Table 2
Perceptions of police performance, by population group or Indigenous identity, Canada, 2019

Table 2
Perceptions of police performance, by population group or Indigenous identity, Canada, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Perceptions of police performance. The information is grouped by Perception of local police (appearing as row headers), Population group or Indigenous identity, Black, First Nations, Métis, or Inuit, Other group designated as visible minority, Non-Indigenous, non-visible minority, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Perception of local police	Population group or Indigenous identity^{Table 2 Note 1}
	Black			First Nations, Métis, or Inuit			Other group designated as visible minority			Non-Indigenous, non-visible minority^{Table 2 Note †}
	percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval
	percent	from	to	percent	from	to	percent	from	to	percent	from	to
Enforcing the laws
Police do a good job	45	36	53	38^Note *	32	44	39^Note *	36	42	49	48	50
Police do an average job	26	18	35	43^Note *	36	49	35	32	38	33	31	34
Police do a poor job	2^Note *	1	5	10^Note *	7	14	7^Note *	6	9	5	4	5
Don't know	25^Note *	18	34	9^Note *	7	13	19^Note *	17	22	14	13	14
Promptly responding to calls
Police do a good job	43	34	52	37	32	43	37^Note *	35	40	41	39	42
Police do an average job	22	15	31	30	24	36	25	23	28	26	25	27
Police do a poor job	6	3	10	16^Note *	12	21	8	6	9	7	6	8
Don't know	27	20	36	17^Note *	13	22	29^Note *	27	32	26	25	28
Being approachable and easy to talk to
Police do a good job	41^Note *	33	50	45^Note *	39	50	40^Note *	37	43	52	51	54
Police do an average job	20	13	28	31^Note *	25	37	28^Note *	25	31	23	22	24
Police do a poor job	12	7	21	8	6	12	7	6	9	6	5	6
Don't know	25	18	33	16	12	21	24^Note *	22	27	19	18	20
Providing information on crime prevention
Police do a good job	39	32	48	37	31	43	30^Note *	27	33	39	38	40
Police do an average job	20^Note *	15	27	27	22	32	34^Note *	31	37	31	29	32
Police do a poor job	15	9	25	16^Note *	12	21	12^Note *	10	14	9	9	10
Don't know	23	16	31	20	15	26	24^Note *	22	27	21	20	22
Ensuring safety of citizens
Police do a good job	49	40	58	42	36	48	37^Note *	34	40	47	45	48
Police do an average job	29	21	38	34	28	41	34	31	37	32	31	33
Police do a poor job	6	3	11	11^Note *	8	16	8^Note *	6	10	5	4	5
Don't know	15	10	22	12^Note *	9	17	21^Note *	18	23	17	16	18
Treating people fairly
Police do a good job	30^Note *	23	39	40	34	46	34^Note *	31	36	45	43	46
Police do an average job	25	18	33	28	23	34	30^Note *	28	33	25	24	26
Police do a poor job	20^Note *	12	31	15^Note *	11	19	9^Note *	8	11	7	6	7
Don't know	22	17	29	17^Note *	12	23	27^Note *	25	30	24	22	25
Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note 1 Information on Indigenous identity and belonging to a population group designated as visible minority is captured in two separate questions. Having separate questions and variables encourages data users to take into account the differences between these groups, including in terms of their history, background, geographic distribution, and current conditions and situations. These distinctions should be considered when collecting data and planning, monitoring, and evaluating programs and services. For the purposes of this report, in order to have a consistent reference category across all sections, the questions on Indigenous identity and population group have been partially combined in order to create the category of “Non-Indigenous, non-visible minority”. This category includes respondents who indicated they were not Indigenous people and provided responses to the question on population group which indicated that they are not a visible minority according to the Employment Equity Act, which is the basis for the current question on population group used in the General Social Survey and the Canadian Legal Problems Survey. Return to note 1 referrer Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey on Canadians' Safety (Victimization), 2019.

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Table 2
Perceptions of police performance, by population group or Indigenous identity, Canada, 2019

Table 2 Perceptions of police performance, by population group or Indigenous identity, Canada, 2019

Table 2
Perceptions of police performance, by population group or Indigenous identity, Canada, 2019