For the 2026 year-to-date period through July, Halifax reported 2,105 total incidents while Toronto reported 21,838 total incidents. Both cities share a comparable 2026 reporting period. Assault represents the category with the largest raw-count difference between the two cities, with Halifax recording 1,092 assault incidents compared to 11,492 recorded in Toronto. Theft-related incidents and break and enter categories also showed lower incident totals in Halifax than in Toronto.
During the same selected year period of 2026 (year-to-date through July, spanning January 1, 2026 to July 31, 2026), official open-data records show 2,105 total reported incidents in Halifax, Nova Scotia, compared to 21,838 total reported incidents in Toronto, Ontario. Both municipal police services release open-data feeds that track reported incidents across several standardized categories, allowing side-by-side examination of recorded incident totals within this shared date range.
Across this seven-month timeframe, assault and theft-related incidents represent the largest category volumes in both Halifax and Toronto. While both jurisdictions track similar offense categories including robbery, break and enter, and homicide, total reported volumes show substantial differences across every individual offense classification. The following figures reflect open-data figures published for both cities from January through July 2026.
For the 2026 year-to-date period through July, Toronto recorded 21,838 total incidents compared to 2,105 in Halifax. The largest absolute count difference occurred in assault, where Toronto logged 11,492 incidents and Halifax logged 1,092 incidents, a difference of -10,400. Theft-related incidents marked the second highest difference, with Toronto recording 5,626 incidents compared to 720 in Halifax (a difference of -4,906). Break and enter also showed a noticeable gap, accounting for 3,217 incidents in Toronto and 236 in Halifax (a difference of -2,981). Additionally, Toronto recorded 1,057 robbery incidents while Halifax recorded 57, and Toronto logged 325 bike theft incidents compared to 0 in Halifax open data during this period.
During the 2026 year-to-date period through July, assault represents the top recorded offense category for both Halifax (1,092 incidents) and Toronto (11,492 incidents). Theft-related incidents form the second highest category in both cities, accounting for 720 incidents in Halifax and 5,626 in Toronto. In contrast, several categories present in Toronto's dataset—including bike theft (325 incidents), shooting (117 incidents), other (3 incidents), and homicide (1 incident)—show 0 reported incidents in Halifax's open-data snapshot for this timeframe.
For the selected 2026 year-to-date period from January 1, 2026 to July 31, 2026, Halifax recorded 2,105 total police-reported incidents in its open-data feed. During that same seven-month timeframe, Toronto recorded 21,838 total reported incidents across all categorized categories in its published open-data portal.
Assault had the largest absolute count difference between the two cities for the 2026 year-to-date window through July. Toronto logged 11,492 assault incidents compared to 1,092 in Halifax, representing a difference of -10,400 incidents between the two municipal datasets during this period.
Municipalities update their open-data feeds on independent schedules. For example, Toronto's historical published dataset spans from 2000-01-01 to 2026-08-13 (21,838 incidents), whereas Halifax's current feed covers 2026-04-10 to 2026-08-12 (2,105 incidents). Compare pages filter datasets to matching selected timeframes, such as the 2026 year-to-date period through July, to enable fair comparisons.
Theft-related incidents use normalized comparison categories that combine general theft, auto theft, and theft from vehicle across municipal feeds. For the 2026 year-to-date period through July, Toronto recorded 5,626 theft-related incidents while Halifax recorded 720, resulting in a category difference of -4,906 incidents between the two cities.
This comparison utilizes open-data portal feeds published by municipal police services in Nova Scotia and Ontario.