B.C home to Canada's most dangerous city

According to Maclean’s Magazine, the most dangerous cities based on homicides, sexual assaults, aggravated assaults, robberies, vehicle thefts and break-and-enters are in western Canada. For the second year in a row, the two most dangerous spots in all of Canada were Prince George, B.C, and Victoria. Prince George being the number one, “most dangerous” city two years running. Western cities, according to results, dominate the rankings as worst for crime while populous cities in Ontario and Quebec consistently score well. Prince George was ranked number one due to its gang wars, drug problems, and for being the hometown of Cody Alan Legebokoff who has murdered several people. Victoria showed very high rates in sexual assault and robbery as compared to elsewhere in the country. Rankings were scored from Statistics Canada data. Saskatoon and Regina, two big Saskatchewan cities also ranked numbers three and four on the list of most dangerous cities in Canada. Other big city ranking included: Winnipeg-9^th, Vancouver-18^th, Edmonton-19^th, Montreal-22^nd, Windsor, Ontario-35^th, Calgary-50^th, Toronto-52^nd, and Ottawa-74^th.

I am extremely surprised that both Prince George and Victoria are so high on the “most dangerous” list as they are so close to home, Vancouver. I did not even know about the apparent drug ward of Prince George, which is also very surprising to me. On a positive note, all I can say is at least there is one large metropolitan city ranked worse than Vancouver! I think that some people may be quite offended when they hear that their hometown is high on the danger list as they most likely have nothing to do with all the crimes, which is unfortunate. I agree that it is not a great feeling to know that your home city is up there for “most dangerous” in Canada; it is unsettling to say the least. I’m interested to follow these ranking over the next few years to see if any cities improve as time goes on.


The Vancouver Sun, "B.C. home to Canada's most dangerous city, Maclean's says", December 15, 2011, By: Derek Abma

Sources:http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Woman+shot+dead+Vancouver+while+child+watched+from+back+seat/5864743/story.html?tab=PHOT