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Canada’s 20 most dangerous places

These are the 20 places in Canada with the highest level of overall crime

Based on Statistics Canada data compiled by Maclean’s for its annual ranking of Canada’s most dangerous places, these are the 20 places in Canada with the highest level of overall crime.

In this gallery communities are ranked by crime severity index (CSI).

The CSI is a Statistics Canada measure of all police-reported crime that takes both the volume and the seriousness of the crimes into consideration. Canada’s overall CSI is 72.9 — a higher number means a community has more severe crime.


Take a closer look at where your city ranks in the Maclean’s database of Canada’s most dangerous places.

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