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Table A4. Crime rates in census metropolitan areas (CMA)1,2,3, Canada, 2003
CMA Population Crimes of violence Property crime Other Criminal Code Total Criminal Code
Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate
Toronto4
5,118,992
39,654
775
150,789
2,946
81,088
1,584
271,531
5,304
Montréal
3,586,221
29,978
836
138,456
3,861
116,237
3,241
284,671
7,938
Vancouver
2,126,111
21,854
1,028
155,426
7,310
68,844
3,238
246,124
11,576
Ottawa-Gatineau
1,143,554
8,783
768
40,837
3,571
22,366
1,956
71,986
6,295
Calgary
1,023,666
8,647
845
45,342
4,429
20,239
1,977
74,228
7,251
Edmonton
997,938
9,317
934
60,432
6,056
39,710
3,979
109,459
10,969
Ottawa-Gatineau (Ontario Portion)5
866,621
6,540
755
31,229
3,604
17,051
1,968
54,820
6,326
Québec
709,323
3,469
489
21,139
2,980
11,333
1,598
35,941
5,067
Winnipeg
688,746
8,556
1,242
44,405
6,447
28,755
4,175
81,716
11,864
Hamilton
682,741
6,213
910
25,518
3,738
13,603
1,992
45,334
6,640
Kitchener
470,022
2,649
564
17,140
3,647
7,879
1,676
27,668
5,887
London
464,076
3,091
666
20,137
4,339
11,623
2,505
34,851
7,510
St.Catherines-Niagara
429,949
2,541
591
16,255
3,781
10,656
2,478
29,452
6,850
Halifax
377,932
5,076
1,343
18,128
4,797
12,033
3,184
35,237
9,324
Windsor
329,241
2,275
691
13,303
4,041
8,429
2,560
24,007
7,292
Victoria
323,592
3,677
1,136
17,956
5,549
12,630
3,903
34,263
10,588
Ottawa-Gatineau (Québec Portion)6
276,933
2,243
810
9,608
3,469
5,315
1,919
17,166
6,199
Saskatoon
241,391
4,146
1,718
19,250
7,975
13,209
5,472
36,605
15,164
Regina
197,734
3,120
1,578
17,200
8,699
9,622
4,866
29,942
15,143
St. John's
177,843
1,402
788
6,709
3,772
3,414
1,920
11,525
6,480
Sudbury
160,113
1,209
755
5,891
3,679
3,304
2,064
10,404
6,498
Abbotsford7
157,720
1,834
1,163
12,502
7,927
6,729
4,266
21,065
13,356
Kingston7
153,707
1,070
696
5,569
3,623
3,847
2,503
10,486
6,822
Saguenay
148,061
753
509
3,584
2,421
1,871
1,264
6,208
4,193
Sherbrooke
145,766
855
587
5,557
3,812
3,275
2,247
9,687
6,646
Saint John
144,752
1,692
1,169
4,833
3,339
4,605
3,181
11,130
7,689
Trois-Rivières
144,262
780
541
4,344
3,011
2,537
1,759
7,661
5,310
Thunder Bay
124,628
1,523
1,222
4,752
3,813
4,360
3,498
10,635
8,533
1. Note that a CMA typically comprises more than one police force. Also, note that the Oshawa CMA is excluded from this table due to the incongruity between the police agency jurisdictional boundaries and the CMA boundaries.
2. Rates are calculated per 100,000 population. The population estimates come from the Annual Demographic Statistics, 2003 report, produced by Statistics Canada, Demography Division. Populations as of July 1st: preliminary postcensal estimates for 2003.
3. Populations for all CMAs have been adjusted to better reflect police service boundaries.
4. Toronto Police implemented a new records management system in September 2003 (no change so far). As the transition had a short-term impact on data quality, data for September to December 2003 were estimated from 2002 data for the same period.
5. Ottawa refers to the Ontario part of the Ottawa-Gatineau CMA.
6. Gatineau refers to the Quebec part of the Ottawa-Gatineau CMA.
7. Abbotsford, British Columbia and Kingston, Ontario became new CMAs as of the 2001 Census.
Data source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2005, Exploring Crime Patterns in Canada, catalogue number 85-561-MWE2005005.