Table 14
Canadians' perception of local police, by Aboriginal people and non-Aboriginal people, and selected tasks, provinces and territories, 2014

Table 14
Canadians' perception of local police, by Aboriginal people and non-Aboriginal people, and selected tasks, provinces and territories, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Canadians' perception of local police. The information is grouped by Perception of local police (appearing as row headers), Aboriginal people, Non-Aboriginal people, Good, Average and Poor, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Perception of local police Aboriginal peopleNote 1 Non-Aboriginal peopleNote †
Good Average Poor Good Average Poor
percent
Enforcing the laws 50Note * 38Note * 10Note * 62 29 4
Promptly responding to calls 47Note * 31Note * 13Note * 57 21 5
Being approachable and easy to talk to 61Note * 25Note * 10Note * 66 20 5
Providing information to the public on ways to prevent crime 51Note * 27 15Note * 56 27 7
Ensuring safety of citizens in area 59Note * 31Note * 8Note * 67 24 4
Treating people fairly 53Note * 27Note * 14Note * 62 23 6
Perception of local police Aboriginal people in the territories Aboriginal people in the provincesNote †
percent
Enforcing the laws 41Note * 41 14Note * 50 38 10
Promptly responding to calls 38Note * 32 23Note * 47 31 12
Being approachable and easy to talk to 59 25 10 61 25 10
Providing information to the public on ways to prevent crime 39Note * 31 23Note * 52 27 15
Ensuring safety of citizens in area 54 32 9 59 31 8
Treating people fairly 49 31 15 54 27 14
Note *

significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)

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Note †

reference category

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Note 1.

Includes those who self-identified as First Nation, Métis or Inuit.

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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.
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