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The Most Dangerous Cities in Canada: Murder rate

2009 Maclean’s National Crime Rankings

by macleans.ca on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 1:04pm - 27 Comments
2007 Murder rates as a percentage difference from the national rate
Area Population % difference Rank
PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. * 59,732 364.70 1
EDMONTON 763,732 132.61 2
WINNIPEG 653,733 120.79 3
SASKATOON 206,365 115.21 4
VANCOUVER 609,785 100.29 5
CALGARY 1,038,481 87.10 6
SURREY, B.C. 425,428 82.69 7
HALIFAX 215,830 80.05 8
TORONTO 2,651,717 75.86 9
TROIS-RIVIÈRES, QUE. 127,190 74.59 10
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. 64,161 73.05 11
LANGLEY TOWNSHIP, B.C. 100,591 65.57 12
STORMONT/DUNDAS/GLENGARRY, ONT. 67,113 65.44 13
SAINT-JÉRÔME, QUE. 67,600 64.25 14
SAINT JOHN, N.B. 69,357 60.09 15
CHILLIWACK, B.C. 72,491 53.16 16
REGINA 183,540 51.23 17
SARNIA, ONT. 74,253 49.53 18
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. 76,267 45.58 19
SUDBURY, ONT. 162,438 36.70 20
LETHBRIDGE, ALTA. 82,146 35.16 21
MONTREAL 1,871,846 21.60 22
BARRIE, ONT. 139,298 19.56 23
HURONIA WEST, ONT. 51,263 8.29 24
KELOWNA, B.C. (Rural) 51,560 7.67 25
STRATHCONA COUNTY, ALTA. 51,940 6.88 26
HAMILTON 519,741 6.81 27
CODIAC REGION, N.B. 104,650 6.10 28
FREDERICTON 52,339 6.07 29
TRACADIE-SHEILA, N.B. 54,869 1.18 30
WINDSOR, ONT. 220,569 0.68 31
BURNABY, B.C. 221,856 0.09 32
KELOWNA, B.C. 113,109 -1.84 33
THUNDER BAY, ONT. 114,286 -2.85 34
JOLIETTE RÉGIE INTERMUN., QUE. 59,763 -7.11 35
OTTAWA 846,169 -8.15 36
ARTHABASKA MRC, QUE. 67,618 -17.90 37
WATERLOO REGION, ONT. 496,370 -21.71 38
LONDON, ONT. 362,561 -23.44 39
CALEDON, ONT. 73,877 -24.85 40
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. 73,911 -24.89 41
SHERBROOKE, QUE. 149,875 -25.92 42
LAVAL, QUE. 381,651 -27.27 43
PEEL REGION, ONT. 1,222,639 -27.35 44
THÉRÈSE-DE-BLAINVILLE, QUE. 80,080 -30.68 45
MASKOUTAINS MRC, QUE. 82,456 -32.67 46
KAMLOOPS, B.C. 83,527 -33.54 47
NANAIMO, B.C. 83,648 -33.63 48
WELLINGTON COUNTY, ONT. 88,944 -37.58 49
RICHELIEU SAINT-LAURENT, QUE. 180,520 -38.49 50
BRANTFORD, ONT. 93,156 -40.41 51
RICHMOND, B.C. 193,164 -42.52 52
LONGUEUIL, QUE. 395,168 -43.81 53
DURHAM REGION, ONT. 595,354 -44.05 54
KINGSTON, ONT. 119,423 -53.51 55
GUELPH, ONT. 120,254 -53.84 56
TERREBONNE, QUE. 121,845 -54.44 57
YORK REGION, ONT. 975,501 -54.47 58
GATINEAU-MÉTRO, QUE. 251,274 -55.81 59
MRC VAUDREUIL-SOUL. 126,383 -56.07 60
COQUITLAM, B.C. 133,218 -58.33 61
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. 135,253 -58.95 62
NIAGARA REGION, ONT. 433,946 -61.62 63
SAGUENAY, QUE. 144,924 -61.69 64
ST. JOHN’S 182,605 -69.60 65
HALTON REGION, ONT. 468,980 -76.33 66
QUEBEC CITY 535,321 -100.00 100
HALIFAX COUNTY, , N.S. 169,627 -100.00 100
LÉVIS, QUE. 133,470 -100.00 100
SAANICH, B.C. 112,335 -100.00 100
CHATHAM-KENT, ONT. 109,123 -100.00 100
CAPE BRETON, N.S. 103,418 -100.00 100
DELTA, B.C. 103,323 -100.00 100
RED DEER, ALTA. 97,038 -100.00 100
ROUSSILLON RÉGIE INTERMUN., QUE. 95,717 -100.00 100
VICTORIA, B.C. 95,477 -100.00 100
DRUMMOND MRC, QUE. – (DRUMMOND MRC, 24526) 95,448 -100.00 100
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. 90,864 -100.00 100
ST.JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, QUE. 88,803 -100.00 100
REPENTIGNY, QUE. 86,644 -100.00 100
PETERBOROUGH LAKEFIELD, ONT. 76,368 -100.00 100
SAULT STE. MARIE, ONT. 76,136 -100.00 100
CHÂTEAUGUAY, QUE. 69,899 -100.00 100
ST. ALBERT, ALTA. 64,535 -100.00 100
NORFOLK, ONT. 63,864 -100.00 100
OXFORD COMMUNITY, ONT. 62,221 -100.00 100
GRANBY, QUE. 60,902 -100.00 100
MEDICINE HAT, ALTA. 60,246 -100.00 100
OROMOCTO, N.B. 59,890 -100.00 100
SOUTH SIMCOE, ONT., MUNICIPAL, ONT. – (Bradford West Gwillimbury and Innisfil, 35275) 57,584 -100.00 100
NORTH BAY, ONT. 56,716 -100.00 100
KINGS COUNTY, N.S. 55,066 -100.00 100
FORT MCMURRAY, ALTA. 54,813 -100.00 100
MIDDLESEX, ONT. 54,417 -100.0 100
NOTTAWASAGA, ONT. 54,122 -100.0 100
RIMOUSKI-NEIGETTE, QUE. 53,667 -100.0 100
MONTCALM MRC, QUE. 52,828 -100.0 100
PETROLIA, ONT. 52,661 -100.0 100
SHAWINIGAN MRC, QUE 51,875 -100.0 100
LAC-ST-JEAN-EST MRC, QUE. 51,543 -100.0 100

