Table 4
Women's perceptions of neighbourhood, safety and community, including availability of victims' services in their area, by relative remoteness of area of residence, Canada, 2019


Table 4
Women's perceptions of neighbourhood, safety and community, including availability of victims' services in their area, by relative remoteness of area of residence, Canada, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Women's perceptions of neighbourhood. The information is grouped by Perceptions (appearing as row headers), Remote area, Less accessible area, Accessible area, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Perceptions Remote area Less accessible area Accessible areaTable 4 Note †
percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to
Length of time lived in neighbourhood
Less than a year 7 4.6 9.6 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 5 4.2 5.6
One to three years 10 6.9 13.5 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 12 11.1 13.2
Three to nine years 36 22.5 51.9 18Note E: Use with caution Note * 9.3 32.0 31 29.9 32.9
Ten years or more 48 34.9 60.6 54Note E: Use with caution 36.3 71.2 52 50.1 53.0
Number of people you feel close to
None 3 1.8 4.5 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 2 1.7 2.6
One or two 16 11.7 21.6 25Note E: Use with caution 12.6 44.6 14 12.8 14.9
Three to nine 49 36.0 62.3 34Note E: Use with caution Note * 20.2 51.7 52 50.7 54.0
Ten or more 31 20.6 44.0 40Note E: Use with caution 23.8 58.8 31 29.7 32.7
How many people in the neighbourhood you know
Many or most 55Note * 41.4 68.7 71Note E: Use with caution Note * 52.9 84.4 34 32.7 35.4
Few or none 44Note * 31.2 58.5 29Note E: Use with caution Note * 15.6 47.1 66 64.1 66.9
People in the neighbourhood help each other
Yes 72 53.1 84.9 97 83.8 99.6 81 80.1 82.6
No 26 12.6 45.5 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 16 15.3 17.7
Neighbours would contact police if they saw or heard criminal behaviour
Somewhat likely or very likely 89 83.9 92.5 97Note * 89.0 99.5 90 89.1 91.3
Somewhat unlikely or very unlikely 9 6.0 13.8 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 9 7.6 9.6
Have not lived in the neighbourhood long enough to know 2 1.1 3.4 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 1 0.9 1.6
Levels of crime in the neighbourhood, compared to other areas
Higher 15 6.6 30.9 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 5 4.0 5.3
Lower 61 48.4 72.4 89Note E: Use with caution Note * 76.2 95.6 70 68.6 71.4
About the same 20 15.0 27.0 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 24 23.1 25.9
Satisfaction with personal safety from crime
Satisfied 83Note * 76.3 87.4 92Note E: Use with caution Note * 79.5 96.9 74 72.7 75.4
Dissatisfied 5 2.6 8.4 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 4 3.7 4.9
Neither / no opinion 13Note * 8.9 17.3 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 21 20.2 22.8
Sense of belonging to local community
Very or somewhat strong 72 59.1 82.4 81Note E: Use with caution Note * 63.8 91.3 62 60.4 63.5
Very or somewhat weak 20 10.5 34.1 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 24 22.8 25.5
No opinion 8Note * 5.4 11.4 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 14 12.6 14.9
Evening activities outside of the home per month
None 9 6.4 13.0 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 9 8.5 10.0
1 to 3 8Note * 5.3 11.0 19Note E: Use with caution 8.1 39.1 16 15.0 17.2
4 to 10 37 23.1 52.7 23Note E: Use with caution 11.9 39.9 37 35.2 38.2
11 to 25 24 18.0 32.2 42Note E: Use with caution 25.1 61.0 27 26.0 28.7
26 or more 21 11.1 36.6 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 10 9.2 11.3
Feel safe walking alone at night, among those who sometimes doTable 4 Note 1
Yes 74 51.1 88.7 100 97.8 99.9 82 81.1 83.7
No 26 11.1 48.9 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 17 16.0 18.7
Feel safe home alone at night, among those who sometimes areTable 4 Note 2
Yes 71 57.8 81.1 83Note E: Use with caution 68.3 91.2 76 74.5 77.4
No 29 18.8 42.1 17Note E: Use with caution 8.8 31.7 24 22.5 25.3
