Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Recorded crime per resident is lower in Shuniah than in 95% of Canadian towns
Violence accounts for an index of 60 and other offences for 18, against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8. On crime the police covering Shuniah reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades A+ for safety: #89 of 862 in Ontario. What’s more, typical years here bring 2.8 violent incidents plus 6.7 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 Shuniah
More people here than live here
About 32% of Shuniah’s homes are cottages, second homes or otherwise empty much of the year: crime in the busy months is divided by year-round residents only, which lifts every rate here. How to read it ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Shuniah’s index splits into violent crime, 60 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 18 against 62.8. By type ↓
Lighter than Ontario’s middle
Shuniah’s index of 29.8 compares with 56.2 for the typical town in Ontario. Towns its size ↓
A high clearance rate
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Shuniah’s police clear 53%, 98% of violent crime and 28% of the rest. Questions ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
Inside Shuniah’s A+ for safety
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: #89 of 862 in Ontario and #110 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 Shuniah, by type
Mischief and assault sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.3 | 0.10 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 0 | 0 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0 | 0 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0 | 0 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0.3 | 0.10 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 4 | 1.2 | — |
| Possession of stolen property | 0 | 0 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 2 | 0.6 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 0.3 | 0.10 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 4 | 1.2 | — |
| Mischief | 5 | 1.5 | 20% |
| Weapons violations | 0.3 | 0.10 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 2.3 | 0.7 | — |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 0.3 | 0.10 | — |
| Drug violations | 1 | 0.3 | — |
| Impaired driving | 1.7 | 0.5 | — |
| Failing to stop or remain | 0 | 0 | — |
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.
Shuniah comes 4th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier Quebec | 3,400 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| 2 | North Kawartha Ontario | 3,355 | 28.5 | 38.1 | A+ |
| 3 | Horton Ontario | 3,550 | 29.1 | 36.6 | A+ |
| 4 | Shuniah Ontario | 3,458 | 29.8 | 60 | A+ |
| 5 | Wellington New Brunswick | 3,458 | 34.5 | 31.3 | A |
| 6 | Merrickville Ontario | 3,411 | 35.2 | 36.4 | A |
| 7 | Saint-Isidore Quebec | 3,550 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 29 | Sables-Spanish Rivers Ontario | 3,412 | 81.9 | 109 | C |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Buckland No. 491 Saskatchewan | 3,550 | 332.1 | 425.8 | 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 Shuniah in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Police in Shuniah recorded about 10 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.
Property crime adds about 23 a year and other violations 9 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Shuniah’s index year by year
Crime Severity Index
Of the years charted, 2025 weighed most (52.2) and 2024 least (17.3). For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Shuniah | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 17.3 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 19.9 | 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 Shuniah, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Shuniah
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shuniah | 3,458 | 29.8 | 60 | A+ |
| Thunder Bay (21 km) | 117,671 | 113.6 | 209.7 | C− |
| Thunder Bay, Unorganized (30 km) | 6,831 | 62.7 | 107.8 | B− |
| Oliver Paipoonge (36 km) | 6,524 | 62.7 | 107.8 | B− |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a higher index than Shuniah.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. Distances here run 21–36 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Shuniah.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Small numbers. The police behind these figures serve about 3,458 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. 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.
- Cleared, not convicted. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- What the index measures. The index weighs crimes rather than counting them: a serious offence moves it far more than a minor one. Statistics Canada is plain about its limits: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Shuniah
Is Shuniah safe?
With 2.8 violent incidents and 6.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Shuniah comes to 29.8 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people have a median of 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Shuniah?
Top of the list is fraud (2.2 per 1,000 residents a year); assault, at 1.8, and mischief, at 1.5, follow.
Is crime going up in Shuniah?
It went up 163% between 2023 and 2025, from 19.9 to 52.2. With few people or missing years behind it, the change is a rough one.
How much of Shuniah’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 53% of crime (98% of violent crime, 28% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
They are Shuniah’s own: its police cover the town and no other.
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).