Safest Cities in Canada 2026 — Ranked by CSI

Q: Why is my city missing from the CSI table?

Statistics Canada only publishes CSI for CMAs and larger police services. Smaller cities appear in category-rate tables when their feed is live.

How we rank Canada’s safest cities

“Safest” here means lowest official Crime Severity Index (CSI 2024) — severity-weighted police-reported crime per capita — not zero crime and not a live CAD map. A second table ranks annualized open-data rates per 1,000 (Jan–Jul 2026) from municipal portals that publish enough complete months.

Sherbrooke (QC) has the lowest overall CSI in this build at 53.9 (StatCan 2024), then Ottawa (ON) (55.8) and Guelph (ON) (56.0). 20 of the 20 listed CSI cities sit below the Canada 2006 baseline of 100. On live open-data rates (Jan–Jul 2026), South Simcoe (ON) currently shows the lowest break-and-enter rate among feeds we can annualize (0.45 per 1,000).

Lower CSI is better on this page. Partial open-data feeds can look “safer” because some offence types are missing (shown as “—”). Coverage: 34 CSI cities · 61 live rate feeds. For neighbourhood detail, open a city map. Related: most dangerous cities, CSI explained, methodology.

South Simcoe

Lowest burglary rate

0.45 / 1k · ON

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Below Canada baseline

CSI under 100 · 2024

Top 10 by overall CSI (2024)

01 Sherbrooke QC CSI 2024 53.9 CSI 2024 02 Ottawa ON Violent CSI 67.4 55.8 CSI 2024 03 Guelph ON Violent CSI 77.6 56.0 CSI 2024 04 Brampton ON Violent CSI 80.2 56.4 CSI 2024 05 Mississauga ON Violent CSI 80.2 56.4 CSI 2024 06 Niagara Region ON Violent CSI 78.5 59.0 CSI 2024 07 Gatineau QC CSI 2024 61.1 CSI 2024 08 Peterborough ON CSI 2024 61.3 CSI 2024 09 Calgary AB Violent CSI 78.5 63.3 CSI 2024 10 London ON Violent CSI 81.8 65.9 CSI 2024

Lowest overall CSI (2024) among cities with a published StatCan value:

1. Sherbrooke (QC) — CSI 53.9
2. Ottawa (ON) — CSI 55.8
3. Guelph (ON) — CSI 56.0
4. Brampton (ON) — CSI 56.4
5. Mississauga (ON) — CSI 56.4
6. Niagara Region (ON) — CSI 59.0
7. Gatineau (QC) — CSI 61.1
8. Peterborough (ON) — CSI 61.3
9. Calgary (AB) — CSI 63.3
10. London (ON) — CSI 65.9

CSI is severity-weighted crime per capita (Canada 2006 = 100), not a live map count. Neighbourhood risk varies — open a city map for local detail.

Full CSI ranking ↓

City ranking — lowest CSI (2024)

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1	Sherbrooke ⚠ CMA-level; Service de police de Sherbrooke serves most of the CMA	QC	53.9	—	184,135
2	Ottawa Ottawa Police Service	ON	55.8	67.4	1,188,114
3	Guelph Guelph Police Service	ON	56.0	77.6	160,760
4	Peel Regional Police serves Brampton and Mississauga — StatCan CSI is shared. 2 municipalities · shared CSI	ON	56.4	80.2	1,542,356
	Brampton Peel Region amalgamated value; Brampton and Mississauga share Peel Regional Police Member of Peel Region	ON	56.4	80.2	777,759
	Mississauga Peel Region amalgamated value; Brampton and Mississauga share Peel Regional Police Member of Peel Region	ON	56.4	80.2	764,597
5	Niagara Region Mapped from St. Catharines-Niagara CMA	ON	59.0	78.5	551,128
6	Gatineau CMA-level QC part; Gatineau Police serves the QC portion	QC	61.1	—	306,105
7	Peterborough CMA-level; Peterborough Police serves most of the CMA	ON	61.3	—	97,834
8	Calgary ⚠ Calgary Police Service	AB	63.3	78.5	1,612,834
9	London London Police Service	ON	65.9	81.8	494,785
10	Hamilton ⚠ Hamilton Police Service	ON	66.2	85.9	640,465
11	Greater Sudbury ⚠ Greater Sudbury Police Service	ON	67.1	108.5	188,504
12	Burnaby ⚠ Burnaby RCMP	BC	67.5	60.8	299,682
13	Toronto Toronto Police Service	ON	68.7	99.8	3,271,830
14	Victoria CMA-level; Victoria Police serves the core municipality only	BC	71.0	—	103,888
15	Waterloo Region Waterloo Regional Police	ON	72.7	91.4	711,457
16	Chatham-Kent ⚠ Chatham-Kent Police Service	ON	74.0	77.4	112,716
17	Halifax Halifax Regional Police	NS	74.2	94.5	516,822
18	Montreal ⚠ Service de police de la Ville de Montréal	QC	75.7	112.5	1,915,366
19	Langley ⚠ Langley Township RCMP	BC	78.5	80.0	163,885

