Photo: Roncanada · CC BY 4.0Shannon has less crime per resident than 97% of Canadian towns
Each of the 3 towns on its borders with figures records more crime per resident. Add to that, the Safety Grade comes out at A+, drawn from crime the police covering Shannon reported through 2023 to 2025: #1 of 503 in Quebec. Of the two halves, violence comes to 46.7 and other offences to 21.1, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. The yearly rates were 6.8 violent incidents and 8.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set 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 Jacques-Cartier MRC.
What stands out about safety in Shannon
Lighter than Quebec’s middle
The typical Quebec town scores 56.1; Shannon, 28.2. Towns its size ↓
A lower index than most towns its size
Set among the 40 Canadian towns closest to it in population, Shannon comes 4th, counting from the lowest Crime Severity Index. Towns its size ↓
More crime solved
The weighted clearance rate, the share of crime police solve, is 48% for Shannon (69% violent, 30% non-violent), beside 34% for Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Questions ↓
Violent crime leads the index
Shannon scores 46.7 for violence and 21.1 for other crime; the typical Canadian town its size scores 85.7 and 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.
The A+ for Shannon, and how it is built
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: #1 of 503 in Quebec and #72 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 Shannon, type by type
Break and enter 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 | 28.3 | 0.6 | 64% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 5.3 | 0.1 | 81% |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 3 | 0.06 | — |
| Robbery | 0.7 | 0.01 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 4.7 | 0.09 | — |
| Other violent violations | 8.7 | 0.2 | 61% |
| Breaking and entering | 37 | 0.7 | 29% |
| Possession of stolen property | 3.7 | 0.07 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 49.7 | 1 | 11% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 12 | 0.2 | 17% |
| Theft under $5,000 | 98 | 1.9 | 19% |
| Mischief | 68.3 | 1.3 | 24% |
| Weapons violations | 8 | 0.2 | 100% |
| Administration of justice violations | 41.3 | 0.8 | 91% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 6.3 | 0.1 | 52% |
| Drug violations | 11.7 | 0.2 | 83% |
| Impaired driving | 49 | 1 | 100% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 19.3 | 0.4 | 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.
Among 40 towns its size, Shannon places 4th
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trent Lakes Ontario | 7,357 | 20.6 | 24.8 | A+ |
| 2 | Parkhill Ontario | 6,864 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| 3 | Lucan Ontario | 6,827 | 25.7 | 29 | A+ |
| 4 | Shannon Quebec | 7,088 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| 5 | L'Ange-Gardien Quebec | 7,068 | 29.4 | 51.6 | A+ |
| 6 | Colborne Ontario | 7,216 | 30.1 | 41.7 | A+ |
| 7 | Saint-Joseph-du-Lac Quebec | 7,391 | 30.8 | 56.8 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Les Cèdres Quebec | 7,145 | 39.2 | 61.7 | A |
| … | |||||
| 12 | Saint-Honoré Quebec | 6,984 | 48.7 | 80 | B+ |
| 13 | Plessisville Quebec | 6,774 | 55.6 | 81.9 | B |
| … | |||||
| 20 | Saint-Paul Quebec | 7,208 | 68.5 | 107.8 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Algoma, Unorganized, North Part Ontario | 7,008 | 302.3 | 509 | 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 Shannon in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
51,700 residents, about 350 violent incidents a year: the police area Shannon 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.
And about 450 property crimes, plus 150 other violations, a year (2023–2025 average). Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot, one incident a year at the area’s rates.
From 2023 to 2025, Shannon’s index dropped 8%
Crime Severity Index
At 29.2, 2024 topped the three years, and 2025 was lowest at 26.6. Set beside it, the typical Canadian town its size went from 74.3 in 2023 to 64.2 in 2025.
Every year as a table
| Year | Shannon | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26.6 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 29.2 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 28.9 | 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 Shannon, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Crime in the places around Shannon
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon | 7,088 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| Fossambault-sur-le-Lac | 2,505 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| Val-Bélair | 30,003 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
| Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier | 9,830 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| Lac-Saint-Charles | 9,985 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
| Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier | 3,400 | 28.2 | 46.7 | A+ |
| Loretteville | 15,653 | 63 | 89.4 | B− |
The places around Shannon all score higher on the index. 3 neighbours report through the same police, so their figure is this one and they aren’t compared.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The index’s scale. Statistics Canada set the national index at 100 for 2006; every figure here is read against that.
- What clearance means. A cleared case is one police consider solved. Whether anyone is convicted is a separate matter the rate doesn’t follow.
- An index, not a verdict. Each incident counts by its seriousness, judged from court sentences, and the total is set per resident. As Statistics Canada puts it, “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; Shannon shares it with its neighbours.
Questions about safety in Shannon
Is Shannon safe?
Its police recorded 6.8 violent incidents and 8.8 property crimes a year per 1,000 residents over 2023–2025, which gives Shannon a Crime Severity Index of 28.2. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, the median is 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Shannon?
The three biggest groups are fraud at 3.3, assault at 3 and theft under $5,000 at 1.9, each per 1,000 residents a year.
Is crime going up in Shannon?
No: the index fell 8%, from 28.9 in 2023 to 26.6 in 2025.
How much of Shannon’s crime do police solve?
About 48% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 69% of violent and 30% of other crime; the figure for the typical Canadian town its size is 34%.
Whose figures are these?
Those of the police serving Shannon 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).