Photo: Compagnie aérienne franco-canadienne · Public domainTémiscouata-sur-le-Lac has less crime per resident than 63% of Canadian towns
Of the two halves, violence comes to 81.1 and other offences to 43.4, beside norms of 85.7 and 62.8. Counting crime the police covering Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades B for safety: #218 of 503 in Quebec. Behind the grade sit 13.5 violent incidents and 12.1 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. Source area for crime severity, crime rate and incident counts: the Témiscouata MRC.
What stands out about safety in Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac
More crime solved
Weighted by seriousness, 56% of crime in Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac ends in a charge or is otherwise solved: 69% of violent crime and 47% of the rest. Across Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people the figure is 34%. Questions ↓
Lighter than in 2023
Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac’s index went from 56.4 in 2023 to 45.4 in 2025; the typical Canadian town its size moved from 74.3 to 64.2. Year by year ↓
Lower than many towns its size
Line up the 40 Canadian towns nearest in size by their index and Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac stands 13th, the lowest first. Towns its size ↓
Violence weighs more than the rest
Violent crime scores 81.1 on Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac’s index against 85.7 for the typical Canadian town its size; non-violent crime, 43.4 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 sits behind Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac’s B
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.
Which crimes make up Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac’s figures
Against the typical town its size, Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac runs highest on drug offences (1.3 per 1,000 against 0.7) and sexual assault (1.3 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 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Sexual violations against children | 12.3 | 0.6 | 46% |
| Assaults against a peace officer | 3.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Firearms: use, discharge, pointing | 0.7 | 0.03 | — |
| Robbery | 0.3 | 0.02 | — |
| Forcible confinement or kidnapping | 2 | 0.1 | — |
| Other violent violations | 8.3 | 0.4 | 69% |
| Breaking and entering | 44 | 2.2 | 34% |
| Possession of stolen property | 4.3 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft of a motor vehicle | 16.7 | 0.8 | 50% |
| Theft over $5,000 | 4 | 0.2 | — |
| Theft under $5,000 | 41.7 | 2.1 | 41% |
| Mischief | 47.7 | 2.4 | 36% |
| Weapons violations | 10.7 | 0.5 | 93% |
| Administration of justice violations | 61 | 3.1 | 95% |
| Other Criminal Code violations | 6.3 | 0.3 | 48% |
| Drug violations | 26.3 | 1.3 | 87% |
| Impaired driving | 35.3 | 1.8 | 93% |
| Failing to stop or remain | 21 | 1.1 | 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.
Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac’s index fell 19% from 2023 to 2025
Crime Severity Index
At 59.6, 2024 topped the three years, and 2025 was lowest at 45.4. For the typical Canadian town its size, 2023 gave 74.3 and 2025 gave 64.2.
Every year as a table
| Year | Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac | Typical town its size |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45.4 | 64.2 |
| 2024 | 59.6 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 56.4 | 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 Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac, each year, against the typical Canadian town its size.
Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac comes 13th of the 40 towns nearest in size
| # | Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwood Ontario | 5,308 | 25.2 | 31.4 | A+ |
| … | |||||
| 5 | Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce Quebec | 5,339 | 44 | 75.8 | A− |
| 6 | Windsor Quebec | 5,368 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| 7 | Saint-Denis-de-Brompton Quebec | 5,249 | 45 | 82.8 | A− |
| … | |||||
| 10 | Cobble Hill British Columbia | 5,074 | 49.9 | 52.5 | B+ |
| 11 | Electoral Area F, Cariboo British Columbia | 5,016 | 51.7 | 55.1 | B+ |
| 12 | Morin-Heights Quebec | 5,086 | 53.5 | 71.6 | B |
| 13 | Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac Quebec | 5,194 | 53.8 | 81.1 | B |
| 14 | Carstairs Alberta | 5,248 | 54.8 | 78.3 | B |
| 15 | Saint-Donat Quebec | 5,087 | 57.5 | 87.6 | B |
| 16 | Grand Bay-Westfield New Brunswick | 5,202 | 58.8 | 54.7 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 22 | Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover Quebec | 5,242 | 72.2 | 124.7 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Nipawin Saskatchewan | 5,033 | 182.3 | 163.9 | 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 Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac in population, the lowest Crime Severity Index first (2023–2025 means).
20,000 residents, about 270 violent incidents a year: the police area Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac 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.
Add about 240 property crimes and 190 other violations a year (2023–2025 average). The grid is 1,000 residents, a coloured dot for each incident a year at these rates.
Crime in the places around Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac
| Town | People | Severity index | Violent index | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac | 5,194 | 53.8 | 81.1 | B |
| Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! (9 km) | 1,352 | 53.8 | 81.1 | B |
| Dégelis (23 km) | 2,943 | 53.8 | 81.1 | B |
| Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup (25 km) | 1,471 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| Saint-Cyprien (26 km) | 1,090 | 48.3 | 72.4 | B+ |
| Saint-Michel-du-Squatec (27 km) | 1,053 | 53.8 | 81.1 | B |
Every neighbour with a figure of its own has a lower index than Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac. Closest is Saint-Hubert-de-Rivière-du-Loup, 25 km away, at 48.3 to 53.8 here. Neighbours policed by the same service carry the same figure, so the 3 of them aren’t set against it.
Each place’s police figures, 2023–2025 means. No closer places have figures: these lie 9–27 km from Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Policed as an MRC. Where the Sûreté du Québec polices, Statistics Canada publishes one figure per MRC; Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac shares it with its neighbours.
- The index’s scale. Canada’s own index has been below its 2006 base of 100 for years, so 100 marks a fixed reference, not today’s national average.
- 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. Police-reported incidents, each multiplied by a weight drawn from court sentences, summed and divided by the population: that is the index, and its makers attach a caution, “The CSI is not an indicator of overall safety and should be interpreted in the broader community context.”
Questions about safety in Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac
Is Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac safe?
With 13.5 violent incidents and 12.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac comes to 53.8 on the Crime Severity Index (2023–2025); Canadian towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people have a median of 68.5.
What is the most common crime in Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac?
Top of the list is assault (6.2 per 1,000 residents a year); other Criminal Code offences, at 4.2, and Criminal Code traffic offences, at 3.8, follow.
Is crime going up in Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac?
It went down 19% between 2023 and 2025, from 56.4 to 45.4.
How much of Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac’s crime do police solve?
About 56% of crime is cleared, weighted by seriousness, with 69% of violent and 47% 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 Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac 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).