Lives in an area where public transit is available
Yes 49Note * 35.6 62.5 14Note E: Use with caution Note * 5.4 32.1 79 77.4 79.6
No 51Note * 37.4 64.3 86Note E: Use with caution Note * 67.9 94.6 21 20.0 22.2
Feels safe taking public transit alone at night, among those who sometimes doTable 4 Note 3
Yes 40 12.2 76.3 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 40 37.3 41.9
No 60 23.4 87.7 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 60 57.6 62.2
Crisis centres or crisis lines are available in the areaTable 4 Note 4
Yes 37Note * 27.6 48.0 73Note E: Use with caution Note * 58.5 83.6 53 51.8 55.0
No 12Note * 8.2 16.6 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 5 4.2 5.6
Don't know 51 37.6 63.4 19 10.4 31.9 41 39.8 42.9
Victim or witness assistance services are available in the areaTable 4 Note 4
Yes 40 29.1 51.6 57Note E: Use with caution Note * 40.3 72.8 37 35.3 38.4
No 12Note * 8.1 16.5 8Note E: Use with caution 3.4 18.2 5 4.7 6.2
Don't know 48 34.5 61.9 35Note E: Use with caution Note * 21.1 51.0 57 55.7 58.9
Victim support groups/centres are available in the areaTable 4 Note 4
Yes 33 24.3 42.7 41Note E: Use with caution 25.0 58.9 40 38.2 41.3
No 17Note * 11.0 26.1 18Note E: Use with caution Note * 9.1 32.6 6 5.1 6.5
Don't know 49 35.8 62.8 41Note E: Use with caution 24.0 60.4 54 52.3 55.5
Other support groups are available in the areaTable 4 Note 4
Yes 62 48.5 73.5 67Note E: Use with caution 50.1 79.9 59 57.6 60.8
No 14Note * 8.0 22.1 12Note E: Use with caution 5.7 24.3 5 4.5 5.9
Don't know 24 14.4 37.6 21Note E: Use with caution Note * 10.9 36.9 35 33.5 36.6
Counsellors, psychologists, social workers are available in the areaTable 4 Note 4
Yes 85Note * 79.0 89.2 83Note E: Use with caution Note * 70.6 90.6 64 62.4 65.4
No 3 2.1 5.7 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 4 3.7 5.1
Don't know 11Note * 8.0 15.9 9 4.4 19.2 31 29.7 32.7
Community, family, ethnic, cultural centres are available in the areaTable 4 Note 4
Yes 63 49.6 74.2 67Note E: Use with caution 51.2 79.3 61 58.9 62.1
No 10Note * 6.9 15.1 15Note E: Use with caution 7.6 26.7 6 4.9 6.4
Don't know 26 16.0 39.6 18Note E: Use with caution Note * 9.8 32.0 33 31.6 34.7
Sexual assault centres are available in the areaTable 4 Note 4
Yes 15Note * 10.9 20.8 46Note E: Use with caution 28.3 64.7 36 34.3 37.1
No 33Note * 23.5 43.8 23Note E: Use with caution 11.9 40.9 9 8.1 9.8
Don't know 51 38.0 64.5 31Note E: Use with caution Note * 17.6 47.7 55 53.4 56.4
Shelters, transition homes are available in the areaTable 4 Note 4
Yes 69Note * 58.3 77.7 69Note E: Use with caution 52.6 81.2 55 53.6 56.7
No 19Note * 12.0 28.6 16Note E: Use with caution 8.3 29.3 8 7.5 9.3
Don't know 12Note * 8.5 15.8 14Note E: Use with caution Note * 6.2 28.8 36 34.5 37.5
E use with caution
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

Excludes women who said that they never walked alone at night (16% of women in remote areas and 14% of women in accessible areas, a difference not found to be statistically significant).

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Note 2

Excludes women who said that they never spent time at home alone at night (21% of women in remote areas and 6% of women in accessible areas, a difference not found to be statistically significant).

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Note 3

Includes respondents who stated that public transit is available in their communities.

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Note 4

Percentages reflect women's knowledge of the availability of these services and not whether these services are actually available.

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Note: Includes women aged 15 and older. Remote areas include remote and very remote areas, and accessible areas include accessible and easily accessible areas, as defined by the manual classification approach to the Remoteness Index.
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey on Canadians' Safety (Victimization) and Remoteness Index.
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