Canada's Most Dangerous Cities

[masoncgy]

http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/14/the-good-bad-and-ugly/

Wow... seeing Victoria up there in the #2 spot, beating out regulars like Saskatoon, Regina & Winnipeg is a little surprising.

Calgary, as usual, is way down on the list at #55.

[Jlude]

Winnipeg is only #10... hmmm...

I've had my DD broken into 7 times in less than two years here.

Hometown is #16 :rofl:

[Redlyne_mr2]

Wow Red Deer and Kelowna are quite high. Prince George still holds the crown lol.

[ZenOps]

I wonder what the rankings would be if they took out minor drug possession as a "danger".

A huge chunk of the US is for possession.

[Cooked Rice]

Im curious how they come up with this list? :dunno: I felt a shitload safer in my hometown of Red Deer than I do here.

[Mixalot27]

Red Deer And Edmonton are 11 and 13th? And Calgary is 55th? Never really felt much safer here than either of those cities. :dunno:

Winnipeg should be higher on the list too, a true shithole imo. Parts of Vancouver definitely pretty fucked up too. Fort Mac pretty fucked up too, but who really wants to go there anyway?

[creeper]

Originally posted by Cooked Rice
Im curious how they come up with this list?

Would be based purely on per-capita stats, and my wild guess is that Prince George has shitloads of drug/domestic/assault crimes, for a small population.

[Jlude]

This list is fucked IMO... I feel safer walking around any part of Calgary/Edmonton/Red Deer than 95% of Winnipeg.

[kertejud2]

What the hell is going on in BC?

[NuclearPizzaMan]

Originally posted by ZenOps
I wonder what the rankings would be if they took out minor drug possession as a "danger".

A huge chunk of the US is for possession.

:facepalm:



METHODOLOGY: Maclean’s obtained annual crime data from Statistics Canada for municipal police services serving the nation’s 100 largest populations, each encompassing a city or town of at least 10,000 people. Using 2009 rates per 100,000 people for six crimes—homicide, sexual assault, aggravated assault, vehicle theft, robbery plus breaking and entering—in each area, Maclean’s calculated the percentage difference from the national rate. The overall crime score ranking for the 100 communities was created in consultation with StatsCan, using its Crime Severity Index (CSI) score and calculating the percentage difference from the national CSI score.

[HiTempguy1]

That is kind of misleading; vehicle theft isn't really "dangerous", it just sucks. I can see a case for "breaking and entering" as there may be a person home, but even then the chance is slim. Any day of the week I'd rather walk through downtown Red Deer alone at night than Winnipeg!

[googe]

nanaimo bc is more dangerous than calgary? :rofl:

Whoever compiled this does not understand stats.

[Truevi3tromeo]

BC is pretty messed up... I lived in surrey... felt like crime central.. the news and radio broadcasts death everyday like its nothing.... and its always gang related with bystanders in the way.. and its fearful to park the car anywhere... every car would have like the club or something.. lol....

[97'Scort]

Can I feel justified in owning a shotgun now? :D

The reason Victoria scores so high is kind of an anomaly. "Victoria" is actually just the city center here, home to only 77,000 people. All the surrounding cities (Oak Bay, Saanich, View Royal, Esquimalt, etc) make up the "greater Victoria area." So, what happens is all the bars are downtown, so all the crime migrates to an area with a relatively small resident population. Hence, per capita, the major crime rate seems high. In actuality, it's not if you count the other municipalities as well.

[rx7_turbo2]

Originally posted by googe
nanaimo bc is more dangerous than calgary? :rofl:

Whoever compiled this does not understand stats.

Have you lived in Nanaimo? It has a serious dark side! I saw more violence on a more regular basis at the clubs in the two years I lived there, than I've seen in the 10+ years I've gone to clubs here. Nanaimo has serious Hells Angels influence, as well as some pretty hardcore Asian gang activity. I'm no expert won't claim to be, its just what I saw when I lived there.

[revelations]

^ I lived in Nanaimo for 13 years, 2 I served with the local RCMP as an Auxliary constable.

That city is truly something special in a bad way and yes, the HA have a LOT to do with it. There is a reason why it is (was?) the richest/biggest chapter in the west part of Canada and it has a lot to do with the shipping of drugs and the marijuana trade. Even city council and city staff members include(d) loose associations and sympathizers to the HA - this coming from a city whose major looks like Peter Griffin from Family Guy and still lives with his mom.


http://www.nanaimoelections.ca/candidates/Gary-Korpan.jpg



Nanaimo has turned around the last 5 years though, its far better than it was in the 80s and 90s.

Many people have made links between the Harmac pulp mill pumping out dioxins the last 40 years and changing environmental laws of the last decade improving air quality - to crime - but this is a loose link at best.

[masoncgy]

Yeah, Nanaimo has a dark side for sure. Take a spin downtown or in the south end, there's all sorts of wonderful people wandering around all over the place... lol...

That's why I moved to Ladysmith... I can enjoy all the creature comforts of a bigger centre (shopping options, etc), but I don't have to deal with all of the crime that comes with it.

[revelations]

Originally posted by masoncgy
http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/10/14/the-good-bad-and-ugly/

Wow... seeing Victoria up there in the #2 spot, beating out regulars like Saskatoon, Regina & Winnipeg is a little surprising.

Calgary, as usual, is way down on the list at #55.

That is such a vague criteria - "dangerious" ??? What does that mean? What stats are included and which arent? Is it per capita or tied to average income? From what years? etc...

[Bumjubeo]

haha nice. This list is pretty odd.....Oil Money possibly an influence as well?

A lot of bored riggers in PG, and Ft Mac. and GP. I know that doesnt explain Victoria, Regina or Saskatoon lol....

My hometown is #100 lol.

[mr2mike]

Originally posted by masoncgy
[BWow... seeing Victoria up there in the #2 spot. [/B]

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[Freeskier]

Livin in the hood yo :rofl:

[atgilchrist]

Apparently, I'm not doing much better.

[911fever]

Originally posted by Jlude
This list is fucked IMO... I feel safer walking around any part of Calgary/Edmonton/Red Deer than 95% of Winnipeg.

no kidding, Winnipeg is terrifying in a lot of areas. Winnipeg is only #10? wtf?

[civic_stylez]

I lived in Caledon, Ont for 3 years.. #100 on the list.. i dont think we had a locked door a single day in the 3 years... car included.