Public confidence in Canadian institutions
Table 3 Confidence in institutions, by trust in others and perceived likelihood a lost wallet would be returned, 2013 Public confidence in Canadian institutions
Table 3 Confidence in institutions, by trust in others and perceived likelihood a lost wallet would be returned, 2013

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Table summary
This table displays the results of Confidence in institutions. The information is grouped by Trust in others (appearing as row headers), Police, School system, Banks, Justice system and courts, Media, Federal Parliament and Major corporations, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Trust in others	Police	School system	Banks	Justice system and courts	Media	Federal Parliament	Major corporations
Trust in others	percent
People in general
Most people can be trusted^Note †	83	68	64	66	45	41	34
You cannot be too careful in dealing with people	68^Note **	53^Note **	54^Note **	48^Note **	35^Note **	33^Note **	25^Note **
Family
Can be trusted^Note †	78	63	61	59	41	39	31
Neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy	49^Note **	36^Note **	42^Note **	34^Note **	24^Note **	21^Note **	16^Note **
Cannot be trusted	37^Note **	31^Note **	36^Note **	24^Note **	25^Note **	16^Note **	16^Note **
People in my neighbourhood
Can be trusted^Note †	83	68	66	65	47	42	36
Neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy	70^Note **	53^Note **	52^Note **	50^Note **	32^Note **	32^Note **	23^Note **
Cannot be trusted	53^Note **	43^Note **	45^Note **	37^Note **	25^Note **	28^Note **	19^Note **
Colleagues at work or school
Can be trusted^Note †	81	68	62	63	43	41	33
Neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy	65^Note **	49^Note **	49^Note **	48^Note **	29^Note **	31^Note **	21^Note **
Cannot be trusted	49^Note **	34^Note **	37^Note **	33^Note **	22^Note **	23^Note **	14^Note **
People who speak another language
Can be trusted^Note †	84	70	66	67	49	44	37
Neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy	71^Note **	54^Note **	54^Note **	51^Note **	34^Note **	32^Note **	24^Note **
Cannot be trusted	60^Note **	45^Note **	49^Note **	41^Note **	27^Note **	30^Note **	21^Note **
Strangers
Can be trusted^Note †	85	73	67	70	55	45	42
Neither trustworthy nor untrustworthy	80^Note **	64^Note **	61^Note **	61^Note **	43^Note **	37^Note **	32^Note **
Cannot be trusted	71^Note **	55^Note **	56^Note **	51^Note **	35^Note **	36^Note **	26^Note **
A lost wallet containing $200 would be returned by a neighbour
Very likely^Note †	83	67	65	63	47	42	36
Somewhat likely	74^Note **	59^Note **	57^Note **	56^Note **	36^Note **	36^Note **	27^Note **
Not at all likely	57^Note **	48^Note **	49^Note **	43^Note **	30^Note **	28^Note **	21^Note **
A lost wallet containing $200 would be returned by a police officer
Very likely^Note †	86	67	65	65	45	43	35
Somewhat likely	55^Note **	47^Note **	47^Note **	41^Note **	29^Note **	25^Note **	20^Note **
Not at all likely	25^Note **	37^Note **	37^Note **	22^Note **	23^Note **	15^Note **	14^Note **
A lost wallet containing $200 would be returned by a stranger
Very likely^Note †	86	73	69	71	56	48	46
Somewhat likely	79^Note **	63^Note **	61^Note **	61^Note **	42^Note **	38^Note **	31^Note **
Not at all likely	70^Note **	56^Note **	56^Note **	50^Note **	36^Note **	35^Note **	27^Note **
Total - great deal or some confidence	76	61	59	57	40	38	30
Note significantly different from reference category (p < 0.01) Return to note referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note: Includes those who stated they had a great deal of confidence or some confidence. Responses of don't know/not stated are excluded from the calculation of percentages. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey on Social Identity, 2013.

Date modified:: 2015-12-07

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