Table 2
Canadians' perceptions of police, by selected characteristics, provinces, 2019

Table 2
Canadians' perceptions of police, by selected characteristics, provinces, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Canadians' perceptions of police. The information is grouped by Selected characteristics (appearing as row headers), The local police do a good job of..., Enforcing the laws, Promptly responding to calls, Being approachable and easy to talk to, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Selected characteristics	The local police do a good job of...
	Enforcing the laws			Promptly responding to calls			Being approachable and easy to talk to
	percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval
	percent	from	to	percent	from	to	percent	from	to
Total population	46	45	47	40	39	41	49	48	50
Age group (years)
15 to 24^{Table 2 Note †}	43	38	47	40	36	44	43	39	48
25 to 34	40	37	43	36	33	39	42	39	45
35 to 44	45	42	47	39	37	42	51^Note *	48	53
45 to 54	48^Note *	45	50	39	37	42	50^Note *	47	53
55 to 64	50^Note *	48	52	40	38	42	51^Note *	49	53
65 to 74	51^Note *	49	54	44	42	47	56^Note *	53	58
75 and older	52^Note *	49	55	45	42	48	56^Note *	53	59
Gender^{Table 2 Note 1}
Male^{Table 2 Note †}	46	44	48	41	39	43	50	48	51
Female	47	45	48	39	37	41	49	47	50
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
Sex
Male^{Table 2 Note †}	46	44	48	41	39	43	50	48	51
Female	47	45	48	39	37	40	49	47	50
Marital status
Married^{Table 2 Note †}	47	45	48	39	38	41	50	49	52
Common-law	49	45	52	42	39	45	48	45	52
Widowed	51^Note *	48	55	44^Note *	41	48	57^Note *	54	61
Separated	52	46	58	45	40	51	54	49	60
Divorced	49	46	53	41	38	45	54	51	58
Single, never married	43^Note *	40	45	39	36	41	44^Note *	41	47
Indigenous identity
Non-Indigenous person^{Table 2 Note †}	47	45	48	40	39	41	49	48	50
Indigenous person	39^Note *	32	45	38	32	44	44	39	50
First Nations	36^Note *	28	45	38	30	48	41	33	50
Métis	40	32	49	39	31	47	48	40	57
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
Visible minority status
Non-visible minority^{Table 2 Note †}^{Table 2 Note 2}	49	48	51	41	39	42	53	51	54
Visible minority	40^Note *	37	42	38	36	41	40^Note *	38	43
South Asian	44	38	51	46	39	52	46^Note *	40	52
Chinese	29^Note *	24	34	28^Note *	23	33	32^Note *	27	37
Black	47	38	56	45	36	54	43^Note *	35	52
Filipino	43	35	52	42	35	50	48	40	57
Arab	42	29	55	51	37	64	46	34	60
Latin American	37^Note *	27	48	40	30	51	40^Note *	30	51
Southeast Asian	35^Note *	23	49	32	21	46	40	27	54
Other^{Table 2 Note 3}	43^Note *	37	49	36	31	42	38^Note *	33	44
Immigrant status
Non-immigrant^{Table 2 Note †}	47	46	48	39	38	41	50	49	52
Immigrant	45	42	47	41	38	43	46^Note *	43	48
Recent immigrant	49	44	54	47^Note *	42	52	50	45	56
Established immigrant (immigrated before 2010)	44^Note *	41	47	39	36	42	45^Note *	42	48
Non-permanent residents	45	33	57	51	39	63	49	37	62
Religion
No religion^{Table 2 Note †}	40	38	43	35	33	37	43	41	45
Christian religion	50^Note *	49	52	43^Note *	41	44	54^Note *	52	55
Non-Christian religion	44	40	49	41^Note *	37	45	43	38	48
Disability
Person without disability^{Table 2 Note †}	48	47	50	41	39	42	50	49	52
Person with disability	42^Note *	40	44	39	37	40	47^Note *	45	49
Physical disability	44^Note *	42	46	38^Note *	36	40	48	46	51
Mental/cognitive disability	39^Note *	36	43	37^Note *	34	40	43^Note *	40	46
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual^{Table 2 Note †}	47	46	48	40	39	41	50	49	51
