Table 5
Serious problems or disputes in the past 3 years, by type of problem and population group or Indigenous identity, provinces, 2021


Table 5
Serious problems or disputes in the past 3 years, by type of problem and population group or Indigenous identity, provinces, 2021
Table summary
This table displays the results of Serious problems or disputes in the past 3 years. The information is grouped by Type of problem (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).
Type of problem Population group or Indigenous identityTable 5 Note 1
Black First Nations, Métis, or Inuit Other group designated as visible minority Non-Indigenous, non-visible minorityTable 5 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
Experienced at least one serious problem 26.1Note * 20.8 31.9 27.4Note * 25.7 29.2 18.9 17.0 20.9 17.2 16.4 18.1
A large purchase or service where you did not get what you paid for and the seller did not fix the problem 4.8 2.5 8.3 3.6Note * 2.9 4.4 2.5 1.8 3.4 2.6 2.3 3.0
Your employer or job, excluding personal injuries 5.1Note * 2.9 8.3 3.7Note * 3.0 4.5 1.9 1.3 2.7 2.3 2.0 2.7
A personal injury or serious health issue due to work conditions, in a commercial establishment, in a traffic accident, or any other public place 2.7 1.2 5.2 3.7Note * 3.0 4.4 2.1 1.5 2.8 1.6 1.3 2.0
Your neighbourhood, such as vandalism, property damage, threats, or excessive noise 3.9 1.7 7.5 5.3Note * 4.5 6.2 4.0 3.1 5.0 3.8 3.4 4.3
Your house, rent, mortgage, or rent owed to you Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 1.8 1.3 2.3 2.6Note * 1.9 3.3 1.4 1.1 1.7
Debt, collecting money owed to you, excluding rent and housing issues 7.3Note * 4.3 11.6 4.4Note * 3.7 5.3 2.8 2.0 3.7 2.3 2.0 2.7
Obtaining social or housing assistance, old age security or guaranteed income supplement or other government assistance Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 2.6Note * 2.0 3.2 1.2 0.8 1.9 1.0 0.8 1.2
Obtaining disability assistance Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 1.9Note * 1.5 2.5 0.6 0.3 1.1 0.9 0.7 1.1
Immigration, refugee status, or sponsoring a family member's application to immigrate to Canada 2.5Note * 1.1 4.6 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 1.8Note * 1.2 2.5 0.1 0.1 0.2
Contact with the police or other part of criminal justice system involving being stopped, accused, charged, detained, or arrested Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 2.5Note * 2.0 3.2 0.9 0.5 1.5 1.2 0.9 1.5
Contact with the police or other part of criminal justice system as a victim or witness of crime Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 3.8Note * 3.1 4.5 1.2Note * 0.7 1.8 1.8 1.5 2.2
Breakdown of family or relationship, excluding child custody 3.7 1.8 6.9 3.4Note * 2.7 4.1 1.4 0.9 2.2 1.7 1.4 2.1
Child custody or other problem involving parental responsibilities Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 2.9Note * 2.3 3.6 0.8 0.4 1.4 1.1 0.9 1.4
A will or taking care of financial or health issues for a person unable to do so for themselves Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 2.5Note * 1.9 3.1 1.1 0.7 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.9
Poor or incorrect medical treatment Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 5.1Note * 4.2 6.0 2.8 2.1 3.8 2.9 2.5 3.3
Civil court proceedings or a letter threatening legal action over a civil matter 2.4 1.1 4.6 1.7 1.2 2.2 1.1 0.6 1.8 1.3 1.0 1.5
Harassment 3.7 1.6 7.2 5.5Note * 4.7 6.5 2.7 2.0 3.6 2.8 2.4 3.2
Discrimination 8.0Note * 5.0 12.0 6.5Note * 5.6 7.5 4.5Note * 3.6 5.6 2.0 1.6 2.3
Any other issue Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 0.8 0.5 1.1 0.5 0.2 1.1 0.5 0.4 0.7
Did not experience a serious problem 65.4Note * 59.1 71.4 66.4Note * 64.5 68.2 73.5 71.3 75.6 75.3 74.3 76.2
F too unreliable to be published
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, Canadian Legal Problems Survey, 2021.
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