Table 8
Serious problems or disputes in the past three years, Chinese and other populations, provinces, 2021


Table 8
Serious problems or disputes in the past three years, Chinese and other populations, provinces, 2021
Table summary
This table displays the results of Serious problems or disputes in the past three years. The information is grouped by Serious problems or disputes (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).
Serious problems or disputes Chinese populationTable 8 Note † Other racialized populationsTable 8 Note 1 Non-racialized populationTable 8 Note 2
percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval percent 95% confidence interval
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Experienced at least one serious problemTable 8 Note 3 15.5 12.3 19.2 21.1Note * 19.1 23.2 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 1.8 0.9 3.4 3.1 2.2 4.1 2.6 2.3 3.0
Your employer or your job, excluding personal injuries Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 2.7 2.0 3.7 2.3 2.0 2.7
A personal injury or serious health issue that occurred at work, in a commercial establishment, in a traffic accident or any other public place Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 2.6 1.9 3.5 1.6 1.3 2.0
Your neighbourhood, such as vandalism, property damage, threats or excessive noise 3.3 1.8 5.5 4.2 3.2 5.3 3.8 3.4 4.3
Your house, your rent, your mortgage or rent owed to you 2.4 1.2 4.2 2.6 1.9 3.4 1.4 1.1 1.7
Money you owe (debt) or money owed to you, excluding rent and housing issues 2.4 1.2 4.3 3.7 2.7 4.8 2.3 2.0 2.7
Getting social or housing assistance, Old Age Security, Guaranteed Income Supplement or other government assistance payments Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 1.2 0.7 2.0 1.0 0.8 1.2
Getting disability assistance Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 1.1 0.6 1.7 0.9 0.7 1.1
Immigration, refugee status or sponsoring a family member's application to immigrate to Canada Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 2.3 1.7 3.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
Contact with the police or other part of criminal justice system, including 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 1.1 0.6 1.7 1.2 0.9 1.5
Contact with the police or other part of criminal justice system as a victim of or witness to a crime Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 1.4 0.9 2.2 1.8 1.5 2.2
Breakdown of your family or relationship, excluding child custody problems 1.5 0.7 2.9 1.8 1.2 2.7 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 0.9 0.5 1.6 1.1 0.9 1.4
A will, or taking care of financial or health issues for a person who was unable to look after themselves Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 1.4 0.9 2.1 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 3.2 2.3 4.2 2.9 2.5 3.3
Civil court proceedings or a letter threatening legal action over a civil matter Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 1.4 0.8 2.1 1.3 1.0 1.5
Being harassed 2.4 1.2 4.5 3.0 2.2 4.0 2.8 2.4 3.2
Being discriminated against 3.4 1.9 5.4 5.4Note * 4.4 6.7 2.0 1.6 2.3
Any other problem Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published 0.5 0.4 0.7
Did not experience a serious problem 78.5 74.3 82.2 70.7Note * 68.4 72.9 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

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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Note 3

As respondents could indicate all types of serious problems that applied, "experienced at least one serious problem" does not equal the sum of the types of serious problems.

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Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Legal Problems Survey, 2021.
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