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Table 6
Perceptions of safety, by visible minority status, Canada, 2014

Table 6
Perceptions of safety, by visible minority status, Canada, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Perceptions of safety. The information is grouped by Visible minority status (appearing as row headers), Dissatisfied with personal safety from crime, Feels unsafe when walking alone after dark, Feels worried or very worried when using public transportation alone after dark and Feels worried or very worried when home alone after dark, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Visible minority status	Dissatisfied with personal safety from crime	Feels unsafe when walking alone after dark^{Table 6 Note 1}	Feels worried or very worried when using public transportation alone after dark^{Table 6 Note 2}	Feels worried or very worried when home alone after dark^{Table 6 Note 3}
Visible minority status	percent
Visible minority	4^Note *	10^Note *	40^Note *	14^Note *
Black	4^{Note E: Use with caution}	10^{Note E: Use with caution}	29^Note **	9^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note **
Filipino	Note F: too unreliable to be published	11^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	51^Note ***	16^Note *
Latin American	Note F: too unreliable to be published	10^{Note E: Use with caution}	35	18^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *
Chinese	4^{Note E: Use with caution}	8^{Note E: Use with caution}	43^Note *	11^Note **
South Asian^{Table 6 Note 4}	4^{Note E: Use with caution}	10^{Note E: Use with caution}	45^Note *	19^Note ***
Arab	3^{Note E: Use with caution}	15^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	29^Note **	13^{Note E: Use with caution}
Southeast Asian^{Table 6 Note 5}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	11^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	39^Note *	15^{Note E: Use with caution}
West Asian^{Table 6 Note 6}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	16^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	20^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note ***	15^{Note E: Use with caution}
Korean	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Japanese	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Visible minority, n.i.e.^{Table 6 Note 7}	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	31^{Note E: Use with caution}	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Not a visible minority^{Table 6 Note 8}^{Table 6 Note †}	3^Note **	7^Note **	31^Note **	10
Aboriginal person	6^Note ***	8^Note **	31^Note **	13
Non-Aboriginal person	2^Note ***	7^Note **	31^Note **	10
Total^{Table 6 Note 9}	3	7	34	11
^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 visible minorities (p < 0.05) Return to note referrer Note * significantly different from both visible minorities and non-visible minorities (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 Percentage calculations exclude people who do not walk alone after dark. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Percentage calculations exclude people who do not use public transportation alone at night and those who do not have public transportation available to them. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Percentage calculations exclude people who are never at home alone at night. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 For example, 'East Indian,' 'Pakistani,' 'Sri Lankan,' etc. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 For example, 'Vietnamese,' 'Cambodian,' 'Laotian,' 'Thai,' etc. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 For example, 'Afghan,' 'Iranian,' etc. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7 The abbreviation 'n.i.e.' means 'not included elsewhere.' Includes persons with a write-in response such as 'Guyanese,' 'West Indian,' 'Tibetan' etc. Also includes persons who gave more than one visible minority group by checking two or more mark-in responses, e.g., 'Black' and 'South Asian.' Return to note 7 referrer Note 8 Includes persons who reported 'Yes' to the Aboriginal group question, as well as persons who were not considered to be members of a visible minority group, e.g., 'White.' Return to note 8 referrer Note 9 Includes respondents for whom visible minority status was unknown or not stated. Return to note 9 referrer Note: The visible minority category includes “persons, other than Aboriginal persons, who are not white in race or colour.” Visible minority groups are delineated according to the Employment Equity Act. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey.

Date modified:: 2018-04-12