Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, McKellar records less crime than 93% of Canadian towns
Each of the 3 towns on its borders with figures records more crime per resident. Police clear 41% of crime, weighted by seriousness; the figure for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ is 34%. The Safety Grade comes out at A, drawn from crime the police covering McKellar reported through 2023 to 2025. For every 1,000 residents, 5.4 violent incidents and 13.4 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, the figures are 12.0 and 31.2.
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. Area behind the crime severity, crime rate and incident counts figures: the Huntsville detachment area.
What stands out about safety in McKellar
Crime per resident, visitors uncounted
With 54% of its homes not lived in all year, McKellar counts its crime against a smaller year-round population than the one that is there in season. How to read it ↓
Under the Ontario norm
The typical Ontario town scores 56.2; McKellar, 32.8. 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.
McKellar: A for safety, and why
How sure: A less certain grade than most, because the figures belong to the nearest detachment, 54 km from McKellar, not to the town.
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.
What police record in McKellar, by type
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 | 0.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0 | 0 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.3 | 0.08 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 5 | 1.1 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1.7 | 0.4 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 2.7 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 2 | 0.5 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 15 | 3.4 | 2% |
| Mischief | 12.3 | 2.8 | 24% |
| Weapons violations | 2.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 4.7 | 1.1 | — |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 2.3 | 0.5 | — |
| Drug violations | 1 | 0.2 | — |
| Impaired driving | 18 | 4.1 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1.3 | 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.
The detachment closest to McKellar, 4,440 residents, recorded about 24 violent incidents a year, 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.
And about 59 property crimes, plus 36 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
McKellar’s index, one year at a time
Crime Severity Index
Its index peaked in 2024 at 38, between two lighter years; the lowest, 2025, came in at 27.2. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | McKellar | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27.2 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 38 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 33 | 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 McKellar, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around McKellar
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKellar | 1,534 | 32.8 | 34.7 | A |
| McDougall | 3,002 | 106.9 | 196.4 | C− |
| Parry Sound | 7,584 | 92.2 | 121.3 | C |
| Seguin | 5,761 | 106.9 | 196.4 | C− |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than McKellar.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. Statistics Canada, which publishes the index, attaches a caution: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.” The number weighs each reported crime by its seriousness before dividing by residents.
- Few people behind the figures. The police behind these figures serve about 4,442 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.”
- 100 is Canada in 2006. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
- Cleared, not convicted. 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 McKellar
Is McKellar safe?
The short answer is an index of 32.8 for McKellar (2023–2025), built from 5.4 violent incidents and 13.4 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2.
What is the most common crime in McKellar?
Police record Criminal Code traffic offences most, 5.1 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of fraud (4.6) and theft under $5,000 (3.4).
Is crime going up in McKellar?
It went down 18% between 2023 and 2025, from 33 to 27.2. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of McKellar’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 73% of violent crime and 26% of everything else, 41% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers McKellar and other places, so the figures are shared.
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).