Table 5
Canadians' perceptions of police, by census metropolitan area, 2019


Table 5
Canadians' perceptions of police, by census metropolitan area, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Canadians' perceptions of police. The information is grouped by Census metropolitan area (CMA) (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).
Census metropolitan area (CMA) 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
from to from to from to
St. John's 44 39 49 34 29 39 55Note * 49 60
Halifax 42 36 47 46Note * 40 51 50 44 55
Moncton 49 41 58 46 38 55 59Note * 50 67
Saint John 47 40 54 46Note * 39 54 56Note * 49 63
Saguenay 66Note * 52 78 51 37 66 58 44 71
Québec 72Note * 65 78 54Note * 46 61 50 42 58
Sherbrooke 74Note * 59 85 62Note * 47 75 56 40 71
Trois-Rivières 78Note * 61 89 56Note * 40 70 70Note * 53 83
Montréal 52Note * 48 56 45Note * 41 49 42Note * 38 45
GatineauTable 5 Note 1 60Note * 49 70 47 36 59 49 37 60
OttawaTable 5 Note 2 40 34 47 33 27 39 40 34 47
Oshawa 48 36 60 44 32 56 52 40 64
Toronto 40Note * 37 43 36 33 39 42Note * 39 45
Hamilton 39 31 47 33 24 42 43 36 51
St. Catharines–Niagara 40 29 52 43 31 56 45 33 57
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo 48 37 60 46 35 58 60Note * 49 70
London 38 29 48 37 27 47 51 41 60
Windsor 44 30 59 36 24 51 50 36 64
Greater Sudbury 46 28 66 30 14 52 43 26 63
Winnipeg 31Note * 27 35 25Note * 21 30 40Note * 36 45
Regina 44 37 51 30Note * 24 36 50 43 57
Saskatoon 43 37 49 36 30 42 54Note * 48 61
Calgary 46 40 51 36 31 41 55Note * 49 60
Edmonton 38Note * 33 44 29Note * 24 35 52Note * 46 58
Kelowna 40 31 49 40 31 49 44 35 53
Abbotsford–Mission 52 42 62 40 31 50 48 38 58
Vancouver 39Note * 35 43 36 32 40 45 41 49
Victoria 44 37 50 37 31 43 49 43 56
All CMAsTable 5 Note † 45 43 46 39 37 40 46 45 48
All census agglomerations (CAs) 49Note * 46 52 44Note * 41 47 53Note * 50 56
Non-CMA/CATable 5 Note 3 52Note * 49 55 43Note * 41 46 59Note * 56 62

Table 5
Canadians' perceptions of police, by census metropolitan area, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Canadians' perceptions of police. The information is grouped by Census metropolitan area (CMA) (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).
Census metropolitan area (CMA) 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
from to from to from to
St. John's 45Note * 40 50 43 38 48 45Note * 40 50
Halifax 35 30 41 42 36 47 34 29 40
Moncton 42 34 50 47 39 55 53Note * 45 62
Saint John 37 31 43 45 39 52 46Note * 39 53
Saguenay 47 34 61 62Note * 47 75 51 37 66
Québec 45Note * 37 53 67Note * 60 73 59Note * 51 66
Sherbrooke 62Note * 46 76 65Note * 49 78 61Note * 44 75
Trois-Rivières 50 35 64 67Note * 51 80 69Note * 52 82
Montréal 33 30 37 46Note * 43 50 40 36 44
GatineauTable 5 Note 1 44 34 55 63Note * 51 74 38 28 50
OttawaTable 5 Note 2 28Note * 22 34 37 31 44 27Note * 22 33
Oshawa 36 26 48 50 38 62 30 20 42
Toronto 29Note * 27 32 37Note * 34 40 33Note * 30 36
Hamilton 34 26 43 37 29 45 33 26 40
St. Catharines–Niagara 43 31 56 47 35 60 42 30 54
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo 44 33 56 49 38 61 45 34 57
London 45Note * 35 55 41 31 52 38 29 49
Windsor 44 31 58 51 36 65 48 34 62
Greater Sudbury 34 18 55 44 26 64 40 22 60
Winnipeg 32 28 37 29Note * 25 33 30Note * 26 34
Regina 36 30 42 39 33 46 40 33 47
Saskatoon 39 34 46 46 40 52 46Note * 40 52
Calgary 40 34 46 43 38 48 46Note * 41 52
Edmonton 40Note * 35 46 42 37 47 40 35 45
Kelowna 34 26 42 31Note * 23 39 36 28 46
Abbotsford–Mission 48Note * 38 57 54Note * 44 63 42 33 52
Vancouver 32 28 36 37Note * 33 41 37 33 41
Victoria 32 27 38 43 37 49 39 33 45
All CMAsTable 5 Note † 35 34 36 42 41 44 39 37 40
All census agglomerations (CAs) 42Note * 39 44 47Note * 44 49 45Note * 42 47
Non-CMA/CATable 5 Note 3 44Note * 41 47 52Note * 50 55 53Note * 51 56
Note *

significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)

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Note †

reference category

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Note 1

Gatineau refers to the Quebec part of the Ottawa-Gatineau CMA.

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Note 2

Ottawa refers to the Ontario part of the Ottawa-Gatineau CMA.

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Note 3

Represents rural areas and small towns.

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Note: A CMA is formed by one or more adjacent municipalities centred on a population centre (known as the core). A CMA must have a total population of at least 100,000, of which 50,000 or more must live in its core. To be included in the CMA, other adjacent municipalities must have a high degree of integration with the core, as measured by commuting flows derived from previous census data on place of work. A CA is formed by one or more adjacent municipalities centred on a population centre (known as the core). A CA must have a core population of at least 10,000. To be included in the CA, other adjacent municipalities must have a high degree of integration with the core, as measured by commuting flows derived from previous census data on place of work. CMAs which had low response counts are not shown. 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 geographically and for different measures. Excludes data from Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey.
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