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Table 2
Police-reported crime for selected offences, by province or territory, 2020

Table 2
Police-reported crime for selected offences, by province or territory, 2020
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 2019 to 2020 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory	Homicide			Attempted murder			Major assault (level 2 and 3)^{Table 2 Note 1}			Robbery
Province or territory	number	rate	percent change in rate 2019 to 2020^{Table 2 Note 2}	number	rate	percent change in rate 2019 to 2020^{Table 2 Note 2}	number	rate	percent change in rate 2019 to 2020^{Table 2 Note 2}	number	rate	percent change in rate 2019 to 2020^{Table 2 Note 2}
Newfoundland and Labrador	4	0.77	Note ...: not applicable	1	0.19	Note ...: not applicable	847	162	13	127	24	-23
Prince Edward Island	1	0.63	Note ...: not applicable	0	0.00	Note ...: not applicable	110	69	-1	8	5	-67
Nova Scotia	35	3.57	478	47	4.80	11	1,477	151	16	267	27	11
New Brunswick	14	1.79	-18	10	1.28	-42	1,259	161	6	134	17	-21
Quebec	87	1.01	12	249	2.90	22	11,958	139	3	2,761	32	-20
Ontario	234	1.59	-9	323	2.19	-8	18,380	125	6	7,117	48	-21
Manitoba	62	4.50	-14	19	1.38	-33	6,223	451	Note 0^svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	2,240	162	-17
Saskatchewan	60	5.09	9	46	3.90	-36	5,494	466	17	946	80	-16
Alberta	139	3.14	37	56	1.27	4	11,160	252	8	2,926	66	-21
British Columbia	98	1.90	8	102	1.98	Note 0^svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	10,182	198	8	2,674	52	-8
Yukon	0	0.00	Note ...: not applicable	3	7.13	Note ...: not applicable	216	514	-7	23	55	3
Northwest Territories	6	13.29	Note ...: not applicable	1	2.21	Note ...: not applicable	610	1,351	11	34	75	-6
Nunavut	3	7.62	Note ...: not applicable	7	17.79	14	708	1,799	11	11	28	-28
Canada	743	1.95	7	864	2.27	-2	68,624	181	7	19,268	51	-18

Table 2 Continued
Police-reported crime for selected offences, by province or territory, 2020
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 2019 to 2020 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 2 Note 3}
Province or territory	number	rate	percent change in rate 2019 to 2020^{Table 2 Note 2}	number	rate	percent change in rate 2019 to 2020^{Table 2 Note 2}	number	rate	percent change in rate 2019 to 2020^{Table 2 Note 2}	number	rate	percent change in rate 2019 to 2020^{Table 2 Note 2}
Newfoundland and Labrador	424	81	9	1,521	291	-24	488	93	12	2,268	434	Note 0^svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded
Prince Edward Island	116	73	-13	338	212	-29	108	68	-27	856	536	-17
Nova Scotia	866	88	-5	2,375	243	-11	930	95	-1	3,447	352	-8
New Brunswick	610	78	-4	3,115	399	-16	1,501	192	1	2,618	335	-8
Quebec	6,111	71	2	18,674	218	-21	11,505	134	-4	11,328	132	-24
Ontario	9,583	65	-15	39,382	267	-14	24,259	165	Note 0^svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	15,190	103	-1
Manitoba	1,619	117	-5	8,627	625	-23	4,802	348	-14	4,669	339	9
Saskatchewan	1,327	113	-10	8,592	729	-15	4,584	389	-14	7,080	601	11
Alberta	3,545	80	-12	29,316	663	-13	19,215	435	-20	11,530	261	-20
British Columbia	3,835	74	-9	24,704	480	-15	10,359	201	-23	15,776	306	-14
Yukon	120	285	-7	201	478	-24	141	335	-1	785	1,867	-8
Northwest Territories	247	547	-6	370	819	-22	160	354	-10	1,320	2,923	-7
Nunavut	236	600	7	301	765	-33	103	262	-6	736	1,870	3
Canada	28,639	75	-9	137,516	362	-16	78,155	206	-11	77,603	204	-11

Table 2 Continued
Police-reported crime for selected offences, by province or territory, 2020
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 2019 to 2020 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory	Total fraud^{Table 2 Note 4}			Fraud			Identity fraud			Identity theft
Province or territory	number	rate	percent change in rate 2019 to 2020^{Table 2 Note 2}	number	rate	percent change in rate 2019 to 2020^{Table 2 Note 2}	number	rate	percent change in rate 2019 to 2020^{Table 2 Note 2}	number	rate	percent change in rate 2019 to 2020^{Table 2 Note 2}
Newfoundland and Labrador	1,658	318	-2	1,478	283	-6	79	15	26	101	19	99
Prince Edward Island	735	460	18	641	402	9	75	47	155	19	12	108
Nova Scotia	5,339	545	24	4,666	476	16	336	34	66	337	34	267
New Brunswick	4,871	623	37	3,984	510	22	297	38	42	590	75	567
Quebec	30,668	358	15	21,395	250	14	5,967	70	1	3,306	39	61
Ontario	61,636	418	-2	52,714	358	-7	7,870	53	32	1,052	7	45
Manitoba	6,162	447	-2	5,610	407	-3	431	31	24	121	9	-28
Saskatchewan	6,589	559	-3	5,754	488	-3	718	61	4	117	10	-8
Alberta	23,798	538	-13	20,240	458	-15	2,465	56	-6	1,093	25	21
British Columbia	25,804	501	-6	20,947	407	-8	4,313	84	4	544	11	-2
Yukon	327	778	22	304	723	19	21	50	314	2	5	Note ...: not applicable
Northwest Territories	229	507	Note 0^svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	206	456	-6	17	38	112	6	13	Note ...: not applicable
Nunavut	79	201	1	72	183	Note 0^svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	5	13	Note ...: not applicable	2	5	Note ...: not applicable
Canada	167,895	442	Note 0^svalue rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded	138,011	363	-4	22,594	59	12	7,290	19	52
... 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 Includes fraud, identity theft and identity fraud. Return to note 4 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:: 2021-07-27