Photo: Noppen, Luc, 1949 · CC BY-SA 4.0Cap-Saint-Ignace sees less crime per resident than 71% of Canadian towns
Within Quebec, half the towns score under 56.1. On top of that, it grades B+ for safety on crime the police covering Cap-Saint-Ignace reported from 2023 to 2025: #151 of 503 in Quebec. Annual rates stand at 10.3 violent incidents and 13.1 incidents of property crime for every thousand residents, next to 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Against usual levels of 85.7 and 62.8, violent and non-violent offences here reach 77.8 and 37.
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. Shared with the rest of the Montmagny MRC: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Cap-Saint-Ignace
Police clear more here
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Cap-Saint-Ignace’s police clear 60%, 84% of violent crime and 44% of the rest. Questions ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Counting up from the lowest index, Cap-Saint-Ignace is 10th of the 40 Canadian towns closest in population. Towns its size ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Cap-Saint-Ignace’s index splits into violent crime, 77.8 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 37 against 62.8. By type ↓
Up since 2023
Cap-Saint-Ignace’s index went from 42.2 in 2023 to 48.8 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Written from Statistics Canada’s police-reported crime by police service and detachment, 2023–2025. Figures are what police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: B+ for Cap-Saint-Ignace
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: #151 of 503 in Quebec and #497 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 Cap-Saint-Ignace, by type
Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 9 | 0.4 | 74% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 4 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2.7 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 10.7 | 0.5 | 81% |
| Breaking and entering | 33 | 1.4 | 32% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.7 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 15.3 | 0.7 | 28% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 6 | 0.3 | 33% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 89.7 | 3.9 | 45% |
| Mischief | 47.7 | 2.1 | 27% |
| Weapons violations | 6.3 | 0.3 | 84% |
| Administration of justice violations | 69 | 3 | 98% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 10.7 | 0.5 | 93% |
| Drug violations | 28 | 1.2 | 58% |
| Impaired driving | 36.3 | 1.6 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 28.3 | 1.2 | 40% |
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.
Year by year in Cap-Saint-Ignace: up 16%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 54.1, with 2023 the lightest at 42.2. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Cap-Saint-Ignace | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48.8 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 54.1 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 42.2 | 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 Cap-Saint-Ignace, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Cap-Saint-Ignace is 10th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorne Manitoba | 3,022 | 26.8 | 36.9 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil Quebec | 2,999 | 37.1 | 58.5 | A |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Stanstead Quebec | 2,994 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| 6 | Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard Quebec | 3,018 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| 7 | North Shore Prince Edward Island | 2,994 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
| 8 | Paspébiac Quebec | 3,132 | 47.7 | 75.4 | B+ |
| 9 | Elkford British Columbia | 3,030 | 48.2 | 67.7 | B+ |
| 10 | Cap-Saint-Ignace Quebec | 3,074 | 48.4 | 77.8 | B+ |
| 11 | Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot British Columbia | 3,069 | 48.6 | 69.1 | B+ |
| 12 | Saint-David-de-Falardeau Quebec | 3,128 | 48.7 | 80 | B+ |
| 13 | Markstay-Warren Ontario | 2,990 | 49.3 | 58.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 15 | Saint-Liboire Quebec | 3,123 | 49.7 | 70.8 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | La Loche Saskatchewan | 3,124 | 1,107 | 1,524.7 | 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 Cap-Saint-Ignace in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 230 violent incidents a year in the 23,000-resident police area around Cap-Saint-Ignace, 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 300 property crimes, plus 190 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
Crime in the places around Cap-Saint-Ignace
One neighbour is on the same police service or detachment, so it shares the figure and isn’t compared here.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What clearance means. Police clear an incident by charging someone, recommending a charge, or closing it another way. The rate weighs serious crimes more, as the index does.
- An index, not a verdict. Statistics Canada builds the index from every crime police record, weighted by how seriously the courts treat it, and divides by the population. It adds a warning of its own: “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- Policed as an MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Cap-Saint-Ignace shares it with its neighbours.
- The index’s scale. A reading of 100 is the whole country in 2006. Half of that, 50, means half the severity per resident.
Questions about safety in Cap-Saint-Ignace
Is Cap-Saint-Ignace safe?
A Crime Severity Index of 48.4 (2023–2025), set beside a median of 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people: that is where Cap-Saint-Ignace stands, with 10.3 violent and 13.1 property incidents per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Cap-Saint-Ignace?
The three biggest groups are assault at 4.3, fraud at 4.2 and theft under $5,000 at 3.9, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Cap-Saint-Ignace?
It has: 42.2 in 2023 became 48.8 by 2025, a rise of 16%.
How much of Cap-Saint-Ignace’s crime do police solve?
About 60% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 84% of violent and 44% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Cap-Saint-Ignace 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).