| 2007 | |||
| Area | Population | Overall crime score as a percentage difference from the national rate |
Rank |
| SASKATOON | 206365 | 163.23% | 1 |
| WINNIPEG | 653733 | 152.98% | 2 |
| REGINA | 183540 | 135.74% | 3 |
| PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. | 73911 | 126.95% | 4 |
| EDMONTON | 763732 | 110.36% | 5 |
| CHILLIWACK, B.C. | 72491 | 75.38% | 6 |
| HALIFAX | 215830 | 73.58% | 7 |
| VANCOUVER | 609785 | 71.50% | 8 |
| SURREY, B.C. | 425428 | 70.08% | 9 |
| VICTORIA, B.C. | 95477 | 65.70% | 10 |
| PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. | 59732 | 60.99% | 11 |
| NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. | 64161 | 60.09% | 12 |
| KAMLOOPS, B.C. | 83527 | 54.16% | 13 |
| THUNDER BAY, ONT. | 114286 | 49.96% | 14 |
| SAINT JOHN, N.B. | 69357 | 46.75% | 15 |
| BURNABY, B.C. | 221856 | 43.11% | 16 |
| BRANTFORD, ONT. | 93156 | 41.54% | 17 |
| SAINT-JÉRÔME, QUE. | 67600 | 35.36% | 18 |
| KELOWNA, B.C. | 113109 | 32.86% | 19 |
| Lethbridge, ALTA. | 82146 | 29.14% | 20 |
| NANAIMO, B.C. | 83648 | 28.61% | 21 |
| ABBOTSFORD, B.C. | 135253 | 27.25% | 22 |
| MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. | 76267 | 23.85% | 23 |
| MONTREAL | 1871846 | 23.15% | 24 |
| LANGLEY TOWNSHIP, B.C. | 100591 | 22.79% | 25 |
| HAMILTON | 519741 | 18.11% | 26 |
| CALGARY | 1038481 | 17.12% | 27 |
| FORT MCMURRAY, ALTA. | 54813 | 15.05% | 28 |
| TORONTO | 2651717 | 11.66% | 29 |
| JOLIETTE RÉGIE INTERMUN., QUE. | 59763 | 11.12% | 30 |
| SARNIA, ONT. | 74253 | 6.85% | 31 |
| MONTCALM MRC, QUE. | 52828 | 0.71% | 32 |
| SUDBURY, ONT. | 162438 | -3.27% | 33 |
| FREDERICTON | 52339 | -7.86% | 34 |
| WINDSOR, ONT. | 220569 | -9.40% | 35 |
| RED DEER, ALTA. | 97038 | -11.31% | 36 |
| LONDON, ONT. | 362561 | -11.48% | 37 |
| CAPE BRETON, N.S. | 103418 | -12.25% | 38 |
| SAULT STE. MARIE, ONT. | 76136 | -12.71% | 39 |
| GATINEAU-MÉTRO, QUE. | 251274 | -14.81% | 40 |
| LONGUEUIL, QUE. | 395168 | -16.67% | 41 |
| TROIS-RIVIÈRES, QUE. | 127190 | -19.12% | 42 |
| ST.JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, QUE. | 88803 | -19.87% | 43 |
| DRUMMOND MRC, QUE. - (DRUMMOND MRC, 24526) | 95448 | -21.23% | 44 |
| LAVAL, QUE. | 381651 | -22.21% | 45 |
| ST. JOHN’S | 182605 | -22.47% | 46 |
| DURHAM REGION, ONT. | 595354 | -23.98% | 47 |
| COQUITLAM, B.C. | 133218 | -25.20% | 48 |
| TERREBONNE, QUE. | 121845 | -25.33% | 49 |
| CODIAC REGION, N.B. | 104650 | -25.68% | 50 |
| THÉRÈSE-DE-BLAINVILLE, QUE. | 80080 | -27.25% | 51 |
| ARTHABASKA MRC, QUE. | 67618 | -27.42% | 52 |
| PETERBOROUGH LAKEFIELD, ONT. | 76368 | -28.25% | 53 |
| BARRIE, ONT. | 139298 | -28.31% | 54 |
| GRANBY, QUE. | 60902 | -28.44% | 55 |
| OTTAWA | 846169 | -28.68% | 56 |
| SAGUENAY, QUE. | 144924 | -28.97% | 57 |
| NIAGARA REGION, ONT. | 433946 | -29.58% | 58 |
| SHAWINIGAN MRC, QUE | 51875 | -29.74% | 59 |
| KINGSTON, ONT. | 119423 | -31.20% | 60 |
| MEDICINE HAT, ALTA. | 60246 | -31.77% | 61 |
| SHERBROOKE, QUE. | 149875 | -34.23% | 62 |
| KELOWNA, B.C. (Rural) | 51560 | -34.37% | 63 |
| CHATHAM-KENT, ONT. | 109123 | -35.63% | 64 |
| RICHMOND, B.C. | 193164 | -37.91% | 65 |
| NORTH BAY, ONT. | 56716 | -38.08% | 66 |
| STRATHCONA COUNTY, ALTA. | 51940 | -39.16% | 67 |
| WATERLOO REGION, ONT. | 496370 | -39.75% | 68 |
| QUEBEC CITY | 535321 | -40.35% | 69 |
| PEEL REGION, ONT. | 1222639 | -40.68% | 70 |