Lesbian or gay	42	34	50	41	33	50	47	39	55
Bisexual	25^Note *	18	35	40	29	52	34^Note *	25	44
Sexual orientation n.e.c.^{Table 2 Note 4}	36	19	56	34	18	54	24^Note *	14	38
Highest level of education
No high school diploma^{Table 2 Note †}	49	45	52	44	40	48	52	48	55
High school diploma	46	44	48	40	38	43	50	48	53
College or trade diploma	47	45	49	40^Note *	38	42	51	49	53
University diploma or higher	46	44	48	39^Note *	37	41	47^Note *	45	48
Main activity
Employed^{Table 2 Note †}	45	44	46	38	37	40	47	46	49
Looking for paid work	34	21	50	31	18	47	34	22	49
Going to school	49	41	57	49^Note *	41	56	52	45	60
Retired	52^Note *	50	54	44^Note *	42	46	55^Note *	53	57
At home^{Table 2 Note 5}	42	37	47	39	34	44	47	42	52
Other	48	40	56	45	36	54	61^Note *	52	69
Contact with police
Did not have contact in the past 12 months^{Table 2 Note †}	47	45	48	39	38	41	47	46	49
Had contact in the past 12 months	45	43	47	41	39	43	53^Note *	51	55
Positive contact	50^Note *	48	52	44^Note *	42	47	58^Note *	56	60
Negative contact	15^Note *	12	19	16^Note *	13	21	17^Note *	13	21

Table 2
Canadians' perceptions of police, by selected characteristics, provinces, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Canadians' perceptions of police. The information is grouped by Selected characteristics (appearing as row headers), The local police do a good job of..., Supplying information to the public on ways to prevent crime, Ensuring the safety of the citizens in the area, Treating people fairly, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Selected characteristics	The local police do a good job of...
	Supplying information to the public on ways to prevent crime			Ensuring the safety of the citizens in the area			Treating people fairly
	percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval
	percent	from	to	percent	from	to	percent	from	to
Total population	37	36	38	44	43	46	42	41	43
Age group (years)
15 to 24^{Table 2 Note †}	34	30	39	44	39	48	40	36	44
25 to 34	30	28	33	40	37	44	37	34	40
35 to 44	36	33	38	43	41	46	42	40	45
45 to 54	35	33	37	44	41	47	42	39	44
55 to 64	39^Note *	37	42	44	42	47	40	38	43
65 to 74	46^Note *	43	48	49^Note *	47	51	46^Note *	44	49
75 and older	46^Note *	43	48	50^Note *	48	53	49^Note *	46	52
Gender^{Table 2 Note 1}
Male^{Table 2 Note †}	37	36	39	45	44	47	43	42	45
Female	37	36	39	44	42	45	40^Note *	38	42
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
Sex
Male^{Table 2 Note †}	37	36	39	45	44	47	44	42	45
Female	37	36	39	44	42	45	40^Note *	38	41
Marital status
Married^{Table 2 Note †}	38	37	40	44	43	46	42	41	44
Common-law	36	33	39	47	44	50	41	38	44
Widowed	46^Note *	42	49	48^Note *	45	52	47^Note *	43	51
Separated	43	38	49	48	42	54	45	39	50
Divorced	38	35	42	46	42	49	40	37	44
Single, never married	34^Note *	31	36	43	40	45	40	37	42
Indigenous identity
Non-Indigenous person^{Table 2 Note †}	37	36	38	45	44	46	42	41	43
Indigenous person	38	32	44	42	36	49	41	35	47
First Nations	38	30	46	40	32	48	37	29	46
Métis	39	31	48	45	37	54	46	37	55
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
Visible minority status
Non-visible minority^{Table 2 Note †}^{Table 2 Note 2}	39	38	41	47	46	48	45	43	46
Visible minority	31^Note *	29	34	39^Note *	36	41	34^Note *	31	36
South Asian	33^Note *	28	39	41	35	47	37^Note *	31	43
Chinese	22^Note *	17	27	25^Note *	21	30	28^Note *	24	33
Black	40	32	48	51	42	60	32^Note *	24	41
Filipino	41	33	49	48	40	56	45	37	54
