Table 4
Canadians' perceptions of police, by province, 2019

Table 4
Canadians' perceptions of police, by province, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Canadians' perceptions of police. The information is grouped by Province (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).
Province	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
Newfoundland and Labrador	44	40	48	37	33	41	60^Note *	57	64
Prince Edward Island	61^Note *	56	67	55^Note *	50	61	66^Note *	61	71
Nova Scotia	43	39	47	45^Note *	41	49	54^Note *	50	58
New Brunswick	47	43	50	44	40	47	55^Note *	51	59
Quebec	60^Note *	57	62	49^Note *	47	52	47	45	50
Ontario	42^Note *	40	44	37^Note *	36	39	46^Note *	44	48
Manitoba	38^Note *	34	41	31^Note *	28	35	50	46	53
Saskatchewan	46	42	49	36^Note *	32	39	59^Note *	56	62
Alberta	44	41	47	35^Note *	32	38	56^Note *	52	59
British Columbia	42^Note *	39	45	37	35	40	49	46	52
Canada^{Table 4 Note †}	46	45	47	40	39	41	49	48	50

Table 4
Canadians' perceptions of police, by province, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Canadians' perceptions of police. The information is grouped by Province (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).
Province	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
Newfoundland and Labrador	47^Note *	44	51	52^Note *	48	56	53^Note *	49	57
Prince Edward Island	51^Note *	45	57	63^Note *	58	68	61^Note *	56	67
Nova Scotia	37	33	40	45	41	49	40	36	44
New Brunswick	38	34	42	47	43	50	50^Note *	46	53
Quebec	41^Note *	38	43	54^Note *	52	57	48^Note *	46	51
Ontario	34^Note *	32	36	40^Note *	38	42	36^Note *	34	38
Manitoba	37	34	41	36^Note *	33	40	39	36	43
Saskatchewan	44^Note *	40	47	47	43	51	50^Note *	46	54
Alberta	43^Note *	40	46	46	43	48	46^Note *	43	49
British Columbia	33^Note *	31	36	40^Note *	37	43	40	37	43
Canada^{Table 4 Note †}	37	36	38	44	43	46	42	41	43
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 each province and for different measures. Excludes data from Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey.

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