Statistics Canada Article on Public Perceptions of the Police

The most recent issue of the Statistics Canada publication Juristat has an article on Public perceptions of the police in Canada's provinces, 2019. 

Among the highlights:

• In 2019, more than four in ten (41%) Canadians living in the provinces said they had a great deal of confidence in the police, while about half (49%) said they had some confidence.
• Canadians who said they had a physical (38%), or mental or cognitive (33%) disability were less likely than people without a disability (43%) to report having a great deal of confidence in the police.
• Three in ten (30%) First Nations people, Métis and Inuit said they had a great deal of confidence in the police, compared with 42% of non-Indigenous people.
• Canadians belonging to population groups designated as visible minorities were significantly less likely to report having a great deal of confidence in the police (35%), compared with 44% of non-visible minorities.
• Seniors (53%) were more likely to report having a great deal of confidence in the police compared with young Canadians aged 15 to 24 (36%).
• Less than half of Canadians thought their local police were doing a good job of being approachable and easy to talk to (49%), enforcing the laws (46%), ensuring the safety of citizens (44%), treating people fairly (42%), promptly responding to calls (40%) and supplying information to the public on ways to prevent crime (37%). Less than one in five (18%) Canadians felt that the local police were doing a good job on all six of these measures.