Table 4
Perceptions of criminal courts, prisons, and parole system, by population group or Indigenous identity, Canada, 2019


Table 4
Perceptions of criminal courts, prisons, and parole system, by population group or Indigenous identity, Canada, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Perceptions of criminal courts. The information is grouped by Perception of criminal courts, prisons, and parole system (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 criminal courts, prisons, and parole system Population group or Indigenous identityTable 4 Note 1
Black First Nations, Métis, or Inuit Other group designated as visible minority Non-Indigenous, non-visible minorityTable 4 Note †
percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to from to
Providing justice quickly
Canadian criminal courts do a good job 20Note * 14 29 11 8 14 16Note * 14 18 8 7 9
Canadian criminal courts do an average job 23Note * 17 31 31 25 37 27Note * 24 30 31 30 32
Canadian criminal courts do a poor job 8Note * 4 14 35 30 41 16Note * 14 19 36 35 37
Don't know 46Note * 38 55 23 19 29 41Note * 38 44 25 23 26
Helping victims
Canadian criminal courts do a good job 28Note * 21 36 15 11 19 19Note * 17 22 12 11 13
Canadian criminal courts do an average job 24Note * 17 34 32 26 38 28Note * 25 30 34 33 35
Canadian criminal courts do a poor job 6Note * 3 12 28 23 33 12Note * 10 14 23 22 24
Don't know 39 31 48 26 21 31 41Note * 38 44 31 30 32
Determining whether the accused person is guilty or not
Canadian criminal courts do a good job 23 16 31 16 12 20 17 15 19 19 18 20
Canadian criminal courts do an average job 30 22 39 38 32 45 30Note * 27 32 37 36 38
Canadian criminal courts do a poor job 3Note * 1 6 17 13 21 8Note * 7 10 13 12 14
Don't know 42Note * 34 51 29 24 35 45Note * 42 48 31 30 32
Ensuring a fair trial for the accused
Canadian criminal courts do a good job 26 19 34 21Note * 17 26 23Note * 20 25 28 27 29
Canadian criminal courts do an average job 28 21 37 35 30 42 27Note * 25 29 34 33 35
Canadian criminal courts do a poor job 3Note * 2 6 15Note * 11 19 7Note * 5 9 9 8 9
Don't know 40Note * 32 49 28 23 34 44Note * 41 46 29 28 31
Supervising and controlling prisoners
Prison system does a good job 19 13 26 19 15 23 14Note * 12 17 20 19 21
Prison system does an average job 14Note * 9 23 30 24 36 17Note * 15 19 25 24 26
Prison system does a poor job 3Note * 1 6 12Note * 9 17 3Note * 2 4 8 7 9
Don't know 62Note * 52 70 39Note * 34 45 66Note * 63 69 48 46 49
Helping prisoners become law-abiding citizens
Prison system does a good job 13 9 18 11 8 16 10 8 12 8 8 9
Prison system does an average job 19 12 28 23 18 30 15Note * 13 18 23 22 24
Prison system does a poor job 6Note * 4 10 27Note * 22 33 9Note * 7 11 20 19 21
Don't know 60Note * 50 68 38Note * 32 43 65Note * 63 68 48 47 49
Releasing offenders who are not likely to commit another crime
Parole system does a good job 9 5 14 11 8 15 9 7 11 8 7 9
Parole system does an average job 20Note * 13 28 27 22 33 16Note * 14 18 27 26 28
Parole system does a poor job 8Note * 4 16 23 19 28 9Note * 8 11 18 18 19
Don't know 61Note * 52 69 39Note * 33 45 65Note * 62 68 46 45 48
Supervising offenders on parole
Parole system does a good job 13 9 19 11 8 15 9 8 11 9 8 9
Parole system does an average job 20 13 29 25 19 31 16Note * 14 19 23 22 25
Parole system does a poor job 5Note * 3 8 23 19 28 9Note * 7 11 19 18 20
Don't know 60Note * 51 68 41Note * 35 47 65Note * 62 68 49 47 50
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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