⚠ marks a frozen open-data feed or partial offence coverage. CSI values are Statistics Canada 2024 and remain valid; the marker applies only to the municipal feed.

Crime rate by category — 2026

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1	Medicine Hat Jan–Jul	AB	7.67	—	0.66	4.79	1.50	0.49	0.19	11.43	8.17	256.00	290.90
2	Victoria Mar–Jul · annualized	BC	3.90	—	0.87	3.48	0.49	17.90	6.17	12.92	—	68.55	114.28
3	Saskatoon Jan–Jul	SK	8.58	1.04	1.52	5.36	2.48	13.83	6.86	8.04	5.58	39.97	93.28
4	Lethbridge Jan–Jul	AB	9.70	1.42	—	3.79	—	21.63	—	7.84	3.83	34.10	82.30
5	Windsor Jan–Jul	ON	4.10	0.44	0.46	3.18	—	22.99	—	5.60	6.87	29.15	72.78
6	Peterborough Jan–Jul	ON	6.36	—	0.54	2.88	0.72	31.14	—	5.47	6.07	6.26	59.47
7	Edmonton Jan–Jul	AB	5.09	—	0.88	3.85	4.31	22.19	—	5.38	5.61	10.50	57.84
8	Wetaskiwin Mar–Jul · annualized · partial categories	AB	—	—	—	10.47	3.86	16.42	5.47	13.69	—	—	49.92
9	Vancouver Jan–Jul	BC	8.75	—	—	2.69	0.60	17.01	7.60	7.42	—	1.63	46.85
10	Oakville Jan–Jul · partial categories	ON	—	—	0.19	1.23	2.18	1.97	1.53	1.43	—	37.93	46.77
11	Newmarket Jan–Jul	ON	7.68	0.45	0.24	1.76	0.74	13.91	1.35	3.62	4.83	11.62	46.24
12	Prince George Jan–Jul · partial categories	BC	—	—	—	5.79	2.43	18.08	7.74	11.12	—	—	46.12
13	Georgina Jan–Jul	ON	10.31	0.44	0.25	0.97	0.72	10.09	0.47	4.61	2.98	14.07	45.01
14	London Apr–Jul · annualized	ON	3.72	—	0.32	1.74	—	22.18	4.75	5.43	2.09	0.91	41.33
15	Aurora Jan–Jul	ON	4.82	0.40	0.20	0.75	0.62	16.84	0.92	2.06	4.54	8.37	39.64
16	Yellowknife Mar–Jul · annualized · partial categories	NT	—	—	—	6.13	2.82	14.31	2.14	13.34	—	—	38.74
17	Vaughan Jan–Jul	ON	4.98	0.32	0.37	1.34	1.89	10.56	1.37	2.88	4.90	9.01	37.69
18	Lloydminster (Part) Mar–Jul · annualized · partial categories	AB	—	—	—	2.34	3.61	14.98	2.55	12.75	—	—	36.23
19	Regina Jan–Jul	SK	6.31	—	0.68	3.14	1.34	11.53	3.79	5.78	—	2.87	35.44
20	Grande Prairie Mar–Jul · annualized · partial categories	AB	—	—	—	3.38	4.68	15.52	6.57	5.14	—	—	35.28
21	Richmond Hill Jan–Jul	ON	5.02	0.35	0.40	1.36	1.01	9.83	1.16	2.70	4.68	7.02	33.57
22	Ottawa Jan–Jul	ON	5.74	—	0.43	1.56	0.86	19.57	—	3.07	—	0.09	31.33
23	Abbotsford Mar–Jul · annualized · partial categories	BC	—	—	0.52	2.47	1.47	15.17	3.90	7.39	—	0.22	31.15
24	Maple Ridge Jan–Jul · partial categories	BC	—	—	—	2.65	1.55	4.50	4.52	5.20	—	11.54	30.33
25	East Gwillimbury Jan–Jul	ON	4.96	0.27	0.15	0.88	1.22	8.44	0.69	2.33	2.98	6.87	28.83
26	Brantford Mar–Jul · annualized	ON	5.05	—	0.49	1.61	2.88	14.40	—	—	4.39	—	28.81
27	Halton Hills Jan–Jul · partial categories	ON	—	—	0.23	0.78	2.29	2.22	1.56	1.24	—	19.83	28.25
28	Markham Jan–Jul	ON	3.53	0.25	0.36	1.39	0.77	8.10	0.89	2.16	4.06	5.64	27.17
29	Stratford Apr–Jul · annualized	ON	3.49	—	—	2.58	1.08	15.04	—	—	4.49	—	26.68
