In 2026 year-to-date through July 31, Ottawa reported 21,711 open-data incidents while Toronto recorded 21,838 incidents. Theft-related incidents represent the largest category difference between the two cities, with Ottawa logging 14,155 incidents compared to Toronto's 5,626. Meanwhile, Toronto recorded 11,492 assault incidents and 3,217 break and enter incidents, whereas Ottawa recorded 3,993 assault incidents and 1,076 break and enter incidents during the same seven-month period.
This municipal dataset comparison tracks public police records published by Ottawa and Toronto for the identical year-to-date selected period spanning January 1, 2026 to July 31, 2026. Across this seven-month window, Ottawa logged 21,711 total open-data incidents, whereas Toronto logged 21,838 total open-data incidents. Both datasets provide a direct side-by-side view of reported municipal incidents within Ontario.
While total incident counts for the two cities are separated by a narrow margin during this timeframe, category-level distributions show substantial variance across specific classifications. Ottawa recorded 14,155 theft-related incidents compared to Toronto's 5,626, representing the largest category difference favouring Ottawa. Conversely, Toronto registered 11,492 assault incidents compared to Ottawa's 3,993, alongside 3,217 break and enter incidents in Toronto versus 1,076 in Ottawa, highlighting distinct reporting patterns between the two open-data feeds.
Between January 1, 2026 and July 31, 2026, Ottawa logged 21,711 total open-data incidents while Toronto logged 21,838. The largest raw difference appears in theft-related incidents, where Ottawa reported 14,155 incidents compared to 5,626 in Toronto. In contrast, Toronto registered higher counts in major classifications: assault totalled 11,492 incidents in Toronto compared to 3,993 in Ottawa, and break and enter totalled 3,217 incidents in Toronto compared to 1,076 in Ottawa. Furthermore, Ottawa recorded 2,126 mischief incidents whereas Toronto recorded 0 in its open feed. Robbery also differed, with Toronto recording 1,057 incidents against Ottawa's 298. These figures highlight major category variations within overall totals.
Although Ottawa and Toronto have nearly identical total incident counts for the January-to-July 2026 period—21,711 and 21,838 respectively—their internal category distributions differ significantly. Ottawa's open dataset is heavily concentrated in theft-related incidents, which comprise 14,155 of its total incidents. In contrast, Toronto's open dataset shows much higher counts in assault (11,492 incidents compared to Ottawa's 3,993) and break and enter (3,217 incidents compared to Ottawa's 1,076). Additionally, category mapping differences exist between municipal feeds, such as Toronto reporting zero mischief incidents while Ottawa tracks 2,126.
Between January 1, 2026 and July 31, 2026, Ottawa reported 21,711 total open-data incidents, while Toronto reported 21,838 total incidents. Despite these close overall totals, individual categories vary widely, with Ottawa recording 14,155 theft-related incidents and Toronto recording 11,492 assault incidents during the same seven-month period.
Category differences reflect both local incident numbers and municipal open-data classification methods. For example, Ottawa logged 14,155 theft-related incidents compared to Toronto's 5,626, whereas Toronto logged 11,492 assault incidents compared to Ottawa's 3,993. Furthermore, Toronto reported 0 mischief incidents in its open feed while Ottawa reported 2,126 mischief incidents, demonstrating how tracking rules differ.
Municipal police services update their open-data portals according to independent release schedules, verification workflows, and publication policies. While this page compares an identical 2026 period (January 1 to July 31, where Ottawa shows 21,711 incidents and Toronto shows 21,838 incidents), historical datasets across Canadian cities can cover different start and end dates based on when each service began publishing open data.
During the selected period from January 1 to July 31, 2026, Toronto logged 3,217 break and enter incidents, while Ottawa recorded 1,076 break and enter incidents. Both totals represent open-data records extracted directly from the official municipal portals of Ottawa Police Service and Toronto Police Service for this seven-month comparison period.
Data for this comparison is sourced directly from the official municipal open-data portals of the Ottawa Police Service and Toronto Police Service in Ontario.