Table 7
Police-reported crimes, selected offences, urban areas, by province, 2024

Table 7 Police-reported crimes, selected offences, urban areas, by province, 2024
Table summary
The information is grouped by Type of offence (appearing as row headers), Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, calculated using rate per 100,000 population units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of offence Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia
rate per 100,000 population
Note 0

true zero or a value rounded to zero

Note 1

Includes, for example, criminal negligence causing death.

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Note 2

In 2019, the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR) added a new violation code to collect information on “sexual offences which occurred prior to January 4, 1983.” While most violations are not typically reported years after their occurrence, sexual violations may be reported by a victim long after the incident took place because of a variety of reasons. On January 4, 1983, Canadian legislation surrounding sexual offences changed considerably. To reflect these changes, a new violation code was added to the UCR Survey rather than collect historical offences under an existing violation code that did not reflect the state of Canadian legislation at the time of the offence.

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Note 3

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

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Note 4

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 5

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 6

The offence of non-consensual distribution of intimate images was created in 2015 under former Bill C-13, Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act.

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Note 7

In December 2014, new legislation came into effect governing prostitution-related activities. The new legislation targets “the exploitation that is inherent in prostitution and the risks of violence posed to those who engage in it” (Criminal Code Chapter 25, preamble). New violations classified under “violent crime” as “offences in relation to sexual services” include the purchasing of sexual services or communicating for that purpose, receiving a material benefit deriving from the purchase of sexual services, procuring of persons for the purpose of prostitution, and advertising sexual services offered for sale. In addition, a number of other offences related to prostitution continue to be considered non-violent offences and are classified under “other Criminal Code offences.” These include communicating to provide sexual services for consideration and stopping or impeding traffic for the purpose of offering, providing or obtaining sexual services for consideration.

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Note 8

Incidents of fraud and identity fraud reported by the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) are underreported for 2024 because of a data transmission issue. This situation has affected police-reported fraud rates at provincial and national levels. Revisions are expected to be made to the 2024 data for release in 2026. As a result, information on all types of fraud (fraud, identity fraud and identity theft) presented in this table excludes the SPVM and may not correspond to information published elsewhere, such as online data tables. However, data are included in the totals.

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Note 9

Includes altering, removing or destroying a vehicle identification number.

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Note 10

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 11

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 12

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 13

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 14

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.