30	Guelph Mar–Jul · annualized	ON	3.27	—	0.36	1.82	2.51	13.23	—	—	4.99	—	26.17
31	King Jan–Jul	ON	3.60	0.17	0.06	1.49	1.83	4.00	1.03	3.20	1.77	8.34	25.71
32	Red Deer Mar–Jul · annualized · partial categories	AB	—	—	—	3.14	1.90	8.57	3.64	7.53	—	—	24.79
33	Burlington Jan–Jul · partial categories	ON	—	—	0.27	1.52	2.14	2.23	1.50	1.46	—	15.13	24.46
34	Waterloo Region Mar–Jul · annualized	ON	3.04	—	0.44	2.02	2.51	11.96	—	—	4.15	—	24.11
35	Wood Buffalo Mar–Jul · annualized · partial categories	AB	—	—	—	2.39	2.83	6.91	3.38	4.13	—	—	19.64
36	Milton Jan–Jul · partial categories	ON	—	—	0.18	0.76	1.55	1.90	0.84	1.23	—	12.19	18.76
37	Whitchurch-Stouffville Jan–Jul	ON	3.08	0.17	0.03	0.66	0.58	2.76	0.35	1.90	2.50	5.53	17.58
38	Leduc Mar–Jul · annualized · partial categories	AB	—	—	—	2.88	1.85	5.21	2.06	5.48	—	—	17.47
39	Mississauga Jan–Jul	ON	3.55	—	0.33	1.35	3.30	—	—	2.98	2.57	0.61	14.70
40	St. Albert Mar–Jul · annualized · partial categories	AB	—	—	—	1.89	0.74	6.55	2.48	2.75	—	—	14.41
41	Rocky View County Mar–Jul · annualized · partial categories	AB	—	—	—	2.56	2.48	4.73	2.43	2.08	—	—	14.28
42	Parkland County Mar–Jul · annualized · partial categories	AB	—	—	—	3.17	2.58	4.16	1.12	3.17	—	—	14.21
43	Gatineau Jan–Jul	QC	6.90	—	0.36	2.17	0.91	—	0.69	2.82	—	—	13.86
44	Oshawa Jan–Jul	ON	6.27	—	0.54	1.60	1.41	—	2.57	—	—	0.97	13.44
45	Brampton Jan–Jul	ON	3.73	—	0.32	0.88	2.55	—	—	3.01	2.01	0.89	13.40
46	Strathcona County Mar–Jul · annualized · partial categories	AB	—	—	—	2.13	0.91	4.94	2.83	2.44	—	—	13.24
47	Langley Jan–Jul · partial categories	BC	—	—	—	2.25	0.99	4.59	4.22	0.27	—	—	12.76
48	Halifax Apr–Jul · annualized	NS	6.34	—	0.33	1.39	0.85	—	3.32	—	—	—	12.22
49	Montreal Jan–Jul · partial categories	QC	—	—	0.83	2.96	2.62	—	3.05	2.52	—	—	11.99
50	South Simcoe Mar–Jul · annualized	ON	1.88	—	0.09	0.45	1.48	3.81	—	—	3.79	—	11.50
51	Toronto Jan–Jul	ON	6.01	—	0.55	1.68	1.97	0.39	0.61	—	—	0.00	11.44
52	Pickering Jan–Jul	ON	2.62	—	0.39	1.51	2.65	—	2.65	—	—	0.97	10.88
53	Airdrie Mar–Jul · annualized · partial categories	AB	—	—	—	0.82	1.04	3.33	1.21	2.56	—	—	8.95
54	Ajax Jan–Jul	ON	3.11	—	0.38	1.19	1.40	—	1.78	—	—	0.62	8.49
55	Burnaby Jan–Jul · partial categories	BC	—	—	—	2.75	0.81	—	4.28	—	—	—	7.84
56	Whitby Jan–Jul	ON	2.72	—	0.13	0.77	1.31	—	1.60	—	—	0.92	7.46
57	Surrey Jan–Jul · partial categories	BC	—	—	—	0.59	0.64	3.70	2.01	0.17	—	—	7.12
58	Richmond Jan–Jul · partial categories	BC	—	—	—	1.86	0.35	0.18	3.14	—	—	—	6.10
59	Clarington Jan–Jul	ON	2.09	—	0.11	1.02	0.93	—	0.83	—	—	0.87	5.90
60	Hamilton Apr–Jul · annualized · partial categories	ON	—	—	0.08	0.84	1.53	—	2.03	—	—	—	4.49
61	Coquitlam Jan–Jul · partial categories	BC	—	—	—	1.27	0.51	—	2.57	—	—	—	4.35

