Table 3
Rate of police-reported violent crime, by victim age group and gender, province or territory and urban or rural area, Canada, 2021


Table 3
Rate of police-reported violent crime, by victim age group and gender, province or territory and urban or rural area, Canada, 2021
Table summary
This table displays the results of Rate of police-reported violent crime by victim age group and gender. The information is grouped by Province or territory and urban or rural area (appearing as row headers), 11 and younger, 12 to 17, 18 to 24, 25 to 34, 35 to 44 , 45 and older and Total, calculated using rate units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Province or territory and urban or rural areaTable 3 Note 1 11 and younger 12 to 17 18 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 and older Total
rate
Men and boys
Newfoundland and Labrador 727 2,141 1,921 2,538 2,047 828 1,318
Urban area 551 1,645 1,676 1,987 1,610 638 1,096
Rural South 940 2,668 1,525 2,688 2,046 824 1,232
Rural North 1,192 3,677 6,186 7,998 6,227 3,071 4,181
Prince Edward Island 433 1,447 1,002 1,243 962 489 762
Urban area 441 1,340 1,055 1,160 1,006 549 796
Rural South 418 1,644 884 1,446 870 397 698
Nova Scotia 482 1,964 1,661 1,700 1,637 637 1,052
Urban area 450 1,616 1,403 1,443 1,418 606 957
Rural South 549 2,634 2,268 2,518 2,197 686 1,239
New Brunswick 565 2,553 2,529 2,693 2,090 921 1,464
Urban area 564 2,295 2,178 2,210 1,826 830 1,310
Rural South 566 3,065 3,241 3,755 2,654 1,062 1,742
Quebec 533 1,929 1,719 1,604 1,335 634 1,013
Urban area 497 1,875 1,698 1,544 1,307 646 1,009
Rural South 675 2,164 1,722 1,822 1,401 559 972
Rural North 1,500 3,237 4,040 4,828 3,217 1,162 2,193
Ontario 280 1,026 1,146 1,195 1,004 508 745
Urban area 267 1,012 1,118 1,144 959 510 732
Rural South 292 830 873 1,087 898 327 539
Rural North 803 2,334 3,555 4,756 4,002 1,141 2,079
Manitoba 475 2,095 3,332 3,329 2,532 1,074 1,805
Urban area 334 1,544 2,727 2,407 1,940 897 1,434
Rural South 449 1,687 2,274 2,951 2,176 760 1,340
Rural North 1,493 7,459 13,140 16,928 13,320 5,174 7,784
Saskatchewan 557 2,202 3,064 3,327 2,249 902 1,666
Urban area 396 1,700 2,269 2,158 1,592 722 1,242
Rural South 657 1,951 2,710 3,962 2,389 782 1,528
Rural North 1,935 9,635 17,809 21,194 18,673 7,568 10,952
Alberta 331 1,454 1,940 1,872 1,409 763 1,120
Urban area 303 1,432 1,841 1,602 1,244 709 1,027
Rural South 439 1,325 1,909 2,843 1,948 739 1,230
Rural North 501 1,940 3,312 5,327 3,381 1,558 2,259
British Columbia 278 1,384 1,816 1,832 1,572 764 1,110
Urban area 271 1,360 1,811 1,781 1,508 762 1,101
Rural South 274 1,308 1,492 1,997 1,742 657 966
Rural North 528 2,384 3,022 3,849 3,821 1,278 1,998
Yukon 846 4,403 4,846 5,439 4,523 2,347 3,276
Urban area 621 3,856 3,951 3,987 3,394 1,748 2,517
Rural North 2,016 7,538 9,926 13,765 10,667 4,825 6,976
Northwest Territories 1,203 3,793 10,082 13,477 11,143 7,249 7,926
Urban area 522 2,401 7,817 7,525 5,099 4,163 4,617
Rural North 1,810 5,072 12,680 20,682 18,766 10,179 11,354
Nunavut 2,177 4,881 7,484 11,831 10,105 7,905 7,003
Canada 384 1,487 1,660 1,681 1,381 662 1,015
Urban areasTable 3 Note 2 341 1,373 1,527 1,475 1,234 628 936
Rural SouthTable 3 Note 3 504 1,727 1,764 2,178 1,642 607 1,034
Rural North 1,019 3,562 5,756 7,876 5,847 2,121 3,519
Women and girls
Newfoundland and Labrador 887 3,775 3,434 4,033 2,438 633 1,616
Urban area 563 3,023 2,463 2,383 1,525 489 1,181
Rural South 1,218 4,154 2,933 4,425 2,564 606 1,434
Rural North 2,023 8,333 15,097 20,233 10,728 2,955 7,765
Prince Edward Island 609 2,385 1,873 1,679 1,242 355 925
Urban area 415 1,962 1,807 1,545 1,179 377 877
Rural South 979 3,186 2,010 2,008 1,379 319 1,016
Nova Scotia 621 3,583 2,687 2,143 1,834 477 1,215
Urban area 545 2,982 2,338 1,724 1,558 415 1,070
Rural South 785 4,782 3,511 3,485 2,531 580 1,503
New Brunswick 725 3,976 3,870 3,447 2,691 772 1,712
Urban area 618 3,467 3,520 2,806 2,191 627 1,479
Rural South 946 4,978 4,603 5,009 3,792 1,010 2,148
Quebec 626 3,284 2,387 2,044 1,574 480 1,148
Urban area 581 3,031 2,346 1,956 1,511 482 1,122
Rural South 789 4,456 2,440 2,396 1,856 454 1,199
Rural North 2,142 8,198 6,245 6,833 3,949 790 2,786
Ontario 368 1,679 1,730 1,635 1,237 418 884
Urban area 335 1,566 1,642 1,526 1,165 410 846
Rural South 463 1,819 1,430 1,787 1,346 356 781
Rural North 1,457 6,176 7,695 8,044 5,006 1,013 3,104
Manitoba 750 4,172 4,982 4,940 3,109 854 2,314
Urban area 539 3,034 3,639 3,032 2,098 610 1,602
Rural South 756 3,464 4,017 4,741 2,932 745 1,943
Rural North 2,151 14,789 21,760 30,347 19,556 5,268 12,133
Saskatchewan 875 4,103 5,611 5,040 3,009 804 2,326
Urban area 595 3,157 3,727 2,741 1,725 539 1,506
Rural South 1,119 3,613 5,691 6,502 3,841 823 2,361
Rural North 2,773 18,913 33,062 41,568 28,192 8,025 17,956
Alberta 483 2,523 2,782 2,417 1,749 604 1,343
Urban area 420 2,407 2,469 1,986 1,471 519 1,172
Rural South 643 2,376 3,226 4,129 2,671 668 1,622
Rural North 995 4,137 6,312 8,413 5,195 1,726 3,409
British Columbia 430 2,419 2,186 2,031 1,586 531 1,115
Urban area 395 2,260 2,071 1,888 1,478 514 1,062
Rural South 624 3,140 2,824 2,893 2,038 516 1,201
Rural North 979 5,450 5,767 6,856 5,039 1,313 2,991
Yukon 1,217 5,486 9,944 9,695 5,616 2,275 4,574
Urban area 872 4,964 6,473 6,824 3,670 1,675 3,267
Rural North 3,110 8,929 31,250 26,786 17,289 4,963 11,423
Northwest Territories 1,724 11,692 24,939 25,108 16,574 7,955 12,874
Urban area 649 5,903 11,464 12,605 7,816 4,042 6,440
Rural North 2,742 16,953 38,559 40,217 28,701 11,757 19,666
Nunavut 3,210 12,726 20,433 27,969 19,403 9,190 13,727
Canada 513 2,574 2,442 2,235 1,649 518 1,190
Urban areasTable 3 Note 2 435 2,245 2,112 1,843 1,403 469 1,038
Rural SouthTable 3 Note 3 738 3,374 2,932 3,198 2,252 544 1,363
Rural North 1,658 8,080 11,871 14,643 8,667 2,144 5,606
Note 1

An urban area is defined as a census metropolitan area (CMA) or a census agglomeration (CA). A 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, adjacent municipalities must have a high degree of integration with the central urban area, as measured by commuting flows derived from census data. A CA must have a core population of at least 10,000. Rural areas are all areas outside of CMAs and CAs.

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Note 2

Nunavut is excluded from the national total of urban areas due to its entire population residing in the rural North.

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Note 3

All territories are excluded from the rural South total.

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Note: Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations are based on July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography. Excludes victims where gender or age was coded as unknown and those where age was greater than 110 are excluded from analyses due to possible instances of miscoding of unknown age within this age category. Excludes a small number of victims in Quebec whose age was unknown but was miscoded as 0. Excludes victim data reported by the Canadian Forces Military Police. Rural police services are those that serve areas where the majority of the population lives outside of a CMA or CA. Urban police services are those where the majority of the population lives within a CMA or CA. Rural North includes all rural police services in the Territories or in the Provincial North. Provincial North encompasses the northern regions of Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. Rural South refers to rural police services in the southern regions of these provinces as well as Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
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