Crime: Steal Town
Canada Day Special 2010
Overall, crime has been declining steadily. Auto theft, for instance, was down 15 per cent in 2008. Even Winnipeg enjoyed a 44 per cent drop—but it remained Canada’s auto-theft capital.
| Murders per 100,000 population | |
| Manitoba: 4.5 | New Brunswick: 0.4 |
| Breaking and entering per 100,000 population | |
| Saskatchewan: 972.9 | Ontario: 446.5 |
| Auto theft per 100,000 population | |
| Manitoba: 746.1 | Newfoundland: 85.2 |
| Motor-vehicle deaths per 100,000 population | |
| Saskatchewan: 14.3 | P.E.I.: 5.8 |
| Source: Murder, breaking and entering, auto theft (all 2008): StatsCan; vehicle deaths (as a result of a reported traffic collision within eight days of its occurrence in Quebec and 30 days for the rest of Canada, 2007): Transport Canada | |
HIGHEST
LOWEST
| Murders (per 100,000 population) | |
| New Brunswick | 0.4 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 0.98 |
| Quebec | 1.19 |
| Nova Scotia | 1.28 |
| Ontario | 1.36 |
| P.E.I. | 1.43 |
| British Columbia | 2.67 |
| Saskatchewan | 2.95 |
| Alberta | 3.07 |
| Manitoba | 4.47 |
| Breaking and entering (per 100,000 population) | |
| Ontario | 446.49 |
| New Brunswick | 510.64 |
| Nova Scotia | 540.44 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 552.28 |
| P.E.I. | 576.46 |
| Alberta | 642.99 |
| Quebec | 723.8 |
| Manitoba | 829.83 |
| British Columbia | 883.58 |
| Saskatchewan | 972.85 |
| Auto theft (per 100,000 population) | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 85.25 |
| P.E.I. | 118.01 |
| Nova Scotia | 168.07 |
| New Brunswick | 171.68 |
| Ontario | 237.62 |
| Quebec | 401.15 |
| British Columbia | 521.02 |
| Saskatchewan | 544.69 |
| Alberta | 612.75 |
| Manitoba | 746.13 |
| Motor-vehicle deaths (per 100,000 population) | |
| P.E.I. | |
| Ontario | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | |
| Quebec | |
| Manitoba | |
| B.C. | |
| Nova Scotia | |
| New Brunswick | |
| Alberta | |
| Saskatchewan | |
5.8
6
8.1
8.1
9.1
9.7
10.6
11.9
13
14.3
The full province-by-province breakdown:
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