Toronto homicide rate compared with other Canadian cities
Posted April 20, 2015 11:15 am.
Last Updated April 20, 2015 2:10 pm.
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TORONTO – Mark Saunders has been appointed Toronto’s next police chief. He takes over at a time when crime in Canada’s largest city is at a decline. Here’s how the city’s homicide rate compared to other Canadian cities in 2013, the latest data available:
Toronto: 1.34 per 100,000 people
Hamilton: 2.04 per 100,000 people
Regina: 3.84 per 100,000 people
Winnipeg: 3.24 per 100,000 people
Montreal: 1.08 per 100,000 people
Vancouver: 1.72 per 100,000 people
National average: 1.44 per 100,000 people
(Statistics Canada)