Table 1
Canadians' confidence in police, by selected characteristics, provinces, 2019
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 | |||||
from | to | from | to | 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 | 48Note * | 45 | 51 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 1.1 |
45 to 54 | 42Note * | 39 | 44 | 49 | 46 | 52 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 0.8 |
55 to 64 | 45Note * | 43 | 47 | 48Note * | 45 | 50 | 7Note * | 6 | 8 | 0.7 |
65 to 74 | 48Note * | 45 | 50 | 45Note * | 43 | 48 | 6Note * | 5 | 7 | 0.7Note * |
75 and older | 53Note * | 50 | 56 | 43Note * | 40 | 46 | 4Note * | 3 | 5 | 0.4Note *** |
GenderTable 1 Note 2 | ||||||||||
Male | 41 | 39 | 42 | 49 | 47 | 50 | 10 | 9 | 11 | Reference category |
Female | 42 | 40 | 43 | 49 | 48 | 51 | 9Note * | 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 | 9Note * | 8 | 10 | n.s. |
Marital status | ||||||||||
Married | 45 | 44 | 47 | 47 | 45 | 48 | 8 | 7 | 8 | Reference category |
Common-law | 36Note * | 33 | 39 | 54Note * | 51 | 57 | 10Note * | 8 | 12 | n.s. |
Widowed | 48 | 45 | 52 | 44 | 41 | 48 | 6 | 4 | 9 | n.s. |
Separated | 38Note * | 32 | 43 | 48 | 42 | 54 | 14Note * | 10 | 18 | n.s. |
Divorced | 42 | 39 | 46 | 48 | 44 | 51 | 10 | 8 | 12 | n.s. |
Single, never married | 35Note * | 32 | 37 | 53Note * | 50 | 55 | 13Note * | 11 | 15 | n.s. |
Indigenous identity | ||||||||||
Non-Indigenous person | 42 | 40 | 43 | 49 | 48 | 50 | 9 | 9 | 10 | Reference category |
Indigenous person | 30Note * | 25 | 36 | 53 | 47 | 59 | 16Note * | 12 | 21 | 1.9Note *** |
First Nations | 27Note * | 20 | 35 | 55 | 46 | 64 | 18Note * | 12 | 25 | Note ...: not applicable |
Métis | 32Note * | 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 minorityTable 1 Note 3 | 44 | 43 | 45 | 48 | 46 | 49 | 8 | 7 | 9 | Reference category |
Visible minority | 35Note * | 32 | 37 | 52Note * | 49 | 55 | 13Note * | 11 | 15 | 1.5Note *** |
South Asian | 44 | 38 | 50 | 43 | 37 | 49 | 13Note * | 9 | 18 | Note ...: not applicable |
Chinese | 26Note * | 22 | 31 | 59Note * | 54 | 64 | 14Note * | 11 | 19 | Note ...: not applicable |
Black | 38 | 30 | 48 | 43 | 34 | 52 | 18Note * | 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 | 17Note * | 10 | 28 | Note ...: not applicable |
Southeast Asian | 25Note * | 15 | 38 | 64Note * | 50 | 76 | 11 | 5 | 23 | Note ...: not applicable |
OtherTable 1 Note 4 | 33Note * | 28 | 39 | 56Note * | 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 | 46Note * | 44 | 47 | 47Note * | 46 | 49 | 7Note * | 6 | 8 | 0.6Note *** |
Non-Christian religion | 41Note * | 36 | 45 | 47Note * | 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 | 37Note * | 35 | 38 | 52Note * | 50 | 54 | 11Note * | 10 | 12 | Note ...: not applicable |
Physical disability | 38Note * | 36 | 40 | 51Note * | 49 | 53 | 11Note * | 9 | 12 | 1.3Note * |
Mental/cognitive disability | 33Note * | 30 | 36 | 53Note * | 50 | 56 | 14Note * | 12 | 16 | 1.5Note * |
Sexual orientation | ||||||||||
Heterosexual | 42 | 40 | 43 | 49 | 48 | 50 | 9 | 8 | 10 | Reference category |
Lesbian or gay | 31Note * | 24 | 40 | 54 | 45 | 62 | 15 | 8 | 25 | n.s. |
Bisexual | 25Note * | 17 | 34 | 60Note * | 50 | 70 | 14 | 8 | 22 | n.s. |
Sexual orientation n.e.c.Table 1 Note 5 | 30 | 14 | 52 | 47 | 31 | 64 | 23Note * | 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 | 39Note * | 37 | 42 | 50 | 47 | 52 | 10 | 9 | 12 | n.s. |
College or trade diploma | 40Note * | 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 | 50Note * | 48 | 52 | 45Note * | 43 | 47 | 5Note * | 4 | 6 | n.s. |
At homeTable 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 | 11Note * | 10 | 13 | Note ...: not applicable |
Positive contact | 44Note * | 42 | 46 | 48 | 46 | 51 | 7Note * | 6 | 8 | 0.7Note * |
Negative contact | 10Note * | 8 | 14 | 47 | 41 | 53 | 42Note * | 37 | 48 | 6.5Note *** |
... not applicable F too unreliable to be published n.s. not significant (applies to odds ratio results only. Variable removed from the final model).
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey. |
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