For the 2026 year-to-date period through July, Montreal recorded 13,394 open-data incidents while Vancouver recorded 20,209 incidents. Theft-related incidents represented the largest raw-count difference between the two cities, with Vancouver reporting 10,878 incidents compared to 6,341 in Montreal. Note that Montreal's open-data map feed excludes assault, which accounted for 10,381 YTD incidents in official police reporting, whereas Vancouver's map feed includes 3,768 assault incidents.
During the selected year-to-date period from January 1, 2026, to July 31, 2026, Montreal recorded 13,394 open-data map incidents, while Vancouver recorded 20,209 open-data map incidents. Both municipal open-data portals provide figures for this shared seven-month window, establishing a baseline for side-by-side analysis across standardized categories.
Category breakdowns reveal distinct reporting structures between the two cities. Theft-related incidents formed the largest share in both jurisdictions, with 6,341 recorded in Montreal and 10,878 in Vancouver. Notably, Montreal's open map feed omits assault incidents entirely, registering 0 map points, whereas Vancouver logged 3,768 open-data assaults. For a full count in Quebec's largest city, official SPVM monthly statistics for January–July 2026 (YTD) report 10,381 assault cases and 68,723 total offences city-wide.
Direct comparison across the shared January 1, 2026, to July 31, 2026, period shows substantial variations in incident distribution. Theft-related incidents represent the largest raw gap, with Vancouver logging 10,878 incidents compared to 6,341 in Montreal. Conversely, Montreal recorded higher counts in break and enter, registering 3,305 incidents against Vancouver's 1,152 incidents, as well as 928 robbery incidents where Vancouver logged 0 in that category. Mischief figures remained closer, with Montreal listing 2,812 incidents and Vancouver logging 3,206. Homicide counts for the open-data period were 8 in Montreal and 11 in Vancouver. These structural differences reflect both local incident volumes and distinct categorisation practices across municipal data feeds.
Comparing Montreal's 13,394 open-data map incidents to Vancouver's 20,209 incidents highlights how category inclusion shapes published totals. Vancouver's higher map volume is driven largely by 10,878 theft-related incidents and 3,768 mapped assaults. In contrast, Montreal's open map feed excludes assault entirely, though official SPVM monthly statistics confirm 10,381 assault incidents during January–July 2026 (YTD). Meanwhile, Montreal registers higher mapped counts for break and enter (3,305) and robbery (928). Readers must account for these feed taxonomy differences when evaluating comparative totals.
Between January 1, 2026, and July 31, 2026, Montreal recorded 13,394 open-data incidents, whereas Vancouver recorded 20,209 open-data incidents. Much of this difference stems from theft-related incidents, which totaled 10,878 in Vancouver compared to 6,341 in Montreal, as well as category reporting variations between municipal feeds.
Montreal's open-data map feed excludes assault from its spatial point layer, resulting in 0 mapped assault incidents in the comparison table. However, official SPVM monthly statistics for January–July 2026 (YTD) list 10,381 assault incidents city-wide. Vancouver's map feed includes assault, reporting 3,768 incidents during the same 2026 period.
Montreal reported higher figures in both categories for the January–July 2026 window. Montreal logged 3,305 break and enter incidents compared to Vancouver's 1,152 incidents. For robbery, Montreal recorded 928 open-data map incidents, whereas Vancouver's open feed registered 0 incidents in that specific category.
Municipalities maintain distinct open-data publishing schedules and classification schemes. While this comparison evaluates the same date range from January 1 to July 31, 2026, dataset updates and category mapping differ. For instance, Montreal logged 2,812 mischief incidents while Vancouver logged 3,206, reflecting localized data structures and release intervals.
Data is sourced directly from municipal open-data portals in Quebec (Ville de Montréal / SPVM) and British Columbia (Vancouver Police Department).