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Confidence in access to fair and equal justice (criminal)

Domain

Good governance

Subdomain

Justice and human rights

Indicator

Confidence in access to fair and equal justice (criminal)

Percentage of the population reporting confidence that the criminal justice system is fair and accessible to all people snapshot
Data Table
Percentage of the population reporting confidence that the criminal justice system is fair and accessible to all people
Accessible Fair
2018 33% 27%
2021 22% 20%
2022 33% 25%
2023 23% 18%
2025 24% 19%

Source: The National Justice Survey.

Definition

Proportion of the population by level of confidence that the criminal justice system is fair and accessible to all people.

Measurement

This indicator is measured in the Department of Justice's National Justice Survey.

Survey respondents are asked:

How confident are you that the Canadian criminal justice system is...

  • Fair to all people *
  • Accessible to all people *

[Levels marked with * are randomized]

  1. Not at all confident
  2.  
  3. Moderately confident
  4.  
  5. Very confident

The questions on the criminal justice system have been included since 2018. The label "Moderately confident" was added to the middle response category on the questions above as of 2023.

Data sources

Data tables and analysis

For products related to confidence in access to fair and equal justice (criminal), including data tables, data visualizations, articles, and other product types see Analytical releases: Confidence in access to fair and equal justice (criminal) or view all analytical releases.

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