Table 14
Police-reported crime rate, by province or territory, 2021


Table 14
Police-reported crime rate, by province or territory, 2021
Table summary
This table displays the results of Police-reported crime rate. The information is grouped by Province or territory (appearing as row headers), Total crime
(crime rate), Violent crime , Property crime and Other Criminal Code offences, calculated using number, rate, percent change 2020 to 2021 and percent change 2011 to 2021 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory Total crime (crime rate) Violent crime Property crime Other Criminal Code offences
number rate percent change 2020 to 2021 percent change 2011 to 2021 number rate percent change 2020 to 2021 number rate percent change 2020 to 2021 number rate percent change 2020 to 2021
Newfoundland and Labrador 34,362 6,601 9 5 9,478 1,821 9 17,499 3,362 7 7,385 1,419 18
Prince Edward Island 7,379 4,491 -3 -29 2,034 1,238 -2 4,170 2,538 -1 1,175 715 -11
Nova Scotia 54,381 5,482 4 -16 14,865 1,498 -1 30,731 3,098 12 8,785 886 -10
New Brunswick 51,061 6,470 8 22 13,729 1,740 6 28,524 3,614 11 8,808 1,116 2
Quebec 275,947 3,207 5 -28 105,500 1,226 10 138,593 1,611 4 31,854 370 -3
Ontario 572,318 3,860 4 -9 140,594 948 5 348,319 2,349 1 83,405 563 10
Manitoba 130,064 9,399 -1 4 31,359 2,266 7 74,114 5,356 -3 24,591 1,777 -4
Saskatchewan 136,402 11,561 4 -5 28,206 2,391 1 71,157 6,031 6 37,039 3,139 5
Alberta 346,664 7,803 -5 5 66,584 1,499 3 202,911 4,567 -10 77,169 1,737 4
British Columbia 390,360 7,486 -4 -7 80,942 1,552 Note 0s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 219,870 4,216 -6 89,548 1,717 -2
Yukon 9,860 22,938 Note 0s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded 11 2,175 5,060 -1 4,424 10,292 -4 3,261 7,586 7
Northwest Territories 24,782 54,461 -3 13 5,488 12,060 4 12,534 27,545 -5 6,760 14,856 -4
Nunavut 21,159 53,699 4 43 4,712 11,958 -3 10,874 27,597 23 5,573 14,144 -16
Canada 2,055,799 5,375 1 -7 506,101 1,323 5 1,164,208 3,044 -1 385,490 1,008 2
0s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded
Note: Under the authority of the Canadian Forces Provost Marshal (CFPM), the Canadian Forces Military Police Group (CF MP Gp) is now reporting incidents to the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Survey. They have provided incidents going back to January 2020. Data from the Office of the CFPM are aggregated at the national level to account for small counts and to protect confidentiality. Therefore, provincial and territorial totals will not equal Canada-level totals. Currently, the Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics (CCJCSS) is developing the methodology for determining the population counts for the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). Therefore, Crime Severity Index data and rates are not available for the 2021/2020r release. Crime rates are based upon Criminal Code incidents, excluding traffic offences. See Table 3 for a list of offences included in the violent crime, property crime and other Criminal Code offences categories. Counts are based upon the most serious violation in the incident. One incident may involve multiple violations. Data for the rates of total, violent, property and other crime categories are available beginning in 1962. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Percent changes are based on unrounded rates. Populations are based upon July 1st estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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