Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Ignace has more crime per resident than 88% of Canadian towns
Against usual levels of 86.4 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 230.6 and 89.7. Recorded violent incidents ran at 49.8 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 32.2, against 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+. Add to that, on the record of crime the police covering Ignace reported from 2023 to 2025, it takes D for safety.
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 Ignace
Assault: high for a town its size
Ignace records 29.1 incidents of assault per 1,000 residents a year, against 6.7 in the typical town among Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. By type ↓
Above Ontario’s typical town
Within Ontario, the median town comes to 56.2 on the index, against 129.2 in Ignace. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 65% for Ignace (74% violent, 56% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more. Questions ↓
Heavier on violence
Ignace scores 230.6 for violence and 89.7 for other crime; the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ scores 86.4 and 62.8. By type ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The D for Ignace, and how it is built
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.
The Crime Severity Index and its two halves, beside the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
Crime in Ignace, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Ignace runs highest on assault (29.1 per 1,000 against 6.7), mischief (9.4 per 1,000 against 4.2) and break and enter (4.3 per 1,000 against 2.5). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 1 | 0.8 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 1.7 | 1.3 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.3 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Other violent violations | 3 | 2.4 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 5.3 | 4.3 | 25% |
| Possession of stolen property | 0.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 2.7 | 2.1 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 0.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 12 | 9.7 | 36% |
| Mischief | 11.7 | 9.4 | 49% |
| Weapons violations | 2.3 | 1.9 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 24.3 | 19.7 | 95% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 1.3 | 1.1 | — |
| Drug violations | 1 | 0.8 | — |
| Impaired driving | 3.3 | 2.7 | — |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0.3 | 0.3 | — |
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 people or more.
Ignace’s police: about 62 violent incidents a year over 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 40 property crimes and 40 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Three years of Ignace’s crime index
Crime Severity Index
2024 was the peak (145.9) and 2025 the trough (101.3). For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, 2023 gave 70.6 and 2025 gave 62.9.
Every year as a table
| Year | Ignace | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 101.3 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 145.9 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 140.3 | 70.6 |
Statistics Canada, Crime Severity Index by police service, each year as published. Typical: the median of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
The Crime Severity Index of the police covering Ignace, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around Ignace
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ignace | 1,210 | 129.2 | 230.6 | D |
| Atikokan (73 km) | 2,796 | 68.9 | 109.7 | B− |
| Sioux Lookout (78 km) | 6,122 | 267.2 | 543.5 | D |
| Lac Seul 28 (92 km) | 1,076 | 547.7 | 1,097.5 | D− |
| Dryden (93 km) | 7,808 | 137.6 | 238.3 | D |
| Machin (116 km) | 1,060 | 61.4 | 91 | B− |
2 of the 5 neighbours with their own figures score lower than Ignace. Just 72.9 km away, Atikokan comes to 68.9, against 129.2.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. The nearest places to Ignace with figures are 73–116 km away.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Severity, weighed. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- A small police area. The police behind these figures serve about 1,210 people, so a handful of incidents moves every rate. Statistics Canada’s note: “Data for police services or detachments with populations less than 5,000 should be used with caution.”
- What 100 means. The index is scaled so that Canada as a whole scored 100 in its base year, 2006: a town at 50 has half that severity per resident.
- The clearance rate. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
Questions about safety in Ignace
Is Ignace safe?
Police-reported crime in Ignace scores 129.2 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), with 49.8 violent incidents and 32.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year. Set that beside 67.2, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more.
What is the most common crime in Ignace?
The three biggest groups are assault at 29.1, other Criminal Code offences at 26.7 and theft under $5,000 at 9.7, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Ignace?
Over 2023–2025 the index dropped 28%, to 101.3 from 140.3. With few people or missing years behind it, the change is a rough one.
How much of Ignace’s crime do police solve?
Counting serious crimes for more, 65% end in a charge or are otherwise solved (34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+); split up, that is 74% of violent and 56% of non-violent crime.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or contract that serves Ignace alone, so the figures are the town’s.
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).