Table 8
Perceptions of police performance, by area of residence, all provinces, 2019


Table 8
Perceptions of police performance, by area of residence, all provinces, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Perceptions of police performance. The information is grouped by Province (appearing as row headers), Proportion of people who believe the local police are doing a good job of, Proportion of the population who have a great deal of confidence in the police, Enforcing the laws, Promptly responding to calls, Being approachable and easy to talk to, Providing information on ways to prevent crime, Ensuring safety of citizens, Treating people fairly, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province Proportion of people who believe the local police are doing a good job of Proportion of the population who have a great deal of confidence in the police
Enforcing the laws Promptly responding to calls Being approachable and easy to talk to Providing information on ways to prevent crime Ensuring safety of citizens Treating people fairly
percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval
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Newfoundland and Labrador
Rural 50Note * 44 57 38 32 44 68Note * 62 74 51 44 58 64Note * 57 70 62Note * 56 68 58Note * 51 64
UrbanTable 8 Note † 39 35 44 36 31 41 55 50 60 45 40 50 44 38 49 47 42 52 42 38 47
Prince Edward Island
Rural 61 53 69 53 44 61 65 57 73 49 40 58 67 59 74 63 55 70 61 52 68
UrbanTable 8 Note † 61 54 68 57 50 64 67 60 73 53 45 60 60 53 66 60 53 67 58 50 65
Nova Scotia
Rural 46 39 54 42 34 50 59 51 66 40 32 48 52Note * 44 60 51Note * 43 59 43 35 51
UrbanTable 8 Note † 42 37 47 47 42 51 51 46 56 35 31 40 42 37 46 35 31 40 41 36 45
New Brunswick
Rural 39Note * 33 46 37Note * 31 44 49Note * 42 55 33Note * 27 39 40Note * 34 46 49 43 56 39Note * 33 46
UrbanTable 8 Note † 50 46 55 47 42 51 58 54 63 40 36 45 50 46 55 50 45 54 48 44 52
Quebec
Rural 64 58 70 54 48 59 52 47 58 48Note * 42 54 58 52 64 58Note * 52 64 48 42 54
UrbanTable 8 Note † 59 56 61 48 45 51 46 43 49 39 37 42 53 50 56 46 43 49 42 39 45
Ontario
Rural 50Note * 44 56 44Note * 38 50 58Note * 52 64 42Note * 37 48 48Note * 42 54 47Note * 41 52 45 39 51
UrbanTable 8 Note † 41 39 43 37 35 39 45 43 47 33 31 35 39 37 41 35 33 37 40 38 42
Manitoba
Rural 45Note * 38 52 38Note * 31 45 67Note * 60 72 43 36 50 46Note * 39 53 57Note * 50 64 40 33 47
UrbanTable 8 Note † 35 31 39 29 25 33 44 40 48 35 31 40 33 30 37 33 30 37 32 29 36
Saskatchewan
Rural 50 42 58 37 30 45 69Note * 61 76 52Note * 44 60 56Note * 48 64 60Note * 52 67 44 37 51
UrbanTable 8 Note † 44 40 48 35 31 39 55 51 59 40 36 44 43 39 47 45 41 49 47 43 52
Alberta
Rural 48 42 54 36 31 42 64Note * 57 70 48 42 53 51Note * 45 57 55Note * 49 60 41 35 47
UrbanTable 8 Note † 43 39 46 34 31 38 54 50 57 41 38 45 44 41 48 44 40 47 41 38 45
British Columbia
Rural 44 35 53 36 28 46 64Note * 56 72 31 23 40 49Note * 40 58 49Note * 40 58 38 30 47
UrbanTable 8 Note † 41 38 44 38 35 41 47 44 50 33 31 36 39 36 42 39 36 42 39 36 42
All provinces
Rural 52Note * 49 55 43Note * 41 46 59Note * 56 62 44Note * 41 47 52Note * 50 55 53Note * 51 56 45Note * 42 47
UrbanTable 8 Note † 45 44 46 39 38 40 47 46 48 36 35 37 43 42 44 39 38 41 40 39 42
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Note: An urban area is defined as a census metropolitan area (CMA) or a census agglomeration (CA). Rural areas are all areas outside CMAs and CAs. A CMA or a CA is formed by one or more adjacent municipalities centred on a population centre (known as the core). A CMA must have a total population of at least 100,000, of which 50,000 or more must live in the core. A CA must have a core population of at least 10,000. To be included in the CMA or CA, adjacent municipalities must have a high degree of integration with the core, as measured by commuting flows derived from census data. A CMA or CA may have more than one police service. Responses of "Don't know" and "Refusal" are included in the calculation of percentages.
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey on Canadians' Safety (Victimization).
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