Posted July 7, 2023 9:40 PM ET
View of a smoky skyline around Union Station in Toronto, Wednesday, June 28, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Lahodynskyj
A new report Rental platform Rentola.ca reveals Canada’s safest cities, with Ontario cities dominating the top 10 list.
According to the study, Barrie, Ont. is the safest city in all Canadian metropolitan areas with an overall safety index of 7.13. Close behind is Brantford, Ontario, Canada’s second safest city with an overall safety index of 7.00.
To determine the ranking of the safest cities, Rentola analyzed several indicators – including the number of citizens per police officer, the number of violent and non-violent crimes and the detection rate – on a scale of one to ten.
Guelph, Ontario. Ranked third as Canada’s safest city with an overall safety index of 6.84, and Toronto, Ontario. With a safety index of 6.63, it was the fourth safest city in the country.
Close behind is Saint John, NB, which ranks as the fifth safest city in the country with a safety index of 6.46.
Winnipeg received the lowest safety index of the 34 cities analyzed in the study, with a score of 4.59.
Here are the ten safest cities with an overall safety index, according to Rentola.ca:
1.Barrie, Ont., 13/7
2. Brantford, Ont., 7:00 a.m
3. Guelph, Ontario, 6.84
4.Toronto, Ont., 6.63
5. Saint John, NB, 6.46
6. Belleville, Ontario, 6.43
7. Windsor, Ont., 6.42
8. St. Catharines-Niagara, On.t, 6.40
9. Lethbridge, Alta., 6.37
10. Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ontario, 6.29
Reporting for this story was funded by the Meta-funded Afghan Journalists-in-Residence project.
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