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A new study suggests that Canadians have more confidence in the police than in other big institutions such as the school system, the banks, the courts, the media and the federal government.
According to the Statistics Canada survey, no other city in Canada has more confidence in its police service than Ottawa, where residents were more likely to report that officers were approachable, prompt, fair and informative. A whopping 81 per cent of Ottawa residents expressed some or a great deal of confidence in the police.
“Among the census metropolitan areas, residents of Ottawa were more likely to state their local police were doing a good job,” concluded the study, Public Confidence in Canadian Institutions, released Monday.
The study shows that more than three-quarters (76 per cent) of Canadians expressed confidence in the police during the 2013 General Social Survey, a Statistics Canada program designed to gather data on social trends in this country.
Respondents expressed considerably more confidence in the police than in the school system (61 per cent), the banks (59 per cent) and the courts (57 per cent).
Canadians had even less confidence in the media (40 per cent), the federal Parliament (38 per cent) and major corporations (30 per cent).
The General Social Survey, administered both by telephone and Internet, was completed by 27,695 Canadians during 2013. Respondents were asked to rate their level of confidence in each institution on a scale of one to five with five representing a great deal of confidence and one representing no confidence.
It was the first time that Statistics Canada has tried to understand how Canadians perceive the relative merits of their major institutions.
“Looking at the level of public confidence in an institution is an interesting way to get at how people feel these institutions are performing,” said Statistics Canada analyst Adam Cotter. “Whether or not they’re carrying our their mandate, whether or not they perceive them to be legitimate.”
The survey does not point to a crisis since fewer than one in 10 Canadians said they had “no confidence” in the federal government or in major corporations, the country’s most poorly rated institutions.
The survey contained some interesting factoids. Among them:
A 2014 Statistics Canada survey further examined the public’s perception of police. That survey asked respondents to assess the police in six categories: enforcing the law, protecting citizens, and being approachable, fair, prompt and informative.
Ottawa residents gave above-average marks to their police in all six categories, most notably for prompt service. The residents of western cities, particularly Winnipeg and Vancouver, tended to have lower opinions of their police forces.
Canadians’ perception of the police has improved during the past decade: Police ratings gained in five of six categories between 2004 and 2014, the study shows. Aboriginal people and crime victims rated police performance lower than the average Canadian.
By the Numbers: Perceptions of police performance
73: The percentage of Canadians who believe police are approachable
81: The percentage of Ottawans who believe police are approachable
68: The percentage of Canadians who believe police treat people fairly
76: The percentage of Ottawans who believe police treat people fairly
57: The percentage of aboriginals who believe police treat people fairly
4,000,000: The number of Canadians who reported they were discriminated against by police during the past five years
330,000: The number of Canadians who believed they were discriminated against by police
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According to the Statistics Canada survey, no other city in Canada has more confidence in its police service than Ottawa, where residents were more likely to report that officers were approachable, prompt, fair and informative. A whopping 81 per cent of Ottawa residents expressed some or a great deal of confidence in the police.
“Among the census metropolitan areas, residents of Ottawa were more likely to state their local police were doing a good job,” concluded the study, Public Confidence in Canadian Institutions, released Monday.
The study shows that more than three-quarters (76 per cent) of Canadians expressed confidence in the police during the 2013 General Social Survey, a Statistics Canada program designed to gather data on social trends in this country.
Respondents expressed considerably more confidence in the police than in the school system (61 per cent), the banks (59 per cent) and the courts (57 per cent).
Canadians had even less confidence in the media (40 per cent), the federal Parliament (38 per cent) and major corporations (30 per cent).
The General Social Survey, administered both by telephone and Internet, was completed by 27,695 Canadians during 2013. Respondents were asked to rate their level of confidence in each institution on a scale of one to five with five representing a great deal of confidence and one representing no confidence.
It was the first time that Statistics Canada has tried to understand how Canadians perceive the relative merits of their major institutions.
“Looking at the level of public confidence in an institution is an interesting way to get at how people feel these institutions are performing,” said Statistics Canada analyst Adam Cotter. “Whether or not they’re carrying our their mandate, whether or not they perceive them to be legitimate.”
The survey does not point to a crisis since fewer than one in 10 Canadians said they had “no confidence” in the federal government or in major corporations, the country’s most poorly rated institutions.
The survey contained some interesting factoids. Among them:
- Young Canadians aged 15 to 24 were more likely than people in any other age category to express confidence in Parliament, with fully half of them endorsing its work
- The media is the only institution that sees steady growth in its public confidence numbers as people age: from 34 per cent among young Canadians to 54 per cent among those 75 years and older
- Confidence in institutions was high among visible minorities and recent immigrants, and much lower among aboriginal people
- Those living in P.E.I. (26 per cent) and Nova Scotia (28 per cent) expressed the least confidence in the federal government; respondents from Ontario (40 per cent) and Alberta (40 per cent) expressed the most
A 2014 Statistics Canada survey further examined the public’s perception of police. That survey asked respondents to assess the police in six categories: enforcing the law, protecting citizens, and being approachable, fair, prompt and informative.
Ottawa residents gave above-average marks to their police in all six categories, most notably for prompt service. The residents of western cities, particularly Winnipeg and Vancouver, tended to have lower opinions of their police forces.
Canadians’ perception of the police has improved during the past decade: Police ratings gained in five of six categories between 2004 and 2014, the study shows. Aboriginal people and crime victims rated police performance lower than the average Canadian.
By the Numbers: Perceptions of police performance
73: The percentage of Canadians who believe police are approachable
81: The percentage of Ottawans who believe police are approachable
68: The percentage of Canadians who believe police treat people fairly
76: The percentage of Ottawans who believe police treat people fairly
57: The percentage of aboriginals who believe police treat people fairly
4,000,000: The number of Canadians who reported they were discriminated against by police during the past five years
330,000: The number of Canadians who believed they were discriminated against by police
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