' since categories are not mutually exclusive, meaning that respondents may have had more than one reason for contact. In total, of those who came into contact with police, 15.7% reported more than one reason for contact. Excludes the following type of contacts with police: public information session, work-related, accident, and 'other' reasons.
