A list of the safest places to live in Canada has been released and the Tri-Cities made it into the top 20. The list compiles data from the Canadian Crime Index for 2022. They occur per 100,000 people in a given city.
The list was created with the intent of informing homeowners about safe cities to live in by breaking down crimes into categories such as burglary or impaired driving. It was created by people who work for Money.ca.
According to the list, the five safest cities in Canada to live in are:
- Toronto: 286.9 crimes per 100,000 residents.
- Quebec: 301 crimes per 100,000 inhabitants.
- Ottawa-Gatineau, QC: 318.8 crimes per 100,000 residents.
- Sherbrooke: 327.4 crimes per 100,000 residents.
- Ottawa-Gatineau, ON: 333.9 crimes per 100,000 residents.
The safest cities are determined by the number of crimes relative to population size.
Guelph made it to 15th place on the list with 500.6 crimes per 100,000 residents.
Kitchener-Waterloo and Cambridge were further down the list at 19th. In the Tri-Cities there were 596.2 crimes per 100,000 residents. With 458.9 crimes per 100,000 inhabitants, burglary crimes made up the largest part of this number. This was followed by impaired driving with 72.8 crimes. Arson was the lowest number with 18.2 crimes recorded.
The Tri-Cities were followed by Victoria, B.C., which recorded 604.9 crimes per 100,000 residents.
London, Ontario ranked 25th on the list with 679.7 crimes per 100,000 residents. The number of burglary crimes was very high at 470.5 per 100,000.
The list ended with Lethbridge, Alberta, which had the most crimes at 1,190 per 100,000 residents.
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