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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 comprises 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 be highly integrated with the core, as measured by commuting flows derived from census data. A CMA or CA may be served by more than one police service. Excludes data from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Canadian Police Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, the British Columbia Integrated Child Exploitation Unit and the Canadian Forces Military Police Group. Police-reported statistics may be affected by differences in the way police services deal with offences. In some instances, police or municipalities may 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.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey.
Total Criminal Code (excluding traffic)—crime rate 6,468.0 6,354.0 6,002.7 5,843.5 3,684.5 4,484.7 8,657.1 9,868.5 6,647.7 6,788.0
Total violent crime 1,695.4 1,599.1 1,402.6 1,563.9 1,329.6 1,055.4 1,864.8 1,870.2 1,352.1 1,438.4
Homicide 0.7 1.7 2.4 2.0 1.1 1.8 4.7 3.8 1.7 1.5
Other violations causing death Table 7 Note 1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.3
Attempted murder 0.0 1.7 3.7 1.1 2.3 1.9 1.7 4.3 0.9 1.0
Aggravated sexual assault (level 3) 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.2
Sexual assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (level 2) 1.0 2.5 1.1 2.8 1.6 1.4 2.8 2.4 2.5 1.0
Sexual assault (level 1) 76.2 101.7 81.1 79.1 93.0 74.2 106.0 103.6 74.8 73.0
Sexual offence occurring prior to January 4, 1983 Table 7 Note 2 0.3 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.5 0.4 1.2 0.3 0.7
Sexual violations against children Table 7 Note 3  Table 7 Note 4 16.4 37.3 26.3 27.3 38.1 15.3 33.1 35.6 25.3 42.8
Aggravated assault (level 3) 7.9 1.7 9.7 9.6 4.4 5.8 24.9 37.8 15.8 6.0
Assault with a weapon or causing bodily harm (level 2) 154.4 116.1 163.2 187.0 192.1 153.8 349.6 390.1 242.0 190.8
Assault (level 1) 599.7 507.6 492.4 578.1 467.1 382.9 668.8 651.6 497.3 484.1
Assault against a peace officer 58.8 33.0 47.3 33.7 38.0 21.3 54.8 57.4 36.3 26.5
Other assaults 22.7 5.9 3.3 4.8 7.5 5.4 1.5 12.2 3.8 5.5
Firearm-related offence (use of, discharge, pointing) 15.1 5.9 8.8 12.1 8.3 11.0 12.6 24.4 10.7 5.7
Robbery 49.3 18.6 44.9 27.1 46.9 59.1 284.5 134.7 71.6 50.1
Forcible confinement or kidnapping 5.6 4.2 10.5 6.1 15.6 8.0 6.4 7.1 8.3 6.0
Abduction 0.3 0.0 1.2 0.9 1.9 0.4 1.7 1.2 0.9 0.7
Extortion 25.0 41.5 19.3 37.6 35.6 25.0 25.3 28.4 29.4 51.7
Criminal harassment 148.8 171.2 59.1 87.4 107.2 76.1 15.0 65.5 47.5 37.6
Uttering threats 469.5 303.4 300.9 317.9 221.8 157.1 224.6 206.4 169.8 279.1
Indecent or harassing communications Table 7 Note 5 28.6 211.9 102.4 124.5 8.2 36.4 16.8 68.6 86.5 156.9
Non-consensual distribution of intimate images Table 7 Note 6 9.5 12.7 9.3 8.7 6.3 6.1 6.0 10.3 7.0 6.7
Offences in relation to sexual services Table 7 Note 7 0.3 0.8 1.1 1.4 5.2 1.1 11.1 5.2 2.0 1.1
Other violent Criminal Code violations 5.3 18.6 12.8 13.2 26.0 10.8 12.1 17.1 17.1 9.2
Total property crime 3,560.1 3,249.9 3,636.4 3,223.9 1,936.9 2,836.7 5,620.1 5,228.0 3,887.6 3,842.9
Breaking and entering 286.2 272.9 184.5 378.3 217.5 217.4 608.1 611.7 391.1 288.4
Possess stolen property 24.3 47.5 32.0 83.0 27.8 30.6 73.5 115.2 113.0 53.3
Theft of motor vehicle 124.2 73.7 107.3 206.4 214.1 246.3 373.3 309.6 341.9 145.7
Theft over $5,000 (non-motor vehicle) 53.2 39.8 39.6 65.0 49.1 48.2 49.1 54.3 90.5 79.8
Shoplifting of $5,000 or under 721.6 291.5 1,020.2 246.1 193.9 490.7 895.2 661.5 603.4 697.6
Theft of $5,000 or under (non-motor vehicle) 723.2 1,136.4 1,087.6 1,022.9 535.4 936.2 1,261.9 1,292.8 916.6 1,068.2
Fraud Table 7 Note 8 447.8 530.5 407.9 438.3 364.3 443.2 517.3 524.3 496.1 449.4
Identity theft Table 7 Note 8 3.6 7.6 12.0 18.9 26.1 9.9 7.4 8.7 18.0 8.7
Identity fraud Table 7 Note 8 10.2 28.0 30.9 42.0 55.2 56.5 30.8 55.7 50.3 61.2
Mischief Table 7 Note 9 1,157.9 812.7 698.8 698.7 255.1 346.6 1,759.7 1,497.3 842.1 957.0
Arson 7.9 9.3 15.5 24.2 26.4 11.2 43.9 96.9 24.5 33.6
Total other Criminal Code offences 1,212.4 1,505.0 963.8 1,055.6 418.0 592.6 1,172.2 2,770.3 1,408.0 1,506.8
Weapons violations 49.9 39.8 60.0 45.4 23.0 33.4 125.1 179.4 77.9 84.8
Child sexual abuse and exploitation material (child pornography) Table 7 Note 10  Table 7 Note 11 91.0 57.6 87.6 67.3 28.2 21.2 43.9 10.8 45.3 145.4
Disturbing the peace 160.7 701.7 127.3 231.7 3.2 32.2 299.8 383.1 254.2 807.6
Offences against the administration of justice 807.3 498.3 589.1 581.5 308.8 457.6 612.1 2,074.8 952.2 355.8
Other violations 103.5 207.6 99.7 129.7 54.8 48.2 91.4 122.1 78.4 113.3
Total Criminal Code traffic violations 329.9 642.4 298.3 357.6 369.1 169.0 153.7 415.5 192.3 286.4
Alcohol-impaired driving Table 7 Note 12 119.3 354.2 158.7 168.3 103.7 63.2 83.3 171.2 89.7 170.3
Drug-impaired driving Table 7 Note 13 30.6 110.2 13.9 28.3 15.3 6.8 11.2 21.9 13.2 16.2
Alcohol- and drug-impaired driving Table 7 Note 14 46.3 44.1 6.7 20.3 6.1 4.9 15.6 31.3 8.6 9.2
Impaired driving (not specified) Table 7 Note 14 47.3 0.0 21.6 1.8 0.5 10.2 0.1 1.0 0.3 5.5
Other Criminal Code traffic violations 86.4 133.9 97.5 138.9 243.4 84.0 43.5 190.1 80.4 85.2
Total drug offences 91.0 102.5 74.3 107.0 126.6 63.9 80.3 85.4 115.7 263.2
Total other federal statute violations 8.5 30.5 21.2 20.7 10.1 7.4 22.4 56.0 19.5 57.5
Total—all violations 6,897.5 7,129.4 6,396.4 6,328.8 4,190.4 4,725.0 8,913.6 10,425.4 6,975.3 7,395.2
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