| STORMONT/DUNDAS/GLENGARRY, ONT. | 67113 | -42.42% | 71 |
| CHÂTEAUGUAY, QUE. | 69899 | -43.66% | 72 |
| OXFORD COMMUNITY, ONT. | 62221 | -49.37% | 73 |
| GUELPH, ONT. | 120254 | -52.85% | 74 |
| KINGS COUNTY, N.S. | 55066 | -54.80% | 75 |
| RIMOUSKI-NEIGETTE, QUE. | 53667 | -55.18% | 76 |
| RICHELIEU SAINT-LAURENT, QUE. | 180520 | -56.33% | 77 |
| TRACADIE-SHEILA, N.B. | 54869 | -57.53% | 78 |
| NORFOLK, ONT. | 63864 | -57.58% | 79 |
| HURONIA WEST, ONT. | 51263 | -57.58% | 80 |
| SAANICH, B.C. | 112335 | -60.37% | 81 |
| DELTA, B.C. | 103323 | -60.80% | 82 |
| PETROLIA, ONT. | 52661 | -63.83% | 83 |
| HALIFAX COUNTY, , N.S. | 169627 | -63.96% | 84 |
| MRC VAUDREUIL-SOUL. | 126383 | -65.18% | 85 |
| SOUTH SIMCOE, ONT., MUNICIPAL, ONT. – (Bradford West Gwillimbury and Innisfil, 35275) | 57584 | -65.97% | 86 |
| NOTTAWASAGA, ONT. | 54122 | -67.01% | 87 |
| MIDDLESEX, ONT. | 54417 | -67.32% | 88 |
| NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. | 90864 | -69.59% | 89 |
| LAC-ST-JEAN-EST MRC, QUE. | 51543 | -69.99% | 90 |
| ROUSSILLON RÉGIE INTERMUN., QUE. |
95717 | -70.47% | 91 |
| WELLINGTON COUNTY, ONT. | 88944 | -74.48% | 92 |
| REPENTIGNY, QUE. | 86644 | -74.63% | 93 |
| YORK REGION, ONT. | 975501 | -75.25% | 94 |
| ST. ALBERT, ALTA. | 64535 | -76.98% | 95 |
| HALTON REGION, ONT. | 468980 | -79.33% | 96 |
| MASKOUTAINS MRC, QUE. | 82456 | -79.97% | 97 |
| LÉVIS, QUE. | 133470 | -80.93% | 98 |
| OROMOCTO, N.B. | 59890 | -82.41% | 99 |
| CALEDON, ONT. | 73877 | -86.69% | 100 |
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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I’m agreeing with the comment of March 7th, by ‘Safe in Saskatoon’:
“These stats are very misleading, not to mention out of date…. cities are made up of neighbourhoods/districts which vary in demographics. Each neighbourhood can have drastically different stats than the city as a whole.
According to the Saskatoon Police website, almost 50% of offences that occured in Saskatoon occured in a district of the city that only has 16% of the population. So, while there is a serious problem in this inner city area, it is ridiculous to label the entire city “dangerous”.”
In the vast majority of the city, I feel perfectly safe to walk/jog/run in the dark hours of early morning or evening, my children walk to school without being bothered, and I do not live in fear of aggravated assault and robbery, homicide or sexual assault, B & E’s, or vehicle theft. I take reasonable precautions as everyone should regardless of what city they live in, and have a fabulous quality of life here.
For most of us, our biggest concern right about now (with spring hopefully on the way) is potholes…
…well, and wondering what to do about all the stupid people in the world who manipulate data in such an irresponsible way.
I would like you to know that I will never, nor will I ever encourage anyone to, read this magazine. As a Canadian I am ashamed that it is thought of as a credible publication. If there is any justice, this magazine will lose it’s viability as an entity. Yes I am a westerner, and to me this magazine represents everything wrong with Canada. I will continue to endeavor to gain knowledge and grow intellectually, I would suggest the people manufacturing this magazine will one day decide to as well.
