Table 1
Differences between high- and low-crime neighbourhoods, selected cities, 2001

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  Edmonton Halifax Montréal Regina Thunder Bay Winnipeg Saskatoon
Violent Property Violent Property Violent Property Violent Property Violent Property Violent Property Violent Property
Demographic characteristics
Male-female ratio
*
*
*
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
*
*
*
*
Proportion of people younger than 25
–
*
…
…
–
–
…
…
–
–
–
–
*
–
Proportion of young men aged 15 to 24
*
*
–
–
*
*
.
.
–
–
–
–
–
–
Proportion of single people
*
*
*
–
*
*
*
*
*
*
.
.
*
*
Proportion of lone-parent families
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Proportion of people living alone
*
*
*
*
*
*
–
–
*
*
*
*
*
*
Proportion of people having moved in the previous year
*
*
*
–
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Proportion of Aboriginal people
*
*
*
–
…
…
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Proportion of visible minorities
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
*
*
–
–
Proportion of immigrants
–
–
–
–
*
*
–
–
…
…
*
*
–
–
Socio-economic characteristics
Unemployment rate
*
*
*
–
*
*
*
*
–
–
*
*
*
*
Proportion of the population aged 20 years and older without a high school diploma
*
*
–
–
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Proportion of the population aged 20 years and older with a university diploma
*
*
–
–
*
–
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Occupation
*
*
*
–
*
–
*
*
*
*
*
*
.
.
Median household income
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Proportion of total income represented by government transfers
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Proportion of population in low-income households
*
*
*
–
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Proportion of households spending more than 30% on shelter
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
.
.
Dwelling and land use characteristics
Bar density
.
.
.
.
–
*
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Proportion of dwellings in need of major repairs
*
*
*
–
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Proportion of dwellings built before 1961
*
*
–
–
*
*
*
*
–
*
*
*
*
*
Proportion of owner-occupied dwellings
*
*
*
–
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Multiple-family residential zoning1
*
*
*
–
*
*
*
*
–
*
–
–
*
*
Commercial zoning2
*
*
*
*
–
–
.
.
*
*
*
*
*
*
Single-family residential zoning3
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
* The figure for high-crime neighbourhoods was statistically different from the figure for low-crime neighbourhoods (p < 0.05).
– Difference is not statistically significant.
1. For Edmonton and Saskatoon, this characteristic is measured using the percentage of apartment buildings.
2. For Edmonton and Saskatoon, this characteristic is measured using the number of people working in retail trade.
3. For Edmonton and Saskatoon, this characteristic is measured using the percentage of detached single-family dwellings.
Notes: For most of the cities examined, the significance of the relationship was established by comparing the values for high-crime neighbourhoods (upper quartile) with those of lower-crime neighbourhoods (three other quartiles). For Thunder Bay, the significance between the four quartiles was tested. In Saskatoon, this represented the significance of the correlation coefficient (Pearson) for all of the neighbourhoods (results not previously released).
Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Incident-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, geocoded database, 2001 and Census 2001.