Arab	26^Note *	16	38	46	33	60	38	26	52
Latin American	30	21	41	31^Note *	22	41	37	26	49
Southeast Asian	27^Note *	16	40	34	22	48	25^Note *	15	38
Other^{Table 2 Note 3}	33^Note *	27	39	42	36	48	31^Note *	26	36
Immigrant status
Non-immigrant^{Table 2 Note †}	38	36	39	45	44	46	43	42	44
Immigrant	35	33	38	42	40	45	38^Note *	36	41
Recent immigrant	39	34	45	51^Note *	46	57	48	43	53
Established immigrant (immigrated before 2010)	34^Note *	32	37	40^Note *	37	43	36^Note *	33	38
Non-permanent residents	42	30	55	51	39	63	47	35	59
Religion
No religion^{Table 2 Note †}	31	29	33	39	37	41	36	34	38
Christian religion	42^Note *	40	43	49^Note *	47	50	46^Note *	45	48
Non-Christian religion	31	27	35	40	36	45	35	31	39
Disability
Person without disability^{Table 2 Note †}	38	36	39	46	45	48	43	42	45
Person with disability	37	35	38	41^Note *	39	43	39^Note *	37	41
Physical disability	38	36	40	41^Note *	39	43	40^Note *	38	42
Mental/cognitive disability	33^Note *	30	37	38^Note *	35	41	36^Note *	33	39
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual^{Table 2 Note †}	38	36	39	45	44	46	42	41	43
Lesbian or gay	31	24	39	39	31	48	38	30	47
Bisexual	29	19	41	33^Note *	24	44	36	26	48
Sexual orientation n.e.c.^{Table 2 Note 4}	30	14	52	36	20	55	30	14	51
Highest level of education
No high school diploma^{Table 2 Note †}	41	37	44	49	45	52	49	46	53
High school diploma	39	37	42	46	43	48	41^Note *	39	44
College or trade diploma	39	37	41	46	44	48	43^Note *	41	45
University diploma or higher	33^Note *	31	35	42^Note *	40	44	39^Note *	37	41
Main activity
Employed^{Table 2 Note †}	35	33	36	43	42	44	40	39	41
Looking for paid work	35	22	50	37	23	53	30	18	45
Going to school	43^Note *	35	51	50	42	58	43	36	51
Retired	45^Note *	43	47	49^Note *	47	51	47^Note *	45	49
At home^{Table 2 Note 5}	39	34	44	42	37	47	41	36	46
Other	37	30	45	46	37	54	48	40	57
Contact with police
Did not have contact in the past 12 months^{Table 2 Note †}	37	36	39	45	43	46	41	40	43
Had contact in the past 12 months	37	36	39	44	42	46	42	40	44
Positive contact	41^Note *	39	43	48^Note *	46	50	46^Note *	44	48
Negative contact	12^Note *	9	16	16^Note *	12	20	16^Note *	12	20
F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 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 was 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 1 referrer Note 2 Excludes Indigenous people. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes individuals who identified as belonging to multiple groups designated as visible minority. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 n.e.c. not elsewhere classified. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 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 5 referrer Note: This table presents the proportion of respondents who reported that the police did a good job for the various measures. The remainder of the responses include those who felt that the police do an average job or a poor job as well as those who said they did not know. It should be noted that percentage of those who gave don’t know responses differ for each population group and for different measures. 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 2
Canadians' perceptions of police, by selected characteristics, provinces, 2019

Table 2 Canadians' perceptions of police, by selected characteristics, provinces, 2019

Table 2
Canadians' perceptions of police, by selected characteristics, provinces, 2019