Photo: Harfang · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Bonaventure records less crime than 73% of Canadian towns
Its violent half comes to 75.4 and its non-violent half to 37, where the norm is 85.7 and 62.8. In 2023 the index stood at 45; it rose to 49.7 in 2025. Graded on crime the police covering Bonaventure reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores B+ for safety: #135 of 503 in Quebec. Recorded violent incidents ran at 12.4 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 11.6, against 12.9 and 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. Crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: one figure for all of the Avignon/Bonaventure MRC.
What stands out about safety in Bonaventure
A high clearance rate
Police cleared 52% of Bonaventure’s crime, weighted by seriousness (66% of violent crime, 41% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Bonaventure stands 8th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Set beside the typical Canadian town its size, Bonaventure’s two halves part ways: 75.4 for violence (typical 85.7) and 37 for the rest (typical 62.8). By type ↓
Close to Quebec’s typical town
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 47.7 in Bonaventure. 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.
Bonaventure: B+ for safety, and why
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: #135 of 503 in Quebec and #471 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.
Bonaventure’s crime by kind
Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 21 | 0.7 | 65% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5.7 | 0.2 | 58% |
| Robbery | 1.7 | 0.05 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 3 | 0.10 | — |
| Other violent violations | 10.7 | 0.3 | 59% |
| Breaking and entering | 56.3 | 1.8 | 33% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4.3 | 0.1 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 35 | 1.1 | 24% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 6 | 0.2 | 38% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 87.7 | 2.8 | 43% |
| Mischief | 70.7 | 2.3 | 33% |
| Weapons violations | 7.7 | 0.2 | 74% |
| Administration of justice violations | 82 | 2.7 | 88% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 17 | 0.6 | 66% |
| Drug violations | 34.3 | 1.1 | 59% |
| Impaired driving | 36 | 1.2 | 83% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 30 | 1 | 21% |
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.
By its index, Bonaventure stands 8th of 40 towns its size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 2,668 | 35.8 | 32 | A |
| 2 | Saint-Bernard Quebec | 2,680 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 3 | Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse Quebec | 2,739 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| 4 | Eastman Quebec | 2,706 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| 5 | Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay British Columbia | 2,758 | 42.4 | 50.5 | A− |
| 6 | Emerson-Franklin Manitoba | 2,686 | 47.5 | 54.8 | B+ |
| 7 | Maria Quebec | 2,770 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| 8 | Bonaventure Quebec | 2,719 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| 9 | Saint-Martin Quebec | 2,687 | 47.7 | 81.3 | B+ |
| 10 | Front of Yonge Ontario | 2,773 | 49.6 | 50.6 | B+ |
| 11 | La Présentation Quebec | 2,696 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 13 | Plessisville Quebec | 2,718 | 55.6 | 81.9 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Kuujjuaq Quebec | 2,766 | 805.8 | 2,056.5 | 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 Bonaventure in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Bonaventure, year by year
Crime Severity Index
The latest year was its heaviest: 2025, at 49.7, with 2023 the lightest at 45. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Bonaventure | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49.7 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 48.4 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 45 | 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 Bonaventure, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Around 380 violent incidents a year in the 30,900-resident police area around Bonaventure, 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 360 property crimes and 230 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Bonaventure
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonaventure | 2,719 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| Saint-Siméon | 1,254 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| New Carlisle | 1,331 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| Paspébiac | 3,132 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| Caplan | 1,961 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
4 neighbours are on the same police service or detachment: they share the figure and aren’t compared here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- How serious, not how safe. 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.
- The whole MRC. The Sûreté du Québec’s figures are for its MRC as a whole, not for Bonaventure alone.
- Reading the number. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- Solved cases. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
Questions about safety in Bonaventure
Is Bonaventure safe?
The short answer is an index of 47.7 for Bonaventure (2023–2025), built from 12.4 violent incidents and 11.6 property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents. Set that beside 68.5, the median for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
What is the most common crime in Bonaventure?
Police record assault most, 5.7 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of other Criminal Code offences (3.8) and theft under $5,000 (2.8).
Is crime going up in Bonaventure?
Over 2023–2025 the index climbed 11%, to 49.7 from 45.
How much of Bonaventure’s crime do police solve?
Police cleared 52% of crime once each incident is weighted by seriousness: 66% of violent crime and 41% of the rest, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Bonaventure 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).