Table 1
Canadians' confidence in police, by selected characteristics, provinces, 2019

Table 1
Canadians' confidence in police, by selected characteristics, provinces, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Canadians' confidence in police. The information is grouped by Selected characteristics (appearing as row headers), A great deal of confidence, Some confidence, Not very much or no confidence, Odds ratio (of reporting low confidence), percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Selected characteristics	A great deal of confidence			Some confidence			Not very much or no confidence			Odds ratio (of reporting low confidence)^{Table 1 Note 1}
	percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval
	percent	from	to	percent	from	to	percent	from	to
Total population	41	40	42	49	48	50	9	9	10	Note ...: not applicable
Age group (years)
15 to 24	36	31	40	53	49	57	11	9	14	Reference category
25 to 34	32	29	35	54	51	57	14	12	16	1.3
35 to 44	40	37	43	48^Note *	45	51	12	10	14	1.1
45 to 54	42^Note *	39	44	49	46	52	9	7	10	0.8
55 to 64	45^Note *	43	47	48^Note *	45	50	7^Note *	6	8	0.7
65 to 74	48^Note *	45	50	45^Note *	43	48	6^Note *	5	7	0.7^Note *
75 and older	53^Note *	50	56	43^Note *	40	46	4^Note *	3	5	0.4^Note ***
Gender^{Table 1 Note 2}
Male	41	39	42	49	47	50	10	9	11	Reference category
Female	42	40	43	49	48	51	9^Note *	8	9	n.s.
Non-binary	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	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	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable
Sex
Male	41	39	42	49	47	50	10	9	11	Reference category
Female	42	40	43	49	48	51	9^Note *	8	10	n.s.
Marital status
Married	45	44	47	47	45	48	8	7	8	Reference category
Common-law	36^Note *	33	39	54^Note *	51	57	10^Note *	8	12	n.s.
Widowed	48	45	52	44	41	48	6	4	9	n.s.
Separated	38^Note *	32	43	48	42	54	14^Note *	10	18	n.s.
Divorced	42	39	46	48	44	51	10	8	12	n.s.
Single, never married	35^Note *	32	37	53^Note *	50	55	13^Note *	11	15	n.s.
Indigenous identity
Non-Indigenous person	42	40	43	49	48	50	9	9	10	Reference category
Indigenous person	30^Note *	25	36	53	47	59	16^Note *	12	21	1.9^Note ***
First Nations	27^Note *	20	35	55	46	64	18^Note *	12	25	Note ...: not applicable
Métis	32^Note *	25	40	52	44	61	15	9	22	Note ...: not applicable
Inuit	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	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	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note ...: not applicable
Visible minority status
Non-visible minority^{Table 1 Note 3}	44	43	45	48	46	49	8	7	9	Reference category
Visible minority	35^Note *	32	37	52^Note *	49	55	13^Note *	11	15	1.5^Note ***
South Asian	44	38	50	43	37	49	13^Note *	9	18	Note ...: not applicable
Chinese	26^Note *	22	31	59^Note *	54	64	14^Note *	11	19	Note ...: not applicable
Black	38	30	48	43	34	52	18^Note *	11	27	Note ...: not applicable
Filipino	39	31	47	55	47	63	5	3	10	Note ...: not applicable
Arab	37	26	51	43	30	57	20	9	37	Note ...: not applicable
Latin American	35	26	45	47	35	59	17^Note *	10	28	Note ...: not applicable
Southeast Asian	25^Note *	15	38	64^Note *	50	76	11	5	23	Note ...: not applicable
Other^{Table 1 Note 4}	33^Note *	28	39	56^Note *	50	62	11	7	16	Note ...: not applicable
Immigrant status
Non-immigrant	41	40	43	49	48	50	9	8	10	Reference category
Immigrant	41	38	43	48	46	51	11	9	12	n.s.
Recent immigrant	46	41	52	44	39	49	9	6	13	Note ...: not applicable
Established immigrant (immigrated before 2010)	39	37	42	49	47	52	11	9	13	Note ...: not applicable
Non-permanent residents	39	27	51	52	39	64	8	4	17	n.s.
Religion
No religion	34	32	36	53	51	55	13	12	15	Reference category
Christian religion	46^Note *	44	47	47^Note *	46	49	7^Note *	6	8	0.6^Note ***
Non-Christian religion	41^Note *	36	45	47^Note *	43	51	12	10	16	0.8
Disability
Person without disability	43	42	45	48	46	49	8	8	9	Reference category
Person with disability	37^Note *	35	38	52^Note *	50	54	11^Note *	10	12	Note ...: not applicable