Latest complete year by category (2025)

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2025 complete year · per 1,000
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1	Windsor 2025 (complete year)	ON	4.07	0.48	0.54	3.29	—	22.10	—	5.75	7.11	28.34	71.68
2	Lethbridge 2025 (complete year)	AB	8.48	1.15	—	4.37	—	20.09	—	5.45	3.28	24.92	67.76
3	Medicine Hat 2025 (complete year)	AB	1.00	—	0.13	1.00	0.22	0.16	0.09	2.43	1.56	43.96	50.56
4	Peterborough 2025 (complete year)	ON	4.73	—	0.35	1.91	0.87	24.63	—	3.97	4.59	5.93	47.03
5	Newmarket 2025 (complete year)	ON	8.11	0.50	0.36	1.95	0.99	11.30	1.27	4.38	5.46	11.53	45.94
6	Vancouver 2025 (complete year)	BC	8.77	—	—	2.93	0.72	15.52	7.37	6.85	—	1.61	44.88
7	Prince George 2025 (complete year) · partial categories	BC	—	—	—	5.12	2.26	18.31	6.21	10.94	—	—	43.67
8	Georgina 2025 (complete year)	ON	8.73	0.47	0.32	2.16	0.97	8.02	0.93	4.57	3.56	13.87	43.60
9	Edmonton 2025 (complete year)	AB	3.82	—	0.77	3.24	3.06	15.29	—	4.33	3.79	8.89	43.22
10	Vaughan 2025 (complete year)	ON	4.85	0.35	0.49	1.74	2.45	12.16	1.69	3.80	6.24	8.26	42.15
11	Aurora 2025 (complete year)	ON	4.76	0.47	0.25	1.56	0.93	15.34	0.64	2.89	5.86	7.06	39.82
12	Richmond Hill 2025 (complete year)	ON	4.95	0.27	0.38	1.91	1.32	9.82	1.00	3.08	6.28	6.96	36.04
13	Saskatoon 2025 (complete year)	SK	3.08	0.30	0.61	1.93	1.00	5.64	2.49	3.18	1.83	15.33	35.39
14	King 2025 (complete year)	ON	3.82	0.41	0.17	3.10	3.30	5.30	0.76	3.92	3.85	10.01	34.87
15	Ottawa 2025 (complete year)	ON	6.30	—	—	1.89	1.16	12.77	—	2.67	4.97	4.00	33.77
16	Maple Ridge 2025 (complete year) · partial categories	BC	—	—	—	2.76	1.60	4.27	4.30	6.24	—	12.96	32.66
17	East Gwillimbury 2025 (complete year)	ON	4.51	0.21	0.21	1.28	1.67	8.44	0.67	3.09	4.00	8.16	32.36
18	Oakville 2025 (complete year) · partial categories	ON	—	—	0.11	1.20	1.49	1.80	1.26	0.83	—	21.87	28.98
19	Markham 2025 (complete year)	ON	3.51	0.24	0.34	1.84	1.15	7.35	1.11	2.38	5.27	5.53	28.79
20	Whitchurch-Stouffville 2025 (complete year)	ON	3.24	0.29	0.09	1.34	1.09	3.24	0.55	2.12	3.40	5.59	20.96
21	Burlington 2025 (complete year) · partial categories	ON	—	—	0.16	1.46	1.54	1.78	1.61	1.21	—	11.18	19.37
22	Halton Hills 2025 (complete year) · partial categories	ON	—	—	0.19	0.75	1.41	2.39	1.41	1.00	—	10.05	17.29
23	Mississauga 2025 (complete year)	ON	3.86	—	0.49	1.79	3.37	—	—	2.84	3.34	0.51	16.20
24	Brampton 2025 (complete year)	ON	4.08	—	0.42	1.47	2.91	—	—	2.67	2.78	0.73	15.08
25	Gatineau 2025 (complete year)	QC	6.79	—	0.36	2.21	0.98	—	1.05	3.15	—	—	14.52
26	Milton 2025 (complete year) · partial categories	ON	—	—	0.12	0.76	1.51	1.60	0.79	0.86	—	7.21	12.99
27	Montreal 2025 (complete year) · partial categories	QC	—	—	0.88	3.13	2.82	—	3.22	2.71	—	—	12.77
28	Langley 2025 (complete year) · partial categories	BC	—	—	—	2.12	1.49	3.77	3.78	0.32	—	—	12.01
29	Toronto 2025 (complete year)	ON	6.17	—	0.57	1.80	1.91	0.44	0.10	—	—	0.00	11.08
30	Oshawa 2025 (complete year)	ON	3.40	—	0.28	1.00	0.98	—	1.66	—	—	0.59	7.98
31	Burnaby 2025 (complete year) · partial categories	BC	—	—	—	2.48	0.81	—	4.50	—	—	—	7.79
32	Richmond 2025 (complete year) · partial categories	BC	—	—	—	1.77	0.57	0.22	3.23	—	—	—	6.34
33	Coquitlam 2025 (complete year) · partial categories	BC	—	—	—	2.15	0.38	—	3.64	—	—	—	6.18
34	Pickering 2025 (complete year)	ON	1.79	—	0.24	0.91	1.24	—	1.04	—	—	0.54	5.81
35	Ajax 2025 (complete year)	ON	1.96	—	0.15	0.56	0.84	—	0.74	—	—	0.33	4.62
36	Whitby 2025 (complete year)	ON	1.50	—	0.14	0.60	0.80	—	0.61	—	—	0.55	4.26
37	Clarington 2025 (complete year)	ON	1.41	—	0.06	0.79	0.47	—	0.79	—	—	0.59	4.13