* none attributed to Robert Pickton

Source: Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Maclean’s

Methodology
Maclean’s obtained annual crime data from Statistics Canada for municipal police services with the 100 largest populations in the nation. Using 2007 rates per 100,000 population for six crimes—homicide, sexual assault, aggravated assault, vehicle theft, robbery plus breaking and entering—Maclean’s calculated the percentage difference from the national rate for each of the six crimes. In consultation with StatsCan, we gave each crime equal weights and standardized the rates to obtain an overall score that measured each area’s percentage difference from the national rate. Data from Nunavut and the Northwest Territories are excluded from the provincial and territorial score calculations due to their extreme crime rate values, which are inconsistent with the distribution of the rest of the country.

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  • Alex

    Robert Pickton was sentenced in 2007.

  • J

    I live in Port Coquitlam and I have to say I’m surprised. How is it I feel safer walking these streets than those of Surrey or East Hastings? It has become clear that the media decides where to instill the fear. If PoCo has such a high percentage to population ratio of murder, why isn’t this on the news at night?

    • cadie

      I Agree, i would feel much more fear walking down east hastings vancouver than PoCo…..

  • jug head

    Its all because of Pickton hence the * there basically stating there data is skewed by one person

    • Guy from Alberta

      Maybe if you read the asterix it says * none attributed to Robert Pickton.

