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CMA | Population | Crimes of violence | Property crime | Other Criminal Code | Total Criminal Code | ||||
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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. |