Photo: Picturelover · CC BY-SA 4.0Saint-Calixte sees less crime per resident than 63% of Canadian towns
Of the 3 towns on its borders with figures, 2 record less crime per resident. Saint-Calixte’s Crime Severity Index averaged 54 over 2023–2025, against 68.5 for the typical Canadian town its size. Scored on crime the police covering Saint-Calixte reported across 2023 to 2025, the town lands on B for safety: #218 of 503 in Quebec. Year on year, 11.3 violent incidents and 12.4 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 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 Montcalm MRC: crime severity, crime rate and incident counts.
What stands out about safety in Saint-Calixte
In the middle of towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Saint-Calixte stands 20th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Above-typical clearance
For Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the typical clearance rate is 34%; Saint-Calixte’s police clear 44%, 60% of violent crime and 29% of the rest. Questions ↓
About the Quebec norm
Within Quebec, the median town comes to 56.1 on the index, against 54 in Saint-Calixte. Towns its size ↓
The violent half stands out
Saint-Calixte’s index splits into violent crime, 93.4 here and 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size, and everything else, 38.7 against 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.
What’s behind Saint-Calixte’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: #218 of 503 in Quebec and #691 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 Saint-Calixte, by type
Against the typical town its size, Saint-Calixte runs highest on sexual assault (1.1 per 1,000 against 0.9). Mischief and theft under $5,000 sit below it.
Every Statistics Canada violation line
| Violation | Incidents a year | Per 1,000 | Cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homicide | 1.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 67.3 | 0.9 | 53% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 19.3 | 0.3 | 88% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 4 | 0.06 | — |
| Robbery | 11 | 0.1 | 36% |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 10.3 | 0.1 | 97% |
| Other violent violations | 17.7 | 0.2 | 90% |
| Breaking and entering | 125 | 1.7 | 21% |
| Possession of stolen property | 30.3 | 0.4 | 40% |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 197.7 | 2.7 | 6% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 53 | 0.7 | 7% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 178.7 | 2.4 | 18% |
| Mischief | 116 | 1.6 | 20% |
| Weapons violations | 18.7 | 0.3 | 73% |
| Administration of justice violations | 200 | 2.7 | 96% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 15 | 0.2 | 73% |
| Drug violations | 39 | 0.5 | 83% |
| Impaired driving | 112.3 | 1.5 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 114.3 | 1.6 | 13% |
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.
In Saint-Calixte, steady between 2023 and 2025
Crime Severity Index
Its most recent year, 2025, was also its heaviest (56.1); the lightest was 2024 (52.3). The typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Saint-Calixte | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56.1 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 52.3 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 53.5 | 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-Calixte, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
74,700 residents, about 830 violent incidents a year: the police area Saint-Calixte belongs to, 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 910 a year and other violations 550 (2023–2025 average). Of 1,000 dots, one per resident, the coloured ones are a year’s incidents at these rates.
Saint-Calixte is 20th of 40 towns its size, lowest index first
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trent Lakes Ontario | 7,357 | 20.6 | 24.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 3 | Saint-Joseph-du-Lac Quebec | 7,391 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 9 | Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon Quebec | 7,551 | 37.7 | 68.7 | A |
| 10 | Coteau-du-Lac Quebec | 7,839 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Louiseville Quebec | 7,570 | 44.3 | 60.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 17 | Cornwall Prince Edward Island | 7,920 | 46.9 | 58 | B+ |
| 18 | La Broquerie Manitoba | 7,808 | 48.1 | 54.1 | B+ |
| 19 | Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley British Columbia | 7,830 | 49.5 | 61.5 | B+ |
| 20 | Saint-Calixte Quebec | 7,627 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| 21 | Acton Vale Quebec | 7,945 | 54.1 | 86 | B |
| 22 | Wainfleet Ontario | 7,329 | 56.1 | 72.6 | B |
| 23 | Saint-Félix-de-Valois Quebec | 7,670 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Bonnyville Alberta | 7,366 | 285.4 | 211.4 | 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-Calixte in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
Crime in the places around Saint-Calixte
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Calixte | 7,627 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| Sainte-Julienne | 12,990 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| Saint-Hippolyte | 12,550 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
| Saint-Lin--Laurentides | 26,673 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| Chertsey | 5,678 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| Saint-Esprit | 2,313 | 54 | 93.4 | B |
| Sainte-Sophie | 19,467 | 38 | 60.1 | A |
Of 3 places nearby with their own figures, 2 come in under Saint-Calixte. Saint-Hippolyte, 13 km away, is the nearest lower one, at 38 to 54. 3 places nearby are policed together with it and reported as one, so there is nothing to compare.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Solved cases. The clearance rate is the share of incidents police solve, by a charge or otherwise, weighted by seriousness like the index. It isn’t a conviction rate.
- How serious, not how safe. The Crime Severity Index adds up police-reported crime, each kind weighted by the sentences courts give it, so one robbery counts for more than many thefts. In Statistics Canada’s words, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
- The whole MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Saint-Calixte shares it with its neighbours.
- Reading the number. Its scale starts from Canada in 2006, set at 100, so a figure above 100 means more serious crime per resident than the country had then.
Questions about safety in Saint-Calixte
Is Saint-Calixte safe?
Against a typical 68.5 for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Saint-Calixte’s Crime Severity Index stands at 54 for 2023–2025. Its police record 11.3 violent incidents and 12.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year.
What is the most common crime in Saint-Calixte?
Top of the list is assault (5.7 per 1,000 residents a year); Criminal Code traffic offences, at 3.5, and other Criminal Code offences, at 3.5, follow.
Is crime going up in Saint-Calixte?
The index stayed close to where it was, 53.5 in 2023 and 56.1 in 2025.
How much of Saint-Calixte’s crime do police solve?
Police solve 60% of violent crime and 29% of everything else, 44% overall once each crime is weighted by seriousness, against 34% for the typical Canadian town its size.
Whose figures are these?
A police service or detachment that covers Saint-Calixte 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).