Table 10
Canadians' perception of crime and safety in their neighbourhood, by Aboriginal people and non-Aboriginal people, provinces and territories, 2014 Table 10
Canadians' perception of crime and safety in their neighbourhood, by Aboriginal people and non-Aboriginal people, provinces and territories, 2014

Table 10
Canadians' perception of crime and safety in their neighbourhood, by Aboriginal people and non-Aboriginal people, provinces and territories, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Canadians' perception of crime and safety in their neighbourhood. The information is grouped by Selected perception (appearing as row headers), Aboriginal people and Non-Aboriginal people, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Selected perception	Aboriginal people^Note 1	Non-Aboriginal people^Note †
Selected perception	percent
Satisfaction with personal safety from crime
Very satisfied or satisfied	85^Note *	88
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	8	8
Dissatisfied or very dissatisfied	6^Note *	3
Crime in neighbourhood compared with other areas in Canada
Higher	7^Note *	4
About the same	20	20
Lower	72	74
Activity of crime in neighbourhood over the past five years
Increased	16^Note *	11
Decreased	11	9
Remained the same	69^Note *	74
Feeling of safety when walking alone at night
Very safe	50^Note *	44
Reasonably safe	28^Note *	34
Somewhat unsafe	5	5
Very unsafe	2^{Note E: Use with caution}	1
Does not walk alone	15	15
Feeling of safety when alone in your home in the evening or at night
Very worried about your safety from crime	1^{Note E: Use with caution}	1
Somewhat worried about your safety from crime	11	10
Not at all worried about your safety from crime	80^Note *	84
Never alone	7	6
^E use with caution Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1. Includes those who self-identified as First Nation, Métis or Inuit. Return to note 1 referrer Note: The answers “Don't know” and “Refusal” are included in the calculation of the percentages, but do not appear in the table. Because of the inclusion of the answers “Don’t know” and “Refusal” and of rounding, totals may not add up to 100. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2014.

Date modified:: 2016-06-28

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