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<\/p>\nThe top five safest cities in North America are all located in Canada, split between Ontario and Quebec, according to Numbeo’s North America-specific city safety index.<\/p>\n
Canada’s showing remains strong across the top 10 list as well, accounting for six of the 10 safest cities in North America.<\/p>\n
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Numbeo’s Current Safety Index by City is based on crowdsourced data reflecting residents’ perceptions of crime and safety and is updated continuously based on user submissions.<\/p>\n
What are the top 10 safest cities in North America?<\/p>\n
Ontario and Quebec account for nearly every Canadian city in the top 10, with just one Albertan city breaking the pattern:<\/p>\n
\tRankCity<\/p>\n
\t1Quebec City, Quebec<\/p>\n
\t2Burlington, Ontario<\/p>\n
\t3Ottawa, Ontario<\/p>\n
\t4Montreal, Quebec<\/p>\n
\t5Guelph, Ontario<\/p>\n
\t6Salt Lake City, Utah<\/p>\n
\t7Madison, Wisconsin<\/p>\n
\t8Irvine, California<\/p>\n
\t9Calgary, Alberta<\/p>\n
\t10Boise, Idaho<\/p>\n
All Canadian cities featured are categorized as having a \u201cHigh\u201d safety index, which falls under 60.01\u201380\/100; consequently, they have a \u201cLow\u201d crime index.<\/p>\n
Zooming out beyond the top 10, there are 33 Canadian cities among the total 79 North American cities included in these rankings.<\/p>\n
What are the top 10 safest cities in Canada?<\/p>\n
The top 10 safest cities in Canada can be found across five Canadian provinces, two of which are not found on the North America-wide list (British Columbia and Nova Scotia):<\/p>\n
\tNational rankCityNorth American rankSafety indexCrime index<\/p>\n
\t1Quebec City, Quebec177.722.3<\/p>\n
\t2Burlington, Ontario271.428.6<\/p>\n
\t3Ottawa, Ontario369.330.7<\/p>\n
\t4Montreal, Quebec467.132.9<\/p>\n
\t5Guelph, Ontario566.233.8<\/p>\n
\t6Calgary, Alberta962.137.9<\/p>\n
\t7Halifax, Nova Scotia1260.439.6<\/p>\n
\t8Victoria, British Columbia1360.439.6<\/p>\n
\t9Kingston, Ontario1460.439.6<\/p>\n
\t10Vancouver, British Columbia1757.242.8<\/p>\n
Vancouver is the only city on the list to break out of the “Low” crime index category, instead falling into the “Moderate” range (40.01-60).<\/p>\n
Overall, the list skews heavily toward Ontario, which claims four cities, followed by Quebec and British Columbia with two each, and Alberta and Nova Scotia with one each.<\/p>\n
Safety index methodology<\/p>\n
Numbeo\u2019s Current Safety Index by City is updated continuously and compiled using data from the previous five years.<\/p>\n
Data for the index comes from user-submitted surveys measuring how safe people feel and how they perceive crime in their day-to-day lives. Scores are calculated on a 0-to-100 scale, making it possible to compare cities directly.<\/p>\n
To ensure statistical significance, only cities meeting the minimum number of contributions are included in the index.<\/p>\n
The following is considered when compiling the safety index:<\/p>\n
General perceptions of crime levels;
\nPerceived safety during the day and at night;
\nConcerns about specific crimes, including mugging, robbery, car theft, physical attacks, public harassment, and bias-motivated incidents;
\nSeverity of property crime, including burglary, theft, and vandalism; and
\nSeverity of violent crime, including assault, homicide, and sexual offences.<\/p>\n
Numbeo\u2019s safety index is essentially an inverse of their Crime Index, which is categorized by the following bands:<\/p>\n
Very Low: 20 and below
\nLow: 20.01-40
\nModerate: 40.01-60
\nHigh: 60.01-80
\nVery High: above 80<\/p>\n
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