How to read these numbers

CSI — Statistics Canada severity-weighted index (Canada 2006 = 100). Higher = more severity-weighted crime per capita.
Open-data rates — annualized incidents per 1,000 residents from municipal portals; “—” means the category is not published, not necessarily zero.
Mapped incident volume — raw pin counts on CrimeMaps (population and feed breadth drive totals). Useful for coverage, not a safety ranking by itself.
City maps — neighbourhood concentration; open the city page after using any national ranking.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the Crime Severity Index (CSI)?

Statistics Canada's official measure of police-reported crime severity. Each offence is weighted by the average sentence length handed down by Canadian courts — a homicide has a weight over 8,000 while minor theft has a weight around 37. The weighted total is divided by population and scaled so Canada 2006 = 100. Lower CSI = less severity-weighted crime per capita. Full detail: methodology page.

What do the per-category rate columns mean?

Annualized incidents per 1,000 residents from complete months in 2026 (Jan–Jul; in-progress month excluded). Cities with fewer than six complete months are marked "annualized" under the name. Only live open-data feeds are included. Missing categories show as "—".

Why is my city missing from the CSI table?

Statistics Canada only publishes CSI for Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs) and larger police services. Cities without a published CSI still appear in the category-rate tables when their open-data feed is live.

Can open-data map totals replace CSI?

No. Map pages show incident counts from municipal portals for whatever categories each portal publishes. CSI is a national severity-weighted index with a fixed taxonomy. Different numbers on the two surfaces are expected.

Does a low CSI mean a city is crime-free?

No. Low CSI means less severity-weighted reported crime per capita than higher-ranked cities — not zero incidents. Check the city map for local concentrations.