Table 11
Canadians' perception of crime and safety in their neighbourhood, by Aboriginal people and non-Aboriginal people, and sex, provinces and territories, 2014 Table 11
Canadians' perception of crime and safety in their neighbourhood, by Aboriginal people and non-Aboriginal people, and sex, provinces and territories, 2014

Table 11
Canadians' perception of crime and safety in their neighbourhood, by Aboriginal people and non-Aboriginal people, and sex, 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, Non-Aboriginal people, Males and Females, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Selected perception	Aboriginal people^Note 1		Non-Aboriginal people
	Males^Note †	Females	Males^Note †	Females
	percent
Satisfaction with personal safety from crime
Very satisfied or satisfied	89	80^Note ***	91	85^Note *
Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied	5^{Note E: Use with caution}	11^Note *	6	10^Note *
Dissatisfied or very dissatisfied	5^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note **	8^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note **	2	3^Note *
Crime in neighbourhood compared with other areas in Canada
Higher	7^{Note E: Use with caution}	6^{Note E: Use with caution}	4	4
About the same	18	22	19	20
Lower	73	70	74	74
Activity of crime in neighbourhood over the past five years
Increased	16^Note **	16^Note **	10	12^Note *
Decreased	12	9	11	8^Note *
Remained the same	69^Note **	69	74	73
Feeling of safety when walking alone at night
Very safe	66	32^Note *	61	28^Note *
Reasonably safe	24^Note **	33^Note *	31	37^Note *
Somewhat unsafe	3^{Note E: Use with caution}	8^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	3	7^Note *
Very unsafe	Note F: too unreliable to be published	3^{Note E: Use with caution}	1	2^Note *
Does not walk alone	6^{Note E: Use with caution}	24^Note *	4	25^Note *
Feeling of safety when alone in your home in the evening or at night
Very worried about your safety from crime	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	0^{Note E: Use with caution}	1^Note *
Somewhat worried about your safety from crime	6^{Note E: Use with caution}	18^Note *	5	15^Note *
Not at all worried about your safety from crime	87	72^Note ***	91	77^Note *
Never alone	6^{Note E: Use with caution}	9	4	8^Note *
^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note significantly different from non-Aboriginal people category only (p < 0.05) Return to note referrer Note * significantly different from reference category and non-Aboriginal people 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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