Canada Crime Rankings 2026 — Rate & CSI by City

Canadian crime rankings — pick the right metric

CrimeMaps separates official StatCan CSI, open-data rates per 1,000, and raw mapped volume so a large city with many pins is not mistaken for the “most dangerous” place. Use the guide below, then open the linked hub.

Volume on this page is not a safety ranking — it ranks live feeds by how many incidents we map. For severity and rates, use safest / most-dangerous / CSI pages.

Which ranking should I use?

Pick the metric that matches your question. Mixing raw incident volume with CSI or rates is the most common mistake.

Safest cities / lowest severity? Safest cities — lowest StatCan CSI + open-data rates Most dangerous / violent severity / crime rates by city? Most dangerous cities — Violent CSI + category rates What is CSI? Crime rates vs severity? Crime Severity Index — official index explained How many incidents are mapped right now? Crime statistics — 60-day map window totals City A vs city B? Compare — same-period head-to-head maps

Ranking destinations

Official CSI Safest cities Lowest Statistics Canada CSI, plus annualized category rates. Official CSI + rates Highest severity Violent CSI default sort and per-category open-data rates. Official index Crime Severity Index Statistics Canada CSI by city — severity-weighted per capita. Volume Crime statistics ~60-day mapped totals by city and category — not CSI rates. Head-to-head Compare cities Same-period maps and category gaps for city pairs.

Cities by mapped incident volume (not a safety ranking)

These rows rank cities by total mapped incidents in the current public archive window for live feeds. High volume often means a large population or a broad published category set — use CSI or per-capita rates to judge severity.

01 Toronto Ontario 426,501 02 Ottawa Ontario 307,283 03 Montreal Quebec 289,025 04 Vancouver British Columbia 180,697 05 Edmonton Alberta 97,921 06 Vaughan Ontario 82,192 07 Markham Ontario 56,994 08 Windsor Ontario 46,638 09 Mississauga Ontario 42,454 10 Richmond Hill Ontario 41,972 11 Maple Ridge British Columbia 39,665 12 Brampton Ontario 35,836 13 Saskatoon Saskatchewan 29,701 14 Prince George British Columbia 24,367 15 Langley British Columbia 24,133 16 Newmarket Ontario 23,600 17 Gatineau Quebec 20,528 18 Richmond British Columbia 20,098 19 Medicine Hat Alberta 15,869 20 Oakville Ontario 14,057

Province coverage

38 cities Ontario 1,174,247 mapped incidents 2 cities Quebec 309,553 mapped incidents 10 cities British Columbia 309,474 mapped incidents 18 cities Alberta 133,110 mapped incidents 2 cities Saskatchewan 35,512 mapped incidents 1 city Nova Scotia 2,355 mapped incidents 1 city Northwest Territories 398 mapped incidents

Methodology note

Raw incident counts, per-capita rates, and severity-weighted rankings answer different questions. Cities with larger populations, longer reporting windows, or broader source categories naturally produce more mapped incidents.

All data is sourced from official Canadian police and municipal open-data portals. See the methodology for weighting, coverage filters, and limitations.