For the ” 17th most dangerous city” this article is completly wrong. having grown up in brantford for 9 years and lived in all different parts of the city I know the ONLY bad part of the city is downtown. Over 75% of all crimes in brantford are commited there. Also less then 20% of the total population lives in that area. So much like the first comment I completly disagree with this article. Also did this writer ever live in all parts of the city long enough to realize what parts are good and not so good. No I don’t think so.
The scary thing about Saskatoon being #1 is the won’t admit it so the are obviously not going to try and deal with it.
Thomas, you are OBVIOUSLY not from Saskatoon, I completely agree with “also safe in Saskatoon” I have lived here for 25 years and have never experienced any trouble, nor have any of my friends or family, we do have crime, just like every other city but I feel these stats to be very unreliable. This is just not the case here. And also if you look at the stats for Saskatoon, crime rates are decreasing by quite a bit so to say that we aren’t doing anything about it is simply ignorant!
Wow, thanks again Macleans … Your list is flawed and makes Saskatoon look like Kabul. Thanks to your flawed methodology you were used as the main resource for real clear world’s poorly researched top ten most dangerous cities list. Although Saskatoon does have its problems such as youth gangs and relitively isolated crimes that come with them, we are hardly comparable to Johannesburg and Rio de Janeiro. In my opinion it is not even comparable to Surrey or Toronto and all the gun violence that they have been seeing for the last ten years. Thanks again Macleans …
Also, is it true that the stats for homicide are weighted the same as car thefts and break and enters? If this is so, it is no wonder your list is so flawed. I am sure Saskatoon hasn’t had more than 10 homicides in a year in a long time if ever. How many did Toronto or Surrey have last week?
Saskatoon is in no way flawed the city has gone way down hill check the murder rates, assault, rape, burglary, etc… if Saskatoon is not first its in the top 5 the fact that anyone i saying its not a s dangerous is ignorant to solid facts although i agree its stupid to have it up with Rio i also agree with the fact that its due to aboriginals while ti is not entirely their fault for their situation at some point they have to take responsibility we have to follow what the Aussies did and until we do that nothings gonna change and this shit show is going to continue.
People say that this list is flawed because it is not accurate. I disagree. You can't measure a city based on the overall crimes commited, because it would just put the large cities on top because they are simply so populated. This is why Saskatoon is so high. 10 murders in Saskatoon is equal to 100 murders in Toronto. And it is true probably more than 70% of crime in Saskatoon, Regina and Winnipeg is commited by Aboriginal populations. I wish they included all communities in Canada by crime rate, because I guarantee the top places would be mostly reservations in the west (i.e. Hobema, AB).
If they made a list saying Canada was in the top 5 most dangerous countries in the world, It wouldn't bother me. Because I don't live in ALL of Canada, just like I don't live in ALL of Calgary. I'm just one guy, living in my small corner. This is why this article is so irrelevant. The article is made insignificant; not by the accuracy of its statistics but by the breadth of its scope. It is simply far too unspecific to carry any meaning whatsoever.
I shouldn't say it is insignificant. It poses, in fact, a significant social threat through the reactions or the reader, and the misinformed opinions he will form. It is significant because, like most other lists in this publication, it is a breach of trust on the part of an established news organization, and is nothing short of public manipulation.
wow, halifax being number 7 is actually unbelievable.
i live in halifax and it is craaaaazy that its ranked that high out of 100. like com'on, sure there may be less safe places in halifax, but the dartmouth side is amazing. its really not good for tourism if its ranked 7th.
i just think thats a load of bull.
Obviously you have never been a victim of these crimes. Ohh right that's bad for tourism, never mind that's more important!
Hope that load of bull never happens to you!
edmonton sucks
im from cambridge in waterloo reagon im 68 omg
I don't believe for a second that Thunder Bay is the most dangerous place in Ontario. Why is York region so low? Haven't you ever heard of Jane and Finch? I went to York University for a year and there were numerous rapings on and around the campus.
Facts: 1: Areas with high populations of Blacks or Natives, always results in more violence, this is true all over the world. New Zealand, it's the Maori who cause most the problems. In Britain, it's the poor London areas where Blacks reside that is the most dangerous. The US, no need to go into that country. Canada, is very much the same. The reason these races are so violent, too many to go into, we all know them anyway, but we can't say them out loud or we're labelled racist.
2: Welfare: This has destroyed communities all over the world also, Britain has huge problems with lazy natives and migrants who are happy to claim welfare, not work, and then spend their days causing havoc out or boredom and general stupidity, this is much the same everywhere else in the world. These welfare reliant yobs then create bigger social problems, more drugs, more immigrants needed in the country to do the jobs the morons won't, etc etc.
3: Policing: Because of human rights and laws that favor the criminals and make life unbearable for the law abiding, hard working, honest citizens, police have a nightmare.