Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0More crimes per resident are recorded in Gore than in 64% of Canadian towns
Per 1,000 residents a year, 20.6 violent incidents and 20.0 incidents of property crime were recorded, against 12.9 and 31.2 in the typical town its size. Add to that, on Statistics Canada’s Crime Severity Index, the 2023–2025 average is 76.4, where the typical Canadian town its size sits at 68.5. It grades C+ for safety on crime the police covering Gore reported from 2023 to 2025: #389 of 503 in Quebec. In 2023 the index stood at 82.9; it fell to 74.1 in 2025.
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 Argenteuil MRC.
What stands out about safety in Gore
Visitors count, residents divide
Only year-round residents divide the crime in Gore, yet 30% of its homes are seasonal or empty: the rates run higher than the place feels to the people who live there. How to read it ↓
Police clear more here
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 49% for Gore (65% violent, 36% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Over the Quebec norm
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Gore, 76.4. Towns its size ↓
In the middle of towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Gore comes 24th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. 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.
Inside Gore’s C+ 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: #389 of 503 in Quebec and #1,587 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.
Crime in Gore, type by type
Against the typical town its size, Gore runs highest on assault (9.9 per 1,000 against 6.7). 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 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 23.7 | 0.6 | 72% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 16.7 | 0.4 | 96% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 5.7 | 0.2 | 40% |
| Robbery | 3.7 | 0.10 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 11 | 0.3 | 88% |
| Other violent violations | 42.3 | 1.1 | 69% |
| Breaking and entering | 108 | 2.9 | 20% |
| Possession of stolen property | 13.3 | 0.4 | 77% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 90.3 | 2.4 | 18% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 27.7 | 0.7 | 8% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 200 | 5.3 | 34% |
| Mischief | 102 | 2.7 | 21% |
| Weapons violations | 11 | 0.3 | 82% |
| Administration of justice violations | 124.3 | 3.3 | 91% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 20.3 | 0.5 | 74% |
| Drug violations | 53.3 | 1.4 | 80% |
| Impaired driving | 90.7 | 2.4 | 94% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 68 | 1.8 | 19% |
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.
Gore, year by year
Crime Severity Index
Nothing since 2023 has matched that year’s 82.9; the lightest was 2024, at 72.3. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Gore | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74.1 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 72.3 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 82.9 | 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 Gore, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Gore is 24th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rivière-Beaudette Quebec | 2,806 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 2 | Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse Quebec | 2,739 | 39.7 | 73 | A |
| 3 | Eastman Quebec | 2,706 | 39.9 | 58.3 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 6 | Yamachiche Quebec | 2,801 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 21 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L Newfoundland and Labrador | 2,724 | 73.3 | 54.3 | C+ |
| 22 | Saint-Prime Quebec | 2,808 | 73.3 | 114.4 | C+ |
| 23 | Macamic Quebec | 2,698 | 75.8 | 140 | C+ |
| 24 | Gore Quebec | 2,756 | 76.4 | 122.2 | C+ |
| 25 | Little Current Ontario | 2,764 | 81.9 | 109 | C |
| 26 | Victoria County, Subdivision A Nova Scotia | 2,746 | 82.8 | 120.7 | C |
| 27 | Sussex New Brunswick | 2,742 | 86 | 92.8 | C |
| … | |||||
| 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 Gore in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 780 violent incidents a year in the 38,500-resident police area around Gore, 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 750 a year and other violations 420 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Crime in the places around Gore
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gore | 2,756 | 76.4 | 122.2 | C+ |
| Mille-Isles | 1,886 | 76.4 | 122.2 | C+ |
| Lachute | 15,469 | 76.4 | 122.2 | C+ |
| Saint-Colomban | 19,080 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| Brownsburg-Chatham | 8,466 | 76.4 | 122.2 | C+ |
| Morin-Heights | 5,086 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs | 4,080 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Gore. Closest is Saint-Colomban, 13 km away, at 38 to 76.4 here. 3 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
- Policed as an MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Gore among them.
- The index’s scale. 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.
- What clearance means. A crime is cleared when police lay or recommend a charge, or solve it another way; the weighted rate counts serious crimes for more.
- 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.”
Questions about safety in Gore
Is Gore safe?
Statistics Canada puts Gore at 76.4 on its Crime Severity Index over 2023–2025; Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people sit at 68.5 in the middle. Violent incidents run at 20.6 and property crimes at 20 per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Gore?
Police record assault most, 9.9 per 1,000 residents a year, ahead of theft under $5,000 (5.3) and Criminal Code traffic offences (5.2).
Is crime going up in Gore?
It went down 11% between 2023 and 2025, from 82.9 to 74.1.
How much of Gore’s crime do police solve?
The weighted clearance rate is 49%: 65% for violent crime and 36% for non-violent. For the typical Canadian town its size it is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
A shared service or detachment’s, reported as one for Gore 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).