  • Agent smith

    What the hell we get like 2 murders of some girls and were at the top

  • balance

    FYI look at the stats. It says:

    * none attributed to Robert Pickton

  • Guy from Alberta

    Burn

  • steven howse

    edmonton get about 37 murders a year

    • fag

      Or maybe because Canada doesnt get much murders, dumbass

  • John

    deadmonton is 2nd…no surpris, seeing as how there is 50+ murders every year

  • Sask Resident

    What is the crime rate based on metropolitan area? Seems silly to not include Delta and Richmond as part of Vancouver when discussing crime rates. Also absolute number should be given. If one person is murdered in a town of less than 1000, the crime rate would be high but it is still only one, while 400 in Toronto is 400, but the rate is low.

  • joe sunday

    400 murders in toronto?! that's hilarious. montreal used to have the most murders in canada back in the 90's and the total was around 100. as of december 11th, 2009, there have only been 59 murders in toronto.

    • jdvu

      You don't know what you're talking about. TO hade way more murders than Montreal in the 90s and Montreal never had more than 70 something murders a year in the 90s.

  • bad girl in alberta

    this is so messed up

  • Lovenyou

    here in moose jaw there is a rapist named FREDDY PICKTON! Scariest lookn dude around. In the 90's we had a women in the old hospital here 680 ominica st w kill her baby with an axe. Sometime last yr Otto Edner Hansen killed Deborah Smith by stabbing her repeatedly. Her son was there to watch. Her son is still alive & is actually great friends with my best friends brother. It was very hard to listen to when he was explaining … aspecially on why he killed her.. over a download on the computer!

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/Ak_sakal Ak_sakal

    check the stats for three months from Calgary and Winnipeg

    http://crimemap.calgarypolice.ca/content/Disclaim…
    and
    http://map2.winnipeg.ca/iMaps/Main.aspx (view report)

    in Calgary – 6 murders (homicides)
    in Winnipeg – 0

    total crimes : Calgary – about 10 000 (attempted car theft not included)
    Winnipeg – 2 100 (including 400 attempted car thefts)

    so which city is more dangerous to live in (even if u calculate population, say 1 mln in Calgary against 650 000 in Winnipeg, compare the rate per 1000)

    or somebody is mistaken, or somebody is lying?
    even last year there was only about 2200 – 2500 crimes in 3 months (according to their stats)

    so what is going on?

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/Ak_sakal Ak_sakal

    check the stats for three months from Calgary and Winnipeg

    http://crimemap.calgarypolice.ca/content/Disclaim…
    and
    http://map2.winnipeg.ca/iMaps/Main.aspx (view report)

    in Calgary – 6 murders (homicides)
    in Winnipeg – 0

    total crimes : Calgary – about 10 000 (attempted car theft not included)
    Winnipeg – 2 100 (including 400 attempted car thefts)

    so which city is more dangerous to live in (even if u calculate population, say 1 mln in Calgary against 650 000 in Winnipeg, compare the rate per 1000)

    or somebody is mistaken, or somebody is lying?
    even last year there was only about 2200 – 2500 crimes in 3 months (according to their stats)

    so what is going on?

  • Quash

    Everyone says "only this much " still people are getting killed… and everyone say's "ONLY"… that is pretty sad to me.

  • headoutofass

    There is a murder or at least a shooting in Surrey B.C. EVERY week. That's a fact. You can say it has nothing to do with race or demographics but you would be naive. That is also a fact.

  • headoutofass

    If it's not a shooting or a murder weekly, it's some other form of violence on a daily basis.

  • Xxx

    ok so i want to live in edmonton, is it safe?

  • Tundrasea

    Have someone who passed grade 9 maths check the chart. (Hint, – 100% of the average rate = no murders. Not backed up by actual facts.)

  • Janefonda

    wow

  • Janefonda
  • B arrow

    This study does not appear to be standarized per 100,00 . . . so of course it is skewed. As well, Using Break and Enter/ Vehicle theft as crimes of ineterst seems a bit off as they are non violent propety offences. . . I think if B&E was replaced by say domestic assault Surrey/ Edmonton would tie for the top.

  • cassie sassie

    ur a retard everyone on this site

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