Table 11
Violations contributing to the change in the Crime Severity Index, by census metropolitan area, 2018 and 2019


Table 11
Violations contributing to the change in the Crime Severity Index, by census metropolitan area, 2018 and 2019
Table summary
This table displays the results of Violations contributing to the change in the Crime Severity Index. The information is grouped by Census metropolitan area (CMA) (appearing as row headers), Percent change in Crime Severity Index from 2018 to 2019 and Violations driving the change in Crime Severity Index (appearing as column headers).
Census metropolitan area (CMA)Table 11 Note 1 Table 11 Note 2 Table 11 Note 3 Percent change in Crime Severity Index from 2018 to 2019 Violations driving the change in Crime Severity Index
Canada 5 Increase in fraud, child pornography, as well as importation or exportation under the Cannabis Act, uttering threats, mischief, sexual assault (level 1), and shoplifting of $5,000 or under; partially offset by decreases in trafficking, production, importation or exportation of cannabis (CDSA), and breaking and entering
St. John's Note 0svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded Decrease in robbery and violent and non-violent firearm offences; partially offset by increase in homicide and child pornography
Halifax -10 Decrease in sexual assault (level 1), breaking and entering, and robbery, as well as fraud and homicide; partially offset by increase in attempted murder and child pornography
Moncton 8 Increase in trafficking, production, importation or exportation of other drugs, violent firearms offences, theft of $5,000 or under (non-shoplifting), homicide and mischief; partially offset by decrease in fraud
Saint John -2 Decrease in fraud, robbery and violent firearm offences; partially offset by increase in homicide
Saguenay -2 Decrease in failure to stop or remain (traffic violation); partially offset by increase in breaking and entering
Québec -1 Decrease in breaking and entering
Sherbrooke -10 Decrease in failure to stop or remain (traffic violation), homicide and robbery; partially offset by increase in breaking and entering
Trois-Rivières -5 Decrease in breaking and entering, homicide and failure to stop or remain (traffic violation); partially offset by increase in fraud
MontréalTable 11 Note 4 -1 Decrease in trafficking, production, importation or exportation of cannabis (CDSA), and breaking and entering; partially offset by increase in importation or exportation under the Cannabis Act
GatineauTable 11 Note 5 -1 Decrease in failure to stop or remain (traffic violation), and homicide; partially offset by increase in child pornography and fraud
OttawaTable 11 Note 6 4 Increase in shoplifting of $5,000 or under, and fraud; partially offset by decrease in breaking and entering
Kingston -3 Decrease in breaking and entering, and sexual assault (level 1); partially offset by increase in fraud
BellevilleTable 11 Note 7 13 Increase in homicide, attempted murder, fraud and sexual assault (level 1); partially offset by decrease in robbery
Peterborough 10 Increase in sexual violations against children, and breaking and entering; partially offset by decrease in homicide
Toronto 1 Increase in fraud; partially offset by decrease in shoplifting of $5,000 or under
Hamilton 3 Increase in homicide
St. Catharines–Niagara -7 Decrease in trafficking, production, importation or exportation of cannabis (CDSA) and cocaine, and breaking and entering; partially offset by increase in importation or exportation of cannabis under the Cannabis Act, fraud and homicide
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo -1 Decrease in breaking and entering, as well as administration of justice violations; partially offset by increase in robbery and child pornography
Brantford -10 Decrease in breaking and entering, motor vehicle theft and arson; partially offset by increase in violent firearm offences and sexual assault (level 1)
Guelph -9 Decrease in breaking and entering, as well as sexual violations against children; partially offset by increase in fraud
London -2 Decrease in shoplifting of $5,000 or under, and fraud; partially offset by increase in theft of $5,000 or under (non-shoplifting)
Windsor -8 Decrease in breaking and entering, trafficking, production, importation or exportation of cannabis (CDSA), as well as homicide and theft of $5,000 or under (non-shoplifting); partially offset by increase in importation or exportation under the Cannabis Act
Barrie 9 Increase in fraud and homicide; partially offset by decrease in breaking and entering
Greater Sudbury 3 Increase in fraud, theft of $5,000 or under (non-shoplifting), identity fraud, and homicide; partially offset by decrease in breaking and entering
Thunder Bay 2 Increase in shoplifting of $5,000 or under, and breaking and entering; partially offset by decrease in robbery, trafficking, production, importation or exportation of cannabis (CDSA), and homicide
Winnipeg 10 Increase in homicide, fraud, shoplifting of $5,000 or under, as well as breaking and entering, and child pornography; partially offset by decrease in robbery
Regina 1 Increase in attempted murder and shoplifting of $5,000 or under; partially offset by decrease in breaking and entering, and motor vehicle theft
Saskatoon Note 0svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded Decrease in fraud, administration of justice violations, breaking and entering, and theft of $5,000 or under (non-shoplifting); offset by increase in homicide and robbery
LethbridgeTable 11 Note 7 2 Increase in breaking and entering and administration of justice violations; partially offset by decrease in fraud and trafficking, production, importation or exportation of cocaine and other drugs
Calgary 4 Increase in breaking and entering, and administration of justice violations
Edmonton -1 Decrease in breaking and entering, and administration of justice violations; partially offset by increase in shoplifting of $5,000 or under
KelownaTable 11 Note 8 20 Increase in breaking and entering, identity fraud, shoplifting of $5,000 or under, sexual assault (level 1), and robbery, as well as mischief and uttering threats; partially offset by decrease in fraud and trafficking, production, importation or exportation of methamphetamine
Abbotsford–MissionTable 11 Note 8 -3 Decrease in homicide, breaking and entering, theft of $5,000 or under (non-shoplifting), and fraud; partially offset by trafficking, production, importation or exportation of other drugs, and robbery
VancouverTable 11 Note 8 11 Increase in child pornography and importation or exportation under the Cannabis Act
VictoriaTable 11 Note 8 16 Increase in breaking and entering, theft of $5,000 or under (non-shoplifting), and fraud
0s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded
Note 1

A census metropolitan area (CMA) consists of one or more neighbouring municipalities situated around a major urban core. A CMA must have a total population of at least 100,000 of which 50,000 or more live in the urban core. To be included in the CMA, other adjacent municipalities must have a high degree of integration with the central urban area, as measured by commuting flows derived from census data. A CMA typically comprises more than one police service.

Return to note 1 referrer

Note 2

CMA populations have been adjusted to follow policing boundaries.

Return to note 2 referrer

Note 3

The Oshawa CMA is excluded from this table due to the incongruity between the police service jurisdictional boundaries and the CMA boundaries.

Return to note 3 referrer

Note 4

The Montréal CMA in Quebec accounted for 56% of all importation or exportation offences reported under the Cannabis Act (6,323 of the 11,193 offences reported nationally). The high proportion of offences was attributed to cannabis seizures conducted by the Canada Border Services Agency in Montréal that were thought to be related to possible misunderstanding by the public related to the purchase and delivery of cannabis from outside of Canada under the new legislation.

Return to note 4 referrer

Note 5

Gatineau refers to the Quebec part of the Ottawa–Gatineau CMA.

Return to note 5 referrer

Note 6

Ottawa refers to the Ontario part of the Ottawa–Gatineau CMA.

Return to note 6 referrer

Note 7

As of the 2016 Census, Belleville and Lethbridge became new CMAs.

Return to note 7 referrer

Note 8

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 8 referrer

Note: Violations driving the change in Crime Severity Index (CSI) are identified, in order of impact, as those violations where the combined changes in the rates (weighted by the CSI weight) contribute substantially to the overall change in CSI (up or down).
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
Date modified: