Table 2
Police-reported crime rates by offence group and province, urban and rural police services, 2021
| Province | Violent crimes | Property crimes | Other Criminal Code offences | Criminal Code traffic violations | Drug offences | Other federal statutes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rate | % change 2011 to 2021 | rate | % change 2011 to 2021 | rate | % change 2011 to 2021 | rate | % change 2011 to 2021 | rate | % change 2011 to 2021 | rate | % change 2011 to 2021 | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | ||||||||||||
| Urban | 1,658 | 10 | 2,678 | -40 | 932 | 1 | 355 | -37 | 84 | -80 | 16 | -73 |
| Rural | 2,032 | 37 | 4,250 | 28 | 2,053 | 103 | 639 | 90 | 285 | 8 | 86 | -41 |
| Prince Edward Island | ||||||||||||
| Urban | 1,200 | -4 | 2,813 | -47 | 743 | -24 | 623 | 2 | 65 | -76 | 16 | -83 |
| Rural | 1,308 | 29 | 2,025 | -32 | 663 | 36 | 730 | 17 | 98 | -46 | 26 | -68 |
| Nova Scotia | ||||||||||||
| Urban | 1,344 | -6 | 3,080 | -29 | 816 | -23 | 289 | -15 | 78 | -76 | 41 | -51 |
| Rural | 1,805 | 20 | 3,133 | -10 | 1,024 | 7 | 603 | 14 | 133 | -65 | 60 | -16 |
| New Brunswick | ||||||||||||
| Urban | 1,559 | 7 | 3,659 | 13 | 1,235 | 48 | 367 | -2 | 154 | -40 | 78 | -22 |
| Rural | 2,069 | 34 | 3,527 | 32 | 896 | 39 | 610 | 37 | 165 | -48 | 36 | -56 |
| Quebec | ||||||||||||
| Urban | 1,134 | 11 | 1,655 | -44 | 356 | -34 | 311 | -34 | 167 | -39 | 25 | -63 |
| Rural | 1,673 | 52 | 1,398 | -40 | 442 | -18 | 380 | -45 | 169 | -52 | 189 | 289 |
| Ontario | ||||||||||||
| Urban | 919 | -1 | 2,375 | -14 | 535 | 9 | 174 | -28 | 93 | -62 | 22 | -57 |
| Rural | 1,237 | 3 | 2,113 | -21 | 822 | 17 | 320 | 0 | 142 | -61 | 49 | -75 |
| Manitoba | ||||||||||||
| Urban | 1,615 | 7 | 5,098 | 8 | 1,125 | -15 | 157 | -28 | 101 | -46 | 31 | -60 |
| Rural | 3,832 | 9 | 5,977 | 7 | 3,345 | -9 | 1,008 | 13 | 295 | -39 | 64 | -57 |
| Saskatchewan | ||||||||||||
| Urban | 1,662 | -11 | 5,031 | -20 | 2,580 | -12 | 500 | -32 | 158 | -62 | 72 | -69 |
| Rural | 3,843 | 18 | 8,105 | 5 | 4,292 | 23 | 1,470 | 4 | 303 | -54 | 94 | -87 |
| Alberta | ||||||||||||
| Urban | 1,301 | 9 | 4,185 | 2 | 1,658 | 17 | 224 | -50 | 134 | -49 | 35 | -43 |
| Rural | 2,460 | 8 | 6,399 | 19 | 2,103 | -18 | 763 | -32 | 208 | -58 | 82 | -18 |
| British Columbia | ||||||||||||
| Urban | 1,492 | 5 | 4,264 | -11 | 1,691 | -1 | 351 | -24 | 358 | -36 | 97 | -30 |
| Rural | 2,058 | 3 | 3,819 | -15 | 1,935 | -15 | 671 | -17 | 214 | -77 | 172 | -59 |
| All provinces | ||||||||||||
| Urban | 1,159 | 4 | 2,882 | -17 | 879 | 0 | 252 | -31 | 155 | -49 | 37 | -50 |
| Rural | 2,040 | 19 | 3,524 | -5 | 1,468 | 2 | 597 | -13 | 191 | -57 | 105 | -43 |
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Note: Urban police services serve an area where the majority of the population lives within a census metropolitan area (CMA) or census agglomeration (CA). Rural police services serve an area where the majority of the population lives outside a CMA or CA. A CMA or a CA is comprised of one or more adjacent municipalities centred on a population centre (known as the core). A CMA must have a total population of at least 100,000, of which 50,000 or more must live in the core. A CA must have a core population of at least 10,000. To be included in the CMA or CA, adjacent municipalities must have a high degree of integration with the core, as measured by commuting flows derived from census data. A CMA or CA may have more than one police service. Excludes data from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Canadian Police Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, and the Canadian Forces Military Police Group (CF MP Gp). 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. Rates are calculated on the basis of 100,000 population. Populations are based upon July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada, Centre for Demography. Percentage changes are based on unrounded rates. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey. |
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