Table 5
Females' self-reported feelings of safety from crime, by Aboriginal identity, Canada's provinces, 2009

Table 5
Females' self-reported feelings of safety from crime, by Aboriginal identity, Canada's provinces, 2009
Feelings of safety	Aboriginal females^†		Non-Aboriginal females
Feelings of safety	number (thousands)	percent	number (thousands)	percent
Personal safety¹
Very satisfied	207	42	5,667	43
Somewhat satisfied	218	45	6,587	49
Somewhat dissatisfied	37^E	8^E	837	6
Very dissatisfied	F	5^E	155	1^*
Walking alone after dark in your neighbourhood
Safe	306	62	9,098	68^*
Unsafe	143	29	2,771	21^*
Does not walk alone	45^E	9^E	1,500	11
Using public transportation alone after dark²
Not at all worried	37^E	47^E	1,201	42
Somewhat worried	37^E	46^E	1,498	52
Very worried	F	F	158	6
† reference category ^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) 1. Reponses of "no opinion" were excluded from analysis. 2. Based upon responses from people who used public transportation alone in the evening or night. Note: Data from the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut were collected using a different methodology and are therefore excluded. Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding. Don't know and not stated are included in the total but not shown. Includes female respondents age 15 years or older. Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2009.

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