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Table 5
Police-reported crime for selected offences, by province or territory, 2019

Table 5
Police-reported crime for selected offences, by province or territory, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported crime for selected offences. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Homicide, Attempted murder, Major assault (level 2 and 3) and Robbery, calculated using number, rate and percent change in rate 2018 to 2019 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory	Homicide			Attempted murder			Major assault (level 2 and 3)^{Table 5 Note 1}			Robbery
Province or territory	number	rate	percent change in rate 2018 to 2019^{Table 5 Note 2}	number	rate	percent change in rate 2018 to 2019^{Table 5 Note 2}	number	rate	percent change in rate 2018 to 2019^{Table 5 Note 2}	number	rate	percent change in rate 2018 to 2019^{Table 5 Note 2}
Newfoundland and Labrador	5	0.96	Note ...: not applicable	4	0.77	Note ...: not applicable	742	142	20	162	31	-24
Prince Edward Island	2	1.27	Note ...: not applicable	0	0.00	Note ...: not applicable	111	71	Note 0^svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	24	15	12
Nova Scotia	6	0.62	-46	43	4.43	124	1,254	129	8	237	24	-25
New Brunswick	15	1.93	15	17	2.19	87	1,162	150	8	173	22	-16
Quebec	77	0.91	-8	200	2.36	6	11,482	135	7	3,417	40	4
Ontario	246	1.69	-11	345	2.37	-10	17,029	117	2	8,936	61	-1
Manitoba	72	5.26	29	26	1.90	-29	6,157	450	11	2,688	196	-1
Saskatchewan	55	4.68	60	69	5.88	90	4,638	395	9	1,110	95	10
Alberta	100	2.29	21	53	1.21	-2	10,162	232	6	3,621	83	2
British Columbia^{Table 5 Note 4}	90	1.77	-1	100	1.97	12	9,229	182	19	2,856	56	13
Yukon	1	2.45	Note ...: not applicable	1	2.45	Note ...: not applicable	228	558	3	22	54	37
Northwest Territories	2	4.46	Note ...: not applicable	1	2.23	Note ...: not applicable	544	1,214	26	34	76	-13
Nunavut	7	18.05	-14	6	15.47	-26	602	1,552	32	16	41	21
Canada	678	1.80	2	865	2.30	4	63,340	169	8	23,296	62	2

Table 5
Police-reported crime for selected offences, by province or territory, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported crime for selected offences. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Sexual assault (level 1, 2 and 3), Breaking and entering, Motor vehicle theft and Impaired driving, calculated using number, rate and percent change in rate 2018 to 2019 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory	Sexual assault (level 1, 2 and 3)			Breaking and entering			Motor vehicle theft			Impaired driving^{Table 5 Note 3}
Province or territory	number	rate	percent change in rate 2018 to 2019^{Table 5 Note 2}	number	rate	percent change in rate 2018 to 2019^{Table 5 Note 2}	number	rate	percent change in rate 2018 to 2019^{Table 5 Note 2}	number	rate	percent change in rate 2018 to 2019^{Table 5 Note 2}
Newfoundland and Labrador	391	75	13	1,994	382	1	434	83	-11	2,245	430	95
Prince Edward Island	131	83	20	471	300	8	142	90	9	1,012	645	56
Nova Scotia	903	93	-15	2,634	271	-4	927	95	2	3,679	379	33
New Brunswick	633	81	13	3,695	476	4	1,464	188	9	2,847	366	53
Quebec	5,987	71	4	23,432	276	-11	11,961	141	-5	14,900	176	6
Ontario	11,064	76	1	44,974	309	-4	23,992	165	-2	15,182	104	5
Manitoba	1,701	124	12	11,058	807	7	5,546	405	16	4,239	310	25
Saskatchewan	1,461	124	12	10,005	852	-2	5,284	450	-8	6,328	539	1
Alberta	3,933	90	9	33,102	757	2	23,535	538	-2	14,228	325	13
British Columbia^{Table 5 Note 4}	4,143	82	24	28,759	567	8	13,352	263	5	18,071	356	45
Yukon	129	316	53	261	639	27	142	348	9	845	2,068	55
Northwest Territories	257	573	58	469	1,046	5	179	399	-3	1,407	3,139	36
Nunavut	202	521	13	437	1,127	-12	108	278	4	690	1,779	62
Canada	30,935	82	7	161,291	429	-1	87,066	232	Note 0^svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	85,673	228	19

