Table 3
Police-reported serious assaults, by census metropolitan area, 2008

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Census metropolitan area1,2,3 Assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm
(level 2)		 Aggravated assault
(level 3)		 Assault against
peace officers4
number rate5 percent change in rate from 1998 to 20086 number rate5 percent change in rate from 1998 to 20086 number rate5 percent change in rate from 1998 to 20086
500,000 and over population
Calgary 1,497 126.1 3.4 108 9.1 45.0 435 36.7 54.2
Edmonton 2,318 204.3 25.6 235 20.7 22.8 300 26.4 -9.4
Hamilton 849 120.5 -15.3 82 11.6 65.3 116 16.5 15.6
Kitchener 617 120.8 13.7 37 7.2 20.2 82 16.1 44.2
Montréal 6,224 165.2 38.3 99 2.6 -47.7 1,262 33.5 16.5
Ottawa7 664 72.6 -34.3 88 9.6 127.0 161 17.6 22.4
Québec 794 107.8 106.7 2 0.3 -83.0 157 21.3 -5.1
Toronto 6,431 116.2 -12.8 554 10.0 -8.0 1,146 20.7 49.5
Vancouver 4,728 207.4 29.3 210 9.2 34.9 412 18.1 6.4
Winnipeg 1,936 254.3 10.6 144 18.9 21.7 240 31.5 63.5
100,000 to less than 500,000 population
Abbotsford-Mission8 349 205.6 151.8 22 13.0 10.2 45 26.5 45.0
Barrie9 154 79.1 -28.6 15 7.7 34.0 23 11.8 -47.4
Brantford9 210 152.8 3.6 11 8.0 -59.6 39 28.4 -12.1
Gatineau10 425 143.6 68.2 23 7.8 -16.2 164 55.4 64.9
Greater Sudbury 278 169.1 65.5 13 7.9 -22.6 52 31.6 11.9
Guelph9 110 90.5 -10.3 4 3.3 -43.6 37 30.4 52.1
Halifax 787 199.5 75.0 38 9.6 -0.4 218 55.3 328.5
Kelowna9 362 207.1 26.8 11 6.3 16.9 51 29.2 13.4
Kingston8 136 86.7 17.9 14 8.9 124.5 56 35.7 17.1
London 549 112.9 8.5 40 8.2 -8.4 136 28.0 31.6
Moncton9 172 129.7 8.1 10 7.5 -38.7 28 21.1 -8.5
Peterborough9 94 77.8 -21.1 9 7.5 345.5 17 14.1 -19.9
Regina 697 332.6 -20.8 54 25.8 35.6 52 24.8 10.3
Saguenay 224 154.9 48.2 6 4.1 -46.9 74 51.2 143.4
Saint John 189 185.4 60.6 9 8.8 57.3 57 55.9 117.9
Saskatoon 693 267.8 6.8 101 39.0 27.9 161 62.2 60.3
Sherbrooke 183 100.1 246.7 5 2.7 -33.7 74 40.5 7.1
St. Catharines-Niagara 558 126.2 50.5 45 10.2 228.7 121 27.4 41.8
St. John's 277 151.1 25.4 4 2.2 -46.2 51 27.8 100.2
Thunder Bay 245 204.9 -4.3 39 32.6 34.7 25 20.9 -37.7
Trois-Rivières 177 119.9 191.1 5 3.4 -64.2 81 54.8 -20.3
Victoria 493 142.0 -29.4 25 7.2 10.7 98 28.2 -13.2
Windsor 343 102.8 32.8 19 5.7 -78.0 122 36.6 4.5
Canada 54,251 162.9 31.7 3,554 10.7 22.6 9,699 29.1 28.7
1. A census metropolitan area (CMA) refers to a large urban core (at least 100,000 population) combined with adjacent urban and rural areas that have a high degree of economic and social integration. A CMA typically comprises more than one police service.
2.CMA populations have been adjusted to follow policing boundaries.
3. The CMA of Oshawa is excluded from this table due to the incongruity between the police service jurisdictional boundaries and the CMA boundaries.
4. Peace officers include police officers, correctional officers, bailiffs, justices of the peace, municipal by-law officers and others who are employed for the maintenance of public peace.
5. Rates are calculated per 100,000 population. Population estimates are from Statistics Canada, Demography Division.
6. Percent change based upon unrounded rates.
7. Ottawa refers to the Ontario part of the Ottawa-Gatineau CMA.
8. Abbotsford-Mission and Kingston became CMAs in 2001. As such, the percent change in the rate is calculated from 2001 to 2008.
9. Barrie, Brantford, Guelph, Kelowna, Moncton and Peterborough became CMAs as of the 2006 Census. As such, the percent change in the rate is calculated from 2006 to 2008.
10. Gatineau refers to the Quebec part of the Ottawa-Gatineau CMA.
Note: Counts are based upon the most serious offence in the incident. One incident may involve multiple violations.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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