Table 5
Experiences of serious problems related to discrimination in the past 3 years, by Indigenous identity, Canada, 2021


Table 5
Experiences of serious problems related to discrimination in the past 3 years, by Indigenous identity, Canada, 2021
Table summary
This table displays the results of Experiences of serious problems related to discrimination in the past 3 years. The information is grouped by Discrimination (appearing as row headers), First Nations, Métis, or Inuit, Non-Indigenous, Total, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Discrimination First Nations, Métis, or InuitTable 5 Note † Non-Indigenous Total
percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to
Experienced a problem related to discrimination in the past 3 years 11 10 13 5Note * 5 6 5 5 6
Experienced a serious problem related to discrimination in the past 3 years 7 6 8 3Note * 2 3 3 3 3
Location of discrimination
At school 22 15 29 17Note * 12 22 17 13 22
In a store, bank or restaurant 45 37 52 30Note * 24 36 31 26 37
At work or when applying for a job 37 29 45 43Note * 37 49 42 37 48
When dealing with the police 27 20 34 12Note * 9 17 13 10 18
When dealing with the courts 10 6 16 5Note * 3 9 6 3 9
When crossing the border into Canada Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 5 3 9 5 3 9
Online, such as on social media 30 24 37 21Note * 15 27 21 16 27
Other 29 23 37 23Note * 18 28 23 19 28
Perceived reason for discrimination
Indigenous identity 63 55 71 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
Race, colour, national or ethnic origin 44 37 52 59Note * 53 66 58 52 64
Religion 10 6 16 15Note * 10 20 14 10 19
Age 18 12 26 18 13 23 18 13 23
Sex, gender identity or expression 25 19 32 29 23 35 28 23 34
Sexual orientation 13 8 20 11 7 17 12 8 16
Marital status 6 3 11 4 2 7 4 2 7
Family status 12 8 17 5Note * 2 8 5 3 9
A physical or mental disability 36 28 44 17Note * 12 23 18 14 23
Language 9 6 14 15Note * 10 20 14 10 19
Other 9 5 14 12Note * 8 16 12 8 16
F too unreliable to be published
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Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Legal Problems Survey.
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