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Crime rates for selected offences
2006
2005 to 2006
1996 to 2006
number rate 1 % change in rate
Homicide
605 1.9 -10 -14
Attempted murder
852 2.6 3 -12
Assault Level 1
183,504 562 -1 -8
Assault Level 2: Weapon/bodily harm
52,910 162 4 35
Assault Level 3: Aggravated
3,288 10 5 9
Other assaults
12,981 40 0 -3
Sexual assault (levels 1, 2, 3)
22,136 68 -7 -26
Other sexual offences
2,789 9 -1 -24
Abduction
535 2 -9 -50
Robbery
30,707 94 6 -12
Violent crimes: Total 310,307 951 0 -5
Breaking and entering
250,467 768 -5 -43
Motor vehicle theft
158,944 487 -2 -20
Theft over $5,000
17,060 52 -2 -43
Theft $5,000 and under
616,194 1,889 -4 -32
Possession of stolen goods
35,134 108 1 0
Fraud
92,599 284 -4 -18
Property crimes: Total 1,170,398 3,588 -4 -32
Mischief
378,311 1,160 6 -6
Counterfeiting currency
117,987 362 -29 426
Bail violations
106,699 327 4 40
Disturbing the peace
117,023 359 -5 95
Offensive weapons
19,234 59 -4 6
Prostitution
5,701 17 -2 -19
Arson
13,504 41 0 -4
Kidnapping/forcible confinement
4,449 14 12 108
Other
209,174 641 -1 -21
Other Criminal Code offences: Total 972,082 2,980 -3 12
Criminal Code: Total, excluding traffic (crime rate) 2,452,787 7,518 -3 -16
Cannabis possession
43,634 134 0 19
Other cannabis
15,244 47 -13 -1
Cocaine
22,074 68 13 75
Other drugs
15,212 47 8 97
Drugs: Total 96,164 295 2 33
Impaired driving
74,331 228 -6 -30
1. Rates are calculated per 100,000 population.
Crime rates by province and territory
Violent crime
Property crime
Total Criminal Code offences2
2006 rate 1 2005 to 2006 % change in rate
2006 rate 1 2005 to 2006 % change in rate
2006 rate 1 2005 to 2006 % change in rate
Canada 951 0 3,588 -4 7,518 -3
Newfoundland and Labrador
851 -4 2,363 -8 6,055 -2
Prince Edward Island
714 -8 3,000 -10 6,793 -11
Nova Scotia
1,135 -2 3,514 -2 8,069 -2
New Brunswick
849 -2 2,562 -3 6,111 -5
Quebec
756 2 3,114 -1 5,909 -3
Ontario
756 0 2,811 0 5,689 -2
Manitoba
1,598 -1 4,951 -1 11,678 -1
Saskatchewan
2,039 2 4,776 -13 13,711 -4
Alberta
1,101 -1 4,480 -8 9,523 -6
British Columbia
1,218 0 5,685 -9 11,365 -5
Yukon
3,007 -6 5,107 -17 20,593 -9
Northwest Territories
6,448 1 6,357 -7 41,468 -5
Nunavut
6,764 -9 4,256 -25 31,265 -11
1. Rates are calculated per 100,000 population.
2. Total Criminal Code also includes other Criminal Code offences (excluding traffic) not shown in this table.
Crime rates for selected offences by census metropolitan area
Total violent crime
Homicide
Robbery
Total property crime
Break-ins
Motor vehicle theft
Total Criminal Code
2006 rate1
Census metropolitan areas with a population of 500,000 and over
Winnipeg
1,256 3.0 272 5,913 1,065 1,932 11,085
Vancouver
1,089 2.5 153 5,874 1,121 745 10,609
Edmonton
893 3.7 141 5,621 853 1,076 10,079
Montréal
818 1.4 150 3,642 902 646 6,912
Calgary
802 2.3 107 4,027 685 611 6,708
Ottawa2
601 1.8 92 3,122 550 327 5,775
Hamilton
754 1.0 108 3,080 662 503 5,602
Toronto
738 1.8 116 2,471 404 294 5,020
Québec
640 1.0 62 2,810 734 277 4,931
Census metropolitan areas with a population between 100,000 and 499,9993
Regina
1,546 4.5 264 6,315 1,487 1,008 12,415
Saskatoon
1,606 3.3 268 5,247 1,167 582 12,209
Abbotsford
1,006 1.8 92 6,114 1,169 1,155 11,224
Victoria
904 1.2 75 5,630 908 380 10,066
Thunder Bay
1,308 1.6 112 3,984 871 294 9,031
Halifax
1,261 1.6 169 4,454 768 368 8,715
London
755 1.1 88 4,347 797 641 8,137
Saint John
1,313 1.0 82 3,449 639 163 7,885
St. John's
777 0.6 53 3,828 1,014 229 6,773
Windsor
658 1.5 70 3,609 743 291 6,754
Kingston
712 1.3 37 3,446 589 190 6,737
Sudbury
908 1.2 74 3,137 800 326 6,219
St. Catharines–Niagara
615 0.9 86 3,333 777 309 5,963
Gatineau4
885 3.1 68 2,866 793 293 5,645
Sherbrooke
620 0.7 68 2,847 797 443 5,399
Kitchener
628 0.4 75 2,850 567 290 5,315
Trois-Rivières
628 0.0 44 2,676 771 385 4,874
Saguenay
613 0.0 19 1,975 496 286 4,038
1. Rates are calculated per 100,000 population.
2. Ottawa refers to the Ontario part of the Ottawa–Gatineau CMA.
3. Oshawa is excluded due to incongruity between the police agency jurisdictional boundaries and the CMA boundaries.
4. Gatineau refers to the Quebec part of the Ottawa–Gatineau CMA.
