Photo: K Danko · CC BY-SA 3.0Crime per resident in Gananoque runs lower than in 74% of Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 61.3 and 42.5. A Safety Grade of B+ follows from crime the police covering Gananoque reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #249 of 862 in Ontario. On top of that, typical years here bring 11.5 violent incidents plus 16.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 12.9 plus 31.2 in the typical town its size.
Statistics Canada, police-reported crime, 2023–2025 means. The index weighs each crime by its seriousness; rates are incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What stands out about safety in Gananoque
Police clear more here
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Gananoque’s police clear 66%, 87% of violent crime and 54% of the rest. Questions ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Gananoque stands 12th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Near the Ontario middle
Within Ontario, the median town comes to 56.2 on the index, against 47.6 in Gananoque. Towns its size ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Gananoque’s grade
The grade weighs the Crime Severity Index and its violent half, averaged over 2023–2025, against every Canadian town and city neighbourhood of 1,000 people or more.
Its place: #249 of 862 in Ontario and #455 of 2,572 Canadian towns.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What police record in Gananoque, by type
Against the typical town its size, Gananoque runs highest on drug offences (1.5 per 1,000 against 0.7) and sexual assault (1.2 per 1,000 against 0.9). Theft under $5,000 and break and enter sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 2 | 0.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 5.7 | 1 | 30% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 2.3 | 0.4 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4.3 | 0.8 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 40.7 | 7.3 | 18% |
| Mischief | 15.7 | 2.8 | 13% |
| Weapons violations | 2 | 0.4 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 53.7 | 9.6 | 97% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 3.3 | 0.6 | — |
| Drug violations | 8.3 | 1.5 | 96% |
| Impaired driving | 10 | 1.8 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.06 | — |
Statistics Canada’s violation groups for the whole police service or detachment, incidents a year its own. Cleared: incidents solved by a charge or otherwise, as a share of those reported.
Incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 means, against the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Gananoque comes 12th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Havelock Ontario | 5,663 | 29.2 | 33.7 | A+ |
| 2 | Stirling Ontario | 5,489 | 30.8 | 33.2 | A+ |
| 3 | West Lorne Ontario | 5,566 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| 4 | Southwold Ontario | 5,473 | 31.5 | 41.2 | A |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Windsor Quebec | 5,368 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| 10 | Waterloo Quebec | 5,714 | 45.3 | 73.7 | A− |
| 11 | New Glasgow Prince Edward Island | 5,502 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
| 12 | Gananoque Ontario | 5,568 | 47.6 | 61.3 | B+ |
| 13 | Cookshire-Eaton Quebec | 5,491 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| 14 | Wingham Ontario | 5,411 | 52.3 | 65.1 | B+ |
| 15 | Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan Quebec | 5,675 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | The Pas Manitoba | 5,634 | 572.1 | 753.3 | D− |
The 40 Canadian towns of 2,500+ people closest in population; city neighbourhoods, city totals and reserves are left out. Towns on one police service or detachment share its index.
The Canadian towns closest to Gananoque in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 64 violent incidents a year on Gananoque’s police records (2023–2025)
Violent incidents per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Property crimes per 1,000 a year, 2023–2025
Statistics Canada counts actual incidents; those police record as unfounded are listed apart and kept out of its crime rates and severity index. Each incident is filed under its most serious violation, which the survey sets partly by the maximum penalty.
Add about 92 property crimes and 92 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
In Gananoque, steady between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
It rose to 49.1 in 2024 before easing, with the low of 46.8 in 2023. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Gananoque | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46.9 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 49.1 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 46.8 | 74.3 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Gananoque, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Gananoque
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gananoque | 5,568 | 47.6 | 61.3 | B+ |
| Leeds and the Thousand Islands (12 km) | 10,185 | 49.6 | 50.6 | B+ |
| Frontenac Islands (20 km) | 1,963 | 78.4 | 112.5 | C+ |
| Kingston (30 km) | 149,527 | 73.9 | 72.6 | C+ |
| Front of Yonge (33 km) | 2,773 | 49.6 | 50.6 | B+ |
| South Frontenac (34 km) | 21,599 | 27.1 | 32.9 | A+ |
Of 5 places nearby with their own figures, 1 come in under Gananoque. Closest is South Frontenac, 33.5 km away, at 27.1 to 47.6 here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Gananoque has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 12–34 km out.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- An index, not a verdict. One robbery outweighs a run of minor thefts here, since every crime counts by the sentences courts give it. Statistics Canada adds: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The index’s scale. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
- What clearance means. Weighted like the index, so solving one assault counts for more than solving a mischief; a charge laid, recommended or otherwise resolved all count.
Questions about safety in Gananoque
Is Gananoque safe?
Gananoque scores 47.6 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5; per 1,000 residents a year that is 11.5 violent incidents and 16.6 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in Gananoque?
The three biggest groups are other Criminal Code offences at 10.9, theft under $5,000 at 7.3 and assault at 6.3, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Gananoque?
It held about level between 2023 and 2025, 46.8 to 46.9.
How much of Gananoque’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 66% of crime (87% of violent crime, 54% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Its own police: the service or contract that covers Gananoque and nowhere else.
Source: Statistics Canada, police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025 (Statistics Canada Open Licence); TownRatings calculation.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Crime severity index and weighted clearance rates, police services (tables 35-10-0186 to 0190, 0061, 0063, 0064), 2023–2025 · Statistics Canada, Incident-based crime statistics by detailed violations, police services (35-10-0178 to 0185) · Safety Grade: TownRatings calculation. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).