Table 5
Police-reported crime for selected offences, by province or territory, 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported crime for selected offences. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Total fraud, Fraud, Identity fraud and Identity theft, calculated using number, rate and percent change in rate 2018 to 2019 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory	Total fraud^{Table 5 Note 5}			Fraud			Identity fraud			Identity theft
Province or territory	number	rate	percent change in rate 2018 to 2019^{Table 5 Note 2}	number	rate	percent change in rate 2018 to 2019^{Table 5 Note 2}	number	rate	percent change in rate 2018 to 2019^{Table 5 Note 2}	number	rate	percent change in rate 2018 to 2019^{Table 5 Note 2}
Newfoundland and Labrador	1,686	323	1	1,574	302	-1	61	12	34	51	10	98
Prince Edward Island	615	392	11	578	368	11	28	18	5	9	6	Note ...: not applicable
Nova Scotia	4,276	440	-7	3,988	411	-9	198	20	6	90	9	117
New Brunswick	3,536	455	-8	3,241	417	-11	207	27	47	88	11	62
Quebec	26,461	312	14	18,617	219	9	5,816	69	39	2,028	24	7
Ontario	62,432	429	12	55,842	383	11	5,880	40	19	710	5	60
Manitoba	6,227	455	23	5,717	417	22	346	25	26	164	12	67
Saskatchewan	6,668	568	-2	5,861	499	-4	680	58	8	127	11	55
Alberta	26,822	614	4	23,375	535	3	2,580	59	10	867	20	18
British Columbia^{Table 5 Note 4}	27,205	536	12	22,816	450	11	3,851	76	18	538	11	11
Yukon	263	644	41	251	614	39	5	12	-17	7	17	Note ...: not applicable
Northwest Territories	221	493	19	211	471	21	8	18	-27	2	4	Note ...: not applicable
Nunavut	75	193	-7	69	178	-10	4	10	Note ...: not applicable	2	5	Note ...: not applicable
Canada	166,487	443	10	142,140	378	8	19,664	52	22	4,683	12	21
... not applicable 0^s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded Note 1 Excludes assaults against peace officers. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 Due to the variability in small numbers, percent changes have not been calculated when the number of offences is below five in any given year. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 Includes alcohol- and drug-impaired operation of a vehicle, alcohol- and drug-impaired operation of a vehicle causing death or bodily harm, failure or refusal to comply with testing for the presence of alcohol or drugs and failure or refusal to provide a breath or blood sample. In some jurisdictions, including British Columbia, impaired driving incidents that meet the elements of the Criminal Code may be handled using a provincial statute. Also includes new impaired driving offences as per former Bill C-46 "An Act to amend the Criminal Code* (offences relating to conveyances) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts" which came into effect part way through 2018, including impaired driving due to alcohol and drug impairment combined, and unspecified impaired driving. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 Part of the overall increase in police-reported crime in British Columbia and some of its census metropolitan areas in 2019 may be attributed to the implementation of new reporting standards for classifying incidents. While the effective date was January 2018 and many police services adopted the new standards that year, some police services, including all of the RCMP detachments across Canada and the municipal police services in British Columbia, transitioned to the new standards on January 1, 2019. Additionally, police services in British Columbia undertook a uniform training strategy to further standardize reporting throughout the province. The new reporting standards were expected to result in an increase in crime rates over time. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 Includes fraud, identity theft, and identity fraud. Return to note 5 referrer Note:* Police-reported statistics may be affected by differences in the way police services deal with offences. In some instances, police or municipalities might choose to deal with some offences using municipal bylaws or provincial provisions rather than Criminal Code provisions. Counts are based on the most serious violation in the incident. One incident may involve multiple violations. Data for specific types of crime are available, in most cases, from 1977. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Percent changes are based on unrounded rates. Populations are based upon July 1^st estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.

Date modified:: 2020-10-29