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Table 3
Canadians' perceptions of police, by reason for police contact, provinces, 2019

Table 3
Canadians' perceptions of police, by reason for police contact, provinces, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Canadians' perceptions of police. The information is grouped by Reason for police contact (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).
Reason for police contact	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
Contact with police in the previous 12 months	45	43	47	41	39	43	53^Note *	51	55
Public information session	51	46	57	44	39	49	63^Note *	58	68
Work or volunteering	50	46	53	41	38	44	59^Note *	55	62
Traffic violation	47	44	50	41	37	44	48	45	51
Victim of a crime	32^Note *	28	37	37	32	42	49	43	54
Witness to a crime	41^Note *	36	46	42	37	47	51	45	56
Being arrested	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
Emotional problems, mental health, or alcohol or drug use	34^Note *	22	47	44	31	59	42	30	56
Family member's emotional problems, mental health, or alcohol or drug use	37^Note *	30	44	40	33	47	52	45	59
Other reasons	42^Note *	38	46	41	36	45	52^Note *	47	56
No contact with police in the previous 12 months^{Table 3 Note †}	47	45	48	39	38	41	47	46	49

Table 3
Canadians' perceptions of police, by reason for police contact, provinces, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Canadians' perceptions of police. The information is grouped by Reason for police contact (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).
Reason for police contact	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
Contact with police in the previous 12 months	37	36	39	44	42	46	42	40	44
Public information session	51^Note *	46	56	52^Note *	47	57	49^Note *	44	54
Work or volunteering	41^Note *	38	44	47	44	50	48^Note *	45	52
Traffic violation	36	33	39	46	43	50	39	35	42
Victim of a crime	33	28	38	34^Note *	30	39	42	37	47
Witness to a crime	35	31	40	38^Note *	34	43	41	36	47
Being arrested	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
Emotional problems, mental health, or alcohol or drug use	36	24	50	44	31	58	30	19	43
Family member's emotional problems, mental health, or alcohol or drug use	34	28	41	38^Note *	31	45	38	31	45
Other reasons	30^Note *	26	34	38^Note *	34	43	37^Note *	33	41
No contact with police in the previous 12 months^{Table 3 Note †}	37	36	39	45	43	46	41	40	43
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: 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 different measures. Excludes data from Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey.

Date modified:: 2020-11-25