Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, Saint-Boniface records less crime than 79% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 60.8 and other offences to 38, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. Its Safety Grade is A−, on crime the police covering Saint-Boniface reported from 2023 to 2025: #107 of 503 in Quebec. Behind the grade sit 9.3 violent incidents and 12.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 people a year, where the comparison is 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. Measured across the Maskinongé MRC: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Boniface
Police clear more here
Police cleared 51% of Saint-Boniface’s crime, weighted by seriousness (79% of violent crime, 33% of the rest), against 34% across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Saint-Boniface comes 10th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
Below Quebec’s typical town
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Saint-Boniface, 44.3. Towns its size ↓
More severe than in 2023
In 2023 the index in Saint-Boniface stood at 37.1, by 2025 at 45.2. Over the same years the typical Canadian town its size went 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.
What’s behind Saint-Boniface’s grade
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: #107 of 503 in Quebec and #379 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.
Saint-Boniface’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 | 0.5 | 70% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 10.7 | 0.3 | 91% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.02 | — |
| Robbery | 1.3 | 0.04 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 5.7 | 0.1 | 100% |
| Other violent violations | 17.7 | 0.5 | 68% |
| Breaking and entering | 77.3 | 2 | 19% |
| Possession of stolen property | 13 | 0.3 | 75% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 72.3 | 1.9 | 14% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 18.7 | 0.5 | 16% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 88.3 | 2.3 | 28% |
| Mischief | 69 | 1.8 | 33% |
| Weapons violations | 7.7 | 0.2 | 78% |
| Administration of justice violations | 78.7 | 2 | 94% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 13.3 | 0.3 | 77% |
| Drug violations | 28.3 | 0.7 | 75% |
| Impaired driving | 66 | 1.7 | 91% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 46.7 | 1.2 | 25% |
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 Saint-Boniface: up 22%, 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
2024 stands out as the heaviest year at 50.5, with 2023 the lightest at 37.1. Over 2023–2025, the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Boniface | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45.2 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 50.5 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 37.1 | 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 Saint-Boniface, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Saint-Boniface is 10th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwood Ontario | 5,308 | 25.2 | 31.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 7 | Hudson Quebec | 5,533 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| 8 | Metchosin British Columbia | 5,207 | 40.7 | 41.3 | A− |
| 9 | Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce Quebec | 5,339 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| 10 | Saint-Boniface Quebec | 5,405 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| 11 | Windsor Quebec | 5,368 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| 12 | Saint-Denis-de-Brompton Quebec | 5,249 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| 13 | New Glasgow Prince Edward Island | 5,502 | 46.6 | 50.7 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 15 | Cookshire-Eaton Quebec | 5,491 | 50.5 | 89.1 | B+ |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac Quebec | 5,194 | 53.8 | 81.1 | B |
| … | |||||
| 19 | Saint-Jean-de-Matha Quebec | 5,415 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| … | |||||
| 29 | Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover Quebec | 5,242 | 72.2 | 124.7 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Smithers British Columbia | 5,627 | 202.3 | 180.8 | 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 Saint-Boniface in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Around 360 violent incidents a year in the 38,800-resident police area around Saint-Boniface, 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 480 property crimes, plus 260 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 Saint-Boniface
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Boniface | 5,405 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| Charette | 1,178 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| Saint-Étienne-des-Grès | 4,675 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| Saint-Élie-de-Caxton | 2,062 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel | 6,613 | 39.2 | 52 | A |
| Shawinigan | 51,739 | 76 | 113.4 | C+ |
| Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc | 1,598 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
Nearby, 1 of 2 places with their own figures have a lower index than Saint-Boniface. The nearest of them, Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel (11.4 km away), scores 39.2 against 44.3. Its police also cover 4 neighbouring places, which carry the same index and are left out above.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What the index measures. 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.”
- Shared across the MRC. The Sûreté du Québec reports by MRC, so the figures cover every municipality it polices there, Saint-Boniface among them.
- 100 is Canada in 2006. Figures are relative to one fixed point, Canada in 2006 at 100, rather than to this year’s national number.
- Cleared, not convicted. Cleared means solved by police, charged or not; it says nothing about what courts decide.
Questions about safety in Saint-Boniface
Is Saint-Boniface safe?
Averaged over 2023–2025, the Crime Severity Index for Saint-Boniface comes to 44.3. Per 1,000 residents a year, police logged 9.3 violent incidents and 12.6 property crimes. The middle of Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Boniface?
Most often it is assault: 3.9 per 1,000 residents a year. Next come fraud at 3.5 and Criminal Code traffic offences at 3.4.
Is crime going up in Saint-Boniface?
It went up 22% between 2023 and 2025, from 37.1 to 45.2.
How much of Saint-Boniface’s crime do police solve?
Weighted by seriousness, police cleared 51% of crime (79% of violent crime, 33% of the rest). The typical Canadian town its size clears 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Saint-Boniface together with its neighbours or the countryside around it.
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).