Table 4
Perceptions of local police performance, Chinese and other populations, Canada, 2019


Table 4
Perceptions of local police performance, Chinese and other populations, Canada, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Perceptions of local police performance. The information is grouped by Perceptions of local police performance (appearing as row headers), Chinese population, Other racialized populations, Non-racialized population, percent and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Perceptions of local police performance Chinese populationTable 4 Note † Other racialized populationsTable 4 Note 1 Non-racialized populationTable 4 Note 2
percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to
Enforcing the laws
Police do a good job 29.1 24.5 34.2 42.8Note * 39.5 46.2 49.2Note * 47.9 50.5
Police do an average job 37.4 32.3 42.7 32.9 29.7 36.3 32.5 31.4 33.7
Police do a poor job 8.6 5.8 12.5 5.9 4.5 7.7 4.6Note * 4.2 5.1
Don't know 24.9 20.8 29.6 18.0Note * 15.6 20.6 13.5Note * 12.6 14.5
Promptly responding to calls
Police do a good job 27.6 23.1 32.5 41.7Note * 38.6 44.8 40.6Note * 39.3 41.8
Police do an average job 31.7 27.0 36.8 22.7Note * 20.2 25.5 26.1Note * 25.1 27.1
Police do a poor job 7.9 5.5 11.1 7.2 5.6 9.2 6.9 6.4 7.5
Don't know 32.8 28.4 37.5 28.0 25.1 31.1 26.3Note * 25.2 27.5
Being approachable and easy to talk to
Police do a good job 31.6 27.0 36.5 43.2Note * 39.9 46.5 52.3Note * 51.0 53.6
Police do an average job 32.7 28.0 37.8 25.3Note * 22.3 28.5 23.1Note * 22.1 24.2
Police do a poor job 5.1 3.2 7.9 8.8Note * 7.0 10.9 5.8 5.3 6.4
Don't know 30.6 26.3 35.3 22.3Note * 19.6 25.2 18.6Note * 17.7 19.7
Providing information on crime prevention
Police do a good job 22.0 17.7 27.0 34.1Note * 31.0 37.2 39.2Note * 37.9 40.5
Police do an average job 39.4 34.5 44.5 29.9Note * 27.1 32.9 30.6Note * 29.5 31.8
Police do a poor job 11.9 8.8 15.9 12.5 10.4 14.9 9.2 8.5 10.0
Don't know 26.7 22.7 31.2 23.1 20.5 26.1 20.8Note * 19.8 21.9
Ensuring safety of citizens
Police do a good job 25.4 21.1 30.2 43.0Note * 39.7 46.4 46.7Note * 45.5 48.0
Police do an average job 41.7 36.5 47.0 30.8Note * 27.7 34.1 31.9Note * 30.8 33.0
Police do a poor job 7.8 5.3 11.2 7.5 5.9 9.5 4.6Note * 4.2 5.1
Don't know 25.2 21.0 29.9 18.3Note * 15.9 20.9 16.6Note * 15.6 17.6
Treating people fairly
Police do a good job 27.9 23.5 32.7 35.1Note * 31.9 38.4 44.5Note * 43.2 45.8
Police do an average job 33.9 29.5 38.7 28.0Note * 25.2 30.9 25.3Note * 24.2 26.5
Police do a poor job 6.2 4.2 9.1 11.8Note * 9.6 14.4 6.6 6.0 7.2
Don't know 32.0 27.5 36.9 24.7Note * 21.9 27.7 23.5Note * 22.4 24.6
Note *

significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)

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Note †

reference category

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Note 1

Includes the non-Chinese racialized population (i.e., those who are South Asian, Black, Filipino, Arab, Latin American, Southeast Asian, West Asian, Korean or Japanese), those who identify with multiple racialized groups and those who identify with a racialized group not elsewhere indicated. Excludes the Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, Inuit) population.

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Note 2

Excludes the Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, Inuit) population, but includes the non-Indigenous population.

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