Table 5
Police-reported crime rates, capitals and non-capital communities, territories, 2024

Table 5 Police-reported crime rates, capitals and non-capital communities, territories, 2024
Table summary
The information is grouped by Type of offence (appearing as row headers), Capitals and Non-capitals, calculated using number, rate, % change 2014 to 2024, number, rate and % change 2014 to 2024 units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of offence Capitals Non-capitals
number rate % change 2014 to 2024 number rate % change 2014 to 2024
Note ...

not applicable

Note 1

Includes, for example, criminal negligence causing death.

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Note 2

Excludes sexual assaults against children and youth, which are reported as level 1, 2 or 3 sexual assault.

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Note 3

Includes sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, sexual exploitation, luring a child via telecommunications or an agreement or arrangement, making sexually explicit material available to a child for the purpose of facilitating sexual offences against children or youth, and the offences of a parent or guardian procuring sexual activity, householder permitting prohibited sexual activity, agreement or arrangement of a sexual offence against a child, and bestiality in the presence of or inciting a child (Criminal Code section 160[3]). Incidents of child pornography are not included in the category of sexual violations against children.

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Note 4

This offence was amended in 2015 under former Bill C-13, Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act to include all means of telecommunication, not only phone calls.

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Note 5

The offence of non-consensual distribution of intimate images was created in 2015 under former Bill C-13, Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act. As a result, the percentage change from 2014 to 2024 is not presented.

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Note 6

Includes altering, removing or destroying a vehicle identification number.

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Note 7

Because of the complexity of cybercrime incidents, which account for a large proportion of child pornography cases, these data likely reflect the number of active or closed investigations for the year rather than the total number of incidents reported to police. Data are based on police-reported incidents that are recorded in police services’ records management systems. Significant variations in the total number of child pornography incidents may be partly attributable to the number of current and historical cases referred to local police services by provincial units specializing in Internet child exploitation and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s National Child Exploitation Crime Centre, which serves as the national law enforcement body for the National Strategy for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation on the Internet.

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Note 8

The “child sexual abuse and exploitation material” category includes offences under section 163.1 of the Criminal Code, which makes it illegal to possess, make, print, distribute or access child pornography. When the victim is not identified, this offence is recorded in the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey as “child pornography” as the most serious offence, which falls under the broader category of “other Criminal Code offences.” When the victim is identified, police record the most serious offence as sexual assault, sexual exploitation or other sexual violations against children, which fall under the “violent crime” category, and child pornography may be recorded as a secondary violation.

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Note 9

Includes alcohol-impaired operation of a vehicle, alcohol-impaired operation of a vehicle causing death or bodily harm, failure or refusal to comply with testing for the presence of alcohol, and failure or refusal to provide a breath or blood sample.

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Note 10

Includes drug-impaired operation of a vehicle, drug-impaired operation of a vehicle causing death or bodily harm, failure or refusal to comply with testing for the presence of drugs, failure or refusal to provide a bodily fluid sample, and the offence of having a low blood drug concentration.

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Note 11

Reflects the new impaired driving violations introduced under 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 force in 2018. As a result, the percentage change from 2014 to 2024 is not presented.

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Note: The capitals include the census agglomerations (CA) of Whitehorse and Yellowknife, and the Iqaluit census subdivision. A CA comprises one or more adjacent municipalities centred on a population centre (known as the core). A CA must have a core population of at least 10,000. To be included in the CA, adjacent municipalities must be highly integrated with the core, as measured by commuting flows derived from census data. A CA may be served by more than one police service. 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, and populations are based on July 1 estimates from Statistics Canada’s Centre for Demography. Percent change calculations are based on unrounded rates.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
Total Criminal Code (excluding traffic)—crime rate 22,822 32,818.5 6 33,976 53,938.7 49
Total violent crime 4,303 6,187.8 53 8,605 13,660.9 51
Homicide, other violations causing death,Table 5 Note 1 attempted murder 5 7.2 -40 14 22.2 -7
Sexual assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (level 2) and aggravated sexual assault (level 3) 7 10.1 48 9 14.3 -31
Sexual assault (level 1) 228 327.9 73 320 508.0 1
Sexual violations against children Table 5 Note 2  Table 5 Note 3 58 83.4 88 168 266.7 253
Aggravated assault (level 3) 27 38.8 4 100 158.8 110
Assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (level 2) 576 828.3 97 1,184 1,879.7 67
Assault (level 1) 2,167 3,116.2 54 4,391 6,970.9 43
Assault against a peace officer 84 120.8 -2 183 290.5 38
Other assaults 4 5.8 69 6 9.5 -38
Firearm-related offence (use of, discharge, pointing) 13 18.7 22 53 84.1 53
Robbery 97 139.5 105 52 82.6 93
Forcible confinement, kidnapping or abduction 32 46.0 69 48 76.2 -11
Extortion 30 43.1 2,432 29 46.0 795
Criminal harassment 98 140.9 -10 153 242.9 59
Uttering threats 670 963.5 50 1,490 2,365.5 89
Indecent or harassing communications Table 5 Note 4 163 234.4 3 333 528.7 7
Non-consensual distribution of intimate images Table 5 Note 5 21 30.2 ... not applicable 30 47.6 ... not applicable
Other violent Criminal Code violations 23 33.1 -8 42 66.7 159
Total property crime 12,396 17,825.7 24 17,644 28,010.8 60
Breaking and entering 550 790.9 31 706 1,120.8 -29
Possess stolen property 84 120.8 58 32 50.8 -37
Theft of motor vehicle 255 366.7 25 278 441.3 12
Theft over $5,000 (non-motor vehicle) 47 67.6 20 42 66.7 77
Shoplifting of $5,000 or under 781 1,123.1 156 114 181.0 -5
Theft of $5,000 or under (non-motor vehicle) 1,460 2,099.5 8 945 1,500.2 31
Fraud 489 703.2 161 286 454.0 134
Identity theft 10 14.4 111 6 9.5 39
Identity fraud 11 15.8 132 12 19.1 122
Mischief Table 5 Note 6 8,678 12,479.1 18 15,146 24,045.1 75
Arson 31 44.6 9 77 122.2 25
Total other Criminal Code offences 6,123 8,805.0 -29 7,727 12,267.0 26
Weapons violations 127 182.6 91 118 187.3 61
Child sexual abuse and exploitation material (child pornography) Table 5 Note 7  Table 5 Note 8 54 77.7 406 25 39.7 671
Disturbing the peace 4,202 6,042.6 -41 4,916 7,804.4 21
Offences against the administration of justice 1,457 2,095.2 19 2,132 3,384.7 30
Other violations 283 407.0 14 536 850.9 62
Total Criminal Code traffic violations 732 1,052.6 -7 2,057 3,265.6 122
Alcohol-impaired driving Table 5 Note 9 467 671.6 -23 1,659 2,633.8 111
Drug-impaired driving Table 5 Note 10 49 70.5 53 56 88.9 299
Alcohol- and drug-impaired driving Table 5 Note 11 39 56.1 ... not applicable 192 304.8 ... not applicable
Other Criminal Code traffic violations 177 254.5 16 150 238.1 19
Total drug offences 378 543.6 -12 1,108 1,759.0 59
Total other federal statute violations 53 76.2 -60 84 133.4 -34
Total—all violations 23,985 34,490.9 5 37,225 59,096.7 52
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