Photo: Raymond Leung from Toronto, Canada · CC BY 2.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in The Archipelago than in 81% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 196.4 and other offences to 72, beside norms of 86.4 and 62.8. That puts it at C− for safety, judged on crime the police covering The Archipelago reported from 2023 to 2025. Violence and property crime split as 7.3 violent incidents and 28.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 12.0 and 31.2 in the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
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 Southern Georgian Bay (Georgian Bay) detachment area.
What stands out about safety in The Archipelago
Visitors count, residents divide
About 83% of The Archipelago’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 ↓
Higher than most of Ontario
The Archipelago’s index of 106.9 compares with 56.2 for the typical town in Ontario. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Set beside the typical Canadian town of 2,500+, The Archipelago’s two halves part ways: 196.4 for violence (typical 86.4) and 72 for the rest (typical 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.
Inside The Archipelago’s C− for safety
How sure: Less sure than most: the grade leans on the closest detachment, 47 km from The Archipelago, since none reports under the town’s name.
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.
About 16 violent incidents a year in the area of the detachment nearest The Archipelago (2,200 residents), 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 61 a year and other violations 49 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
The Archipelago’s crime by kind
Against the typical town its size, The Archipelago runs highest on fraud (6 per 1,000 against 5.1). Theft under $5,000 sits below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 0 | 0 | — |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 0 | 0 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0 | 0 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.3 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 0.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Other violent violations | 0 | 0 | — |
| Breaking and entering | 6 | 2.8 | 33% |
| Possession of stolen property | 1.7 | 0.8 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 2.7 | 1.2 | — |
| Theft over $5,000 | 3.7 | 1.7 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 24 | 11 | 10% |
| Mischief | 10.3 | 4.7 | 13% |
| Weapons violations | 4.7 | 2.1 | — |
| Administration of justice violations | 4.3 | 2 | — |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 1 | 0.5 | — |
| Drug violations | 1 | 0.5 | — |
| Impaired driving | 15.3 | 7 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 1 | 0.5 | — |
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.
Three years of The Archipelago’s crime index
Crime Severity Index
The middle year, 2024, was the heaviest at 144.1; 2025 was lightest, at 55.7. The typical Canadian town of 2,500+ went from 70.6 in 2023 to 62.9 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | The Archipelago | Typical town of 2,500+ |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55.7 | 62.9 |
| 2024 | 144.1 | 68.5 |
| 2023 | 120.9 | 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 The Archipelago, each year, against the typical Canadian town of 2,500+.
Crime in the places around The Archipelago
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Archipelago | 1,057 | 106.9 | 196.4 | C− |
| Parry Sound | 7,584 | 92.2 | 121.3 | C |
| McDougall | 3,002 | 106.9 | 196.4 | C− |
| Carling | 1,609 | — | — | — |
Its police also cover one neighbouring place, which carries the same index and is left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The clearance rate. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- Severity, weighed. 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.
- A small police area. About 2,202 people live in the area these figures cover; at that size one bad year shows up large. Statistics Canada says: “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.
Questions about safety in The Archipelago
Is The Archipelago safe?
The Archipelago scores 106.9 on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index (2023–2025 mean), where the typical figure for Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more is 67.2; per 1,000 residents a year that is 7.3 violent incidents and 28.2 property crimes.
What is the most common crime in The Archipelago?
Police record Criminal Code traffic offences most, 11.3 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of theft under $5,000 (11) and fraud (6).
Is crime going up in The Archipelago?
It went down 54% between 2023 and 2025, from 120.9 to 55.7. The police area is small or partly reported, so treat the change with care.
How much of The Archipelago’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 37%: 49% for violent crime and 31% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town of 2,500+ it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for The Archipelago and everywhere else it polices.
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).