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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.

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“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.