Table 3
Situations in which discrimination was perceived, by visible minority status, Canada, 2014

Table 3
Situations in which discrimination was perceived, by visible minority status, Canada, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Situations in which discrimination was perceived. The information is grouped by Situations in which discrimination was perceived (appearing as row headers), Visible minority and Non-visible minority, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Situations in which discrimination was perceived^{Table 3 Note 1}	Visible minority	Non-visible minority^{Table 3 Note †}
	percent
Experienced discrimination in the past five years	20^Note *	12
When in a bank, store or restaurant	48^Note *	34
When applying for a job or a promotion	50	47
When dealing with the police	13^Note *	7
When dealing with the courts	2^{Note E: Use with caution}	3^{Note E: Use with caution}
When crossing the border into Canada^{Table 3 Note 2}	12^Note *	4
Any other situation	24	27
^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 discrimination on the basis of race or skin colour, ethnicity or culture, sex, age, physical appearance, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, language, or any other reason. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Excludes respondents who had not crossed the border into Canada in the five years preceding the survey. Return to note 2 referrer Note: The visible minority category includes “persons, other than Aboriginal persons, who are not white in race or colour.” Excludes respondents who reported not experiencing discrimination in the five years preceding the survey. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey.

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