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 identityTable 2 Note 1
Black First Nations, Métis, or Inuit Other group designated as visible minority Non-Indigenous, non-visible minorityTable 2 Note †
percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval
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Enforcing the laws
Police do a good job 45 36 53 38Note * 32 44 39Note * 36 42 49 48 50
Police do an average job 26 18 35 43Note * 36 49 35 32 38 33 31 34
Police do a poor job 2Note * 1 5 10Note * 7 14 7Note * 6 9 5 4 5
Don't know 25Note * 18 34 9Note * 7 13 19Note * 17 22 14 13 14
Promptly responding to calls
Police do a good job 43 34 52 37 32 43 37Note * 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 16Note * 12 21 8 6 9 7 6 8
Don't know 27 20 36 17Note * 13 22 29Note * 27 32 26 25 28
Being approachable and easy to talk to
Police do a good job 41Note * 33 50 45Note * 39 50 40Note * 37 43 52 51 54
Police do an average job 20 13 28 31Note * 25 37 28Note * 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 24Note * 22 27 19 18 20
Providing information on crime prevention
Police do a good job 39 32 48 37 31 43 30Note * 27 33 39 38 40
Police do an average job 20Note * 15 27 27 22 32 34Note * 31 37 31 29 32
Police do a poor job 15 9 25 16Note * 12 21 12Note * 10 14 9 9 10
Don't know 23 16 31 20 15 26 24Note * 22 27 21 20 22
Ensuring safety of citizens
Police do a good job 49 40 58 42 36 48 37Note * 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 11Note * 8 16 8Note * 6 10 5 4 5
Don't know 15 10 22 12Note * 9 17 21Note * 18 23 17 16 18
Treating people fairly
Police do a good job 30Note * 23 39 40 34 46 34Note * 31 36 45 43 46
Police do an average job 25 18 33 28 23 34 30Note * 28 33 25 24 26
Police do a poor job 20Note * 12 31 15Note * 11 19 9Note * 8 11 7 6 7
Don't know 22 17 29 17Note * 12 23 27Note * 25 30 24 22 25
Note *

significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)

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Note †

reference category

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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.

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Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey on Canadians' Safety (Victimization), 2019.
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