Physical disability	38^Note *	36	40	51^Note *	49	53	11^Note *	9	12	1.3^Note *
Mental/cognitive disability	33^Note *	30	36	53^Note *	50	56	14^Note *	12	16	1.5^Note *
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual	42	40	43	49	48	50	9	8	10	Reference category
Lesbian or gay	31^Note *	24	40	54	45	62	15	8	25	n.s.
Bisexual	25^Note *	17	34	60^Note *	50	70	14	8	22	n.s.
Sexual orientation n.e.c.^{Table 1 Note 5}	30	14	52	47	31	64	23^Note *	13	37	n.s.
Highest level of education
No high school diploma	45	41	48	46	42	49	9	7	12	Reference category
High school diploma	39^Note *	37	42	50	47	52	10	9	12	n.s.
College or trade diploma	40^Note *	38	42	49	47	51	10	9	12	n.s.
University diploma or higher	42	40	44	49	48	51	8	7	9	n.s.
Main activity
Employed	39	37	40	51	49	52	10	10	11	Reference category
Looking for paid work	35	22	52	52	36	67	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	n.s.
Going to school	44	37	52	48	40	55	8	5	12	n.s.
Retired	50^Note *	48	52	45^Note *	43	47	5^Note *	4	6	n.s.
At home^{Table 1 Note 6}	41	37	46	46	41	51	13	9	17	n.s.
Other	47	39	56	43	35	52	9	5	14	n.s.
Contact with police
Did not have contact in the past 12 months	42	40	43	49	48	51	8	8	9	Reference category
Had contact in the past 12 months	40	38	42	48	46	50	11^Note *	10	13	Note ...: not applicable
Positive contact	44^Note *	42	46	48	46	51	7^Note *	6	8	0.7^Note *
Negative contact	10^Note *	8	14	47	41	53	42^Note *	37	48	6.5^Note ***
... not applicable F too unreliable to be published n.s. not significant (applies to odds ratio results only. Variable removed from the final model). Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.001) Return to note * referrer Note 1 Odds ratios represent the odds of reporting not very much or no confidence at all in the police. Final model only includes variables which were significant. Odds ratios presented for physical, and mental or cognitive disability excludes people who reported having both a physical, and mental or cognitive disability (they were included in the final model but not shown in the table). Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 The General Social Survey on Canadians' Safety (Victimization) asked respondents to identify their gender as well as their sex at birth. Gender refers to the gender that a person internally feels (gender identity along the gender spectrum) and/or the gender a person publicly expresses (gender expression) in their daily life, including at work, while shopping or accessing other services, in their housing environment or in the broader community. A person's current gender may differ from the sex they were assigned at birth (female or male) and may differ from what is indicated on their current legal documents. Non-binary refers to individuals whose current gender was not reported exclusively as male or female. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Excludes Indigenous people. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Includes individuals who identified as belonging to multiple groups designated as visible minority. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 n.e.c. not elsewhere classified. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 Includes individuals who stated that in the past 12 months they were caring for their children; doing household work; were on maternity, paternity or parental leave; or had a long-term illness. Return to note 6 referrer Note: Percent calculations include missing responses. Excludes data from Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey.

Date modified:: 2020-11-25

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Table 1
Canadians' confidence in police, by selected characteristics, provinces, 2019

Table 1 Canadians' confidence in police, by selected characteristics, provinces, 2019

Table 1
Canadians' confidence in police, by selected characteristics, provinces, 2019