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Table 5
Selected measures of perceived safety, urban and rural areas in the Canadian provinces, 2019

Table 5
Selected measures of perceived safety, urban and rural areas in the Canadian provinces, 2019 Table summary
This table displays the results of Selected measures of perceived safety, urban and rural areas in the Canadian provinces, 2019. The information is grouped by Selected measure of perceived safety (appearing as row headers), Urban1, 95% confidence interval and Rural1, calculated using from, to and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Selected measure of perceived safety	Rural ^{Table 5 Note 1}			Urban ^{Table 5 Note 1}
	percent	95% confidence interval		percent	95% confidence interval
	percent	from	to	percent	from	to
Note * significantly different from estimate for urban (p < 0.05). Return to note * referrer Note 1 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. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Percent calculations exclude respondents who stated they had not lived in their neighbourhood long enough to assess. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Percent calculations exclude respondents who stated that they never walk alone after dark (9% of rural respondents and 8% of urban respondents). Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Percent calculations exclude respondents who stated that public transit is not available in their community (79% of rural respondents and 11% of urban respondents) or that they never use public transit after dark (15% of rural respondents and 38% of urban respondents). Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Percent calculations exclude respondents who stated that they are never home alone (6% of rural respondents and 5% of urban respondents). Return to note 5 referrer Note: Percent calculations include missing and not stated responses. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2019.
Perceived safety from crime
Percent of the population who are satisfied or very satisfied with their personal safety from crime	85^{Table 5 Note *}	83	87	76	75	77
Perception of neighbourhood crime
Percent who believe crime in their neighbourhood is higher compared to other areas in Canada	3^{Table 5 Note *}	3	4	5	4	5
Percent who believe crime in their neighbourhood is about the same compared to other areas in Canada	16^{Table 5 Note *}	14	18	25	24	26
Percent who believe crime in their neighbourhood is lower compared to other areas in Canada	80^{Table 5 Note *}	78	82	70	68	71
Percent who believe crime in their neighbourhood has increased in the past 5 years ^{Table 5 Note 2}	18	16	20	19	18	20
Percent who believe crime in their neighbourhood has decreased in the past 5 years ^{Table 5 Note 2}	5^{Table 5 Note *}	4	7	7	6	7
Percent who believe crime in their neighbourhood is about the same compared to 5 years ago ^{Table 5 Note 2}	76	73	78	73	72	74
Perceived safety in specific situations
Percent who feel very or reasonably safe when walking alone in their neighbourhood after dark ^{Table 5 Note 3}	93^{Table 5 Note *}	91	94	87	86	87
Percent who are not at all worried about their safety from crime when waiting for or using public transit after dark ^{Table 5 Note 4}	68^{Table 5 Note *}	54	79	52	51	54
Percent who are not at all worried about their safety from crime when home alone in the evening or night ^{Table 5 Note 5}	87^{Table 5 Note *}	85	89	81	80	82

Date modified:: 2025-04-29