The Rankings: Canada's most dangerous cities

And at least in Winnipeg this area (20% of the city) makes up for 75% of the crime.


(Edit: Took off link to map of Winnipeg crime stats. If you want to see all the black dots in the North West of downtown go here http://www.winnipeg.ca/CrimeStat/ and pull up any map then revise for "all city.")

In my trip across the country this year, I stayed at the HoJo best western in Winnipeg. I paid $130 , which was among the most expensive we paid, yet it was the only place where I was truly nervous about my truck getting broken into.

Why is this thread about Winnipeg? The top two cities, and half of the ten are in B.C..

Let's see... why did I move to Québec City?



In reality, I had no idea, although I could have guessed that it was safer than Montreal and the suburbs.

Given this fact, we don't need more prisons, we just need more victims.

Once again the Liberal left has the population reaping the rewards of their years of politically correct and humane crime fighting stratagies.

Never happen.

Drugs are the problem, not society.

Once, for whatever reason, you become an addict, you're already part of a great classless portion of society, that caters to former lawyers, doctors, plumbers, oil workers and everyone else who thought it'd never happen to them.

Drugs are the problem, not society.

Once, for whatever reason, you become an addict, you're already part of a great classless portion of society, that caters to former lawyers, doctors, plumbers, oil workers and everyone else who thought it'd never happen to them.

True story....

I'm surprised Victoria is. I've never been there and I'm assuming heroin/crack is why?

Left coast people? What is going on in Victoria?

Same thing that's happening in every other western city. Drugs, Gangs and a lack of intestinal fortitude by our judical systems to prosecute and punish these perpatrators to the fullest extent of the law.

So in essence, we're living in the wild west, with the only distiction being that if you mete out vigalante justice you go to jail and the criminal gets a pass.

Their comment about the west having worse crime rates and I have to agree with the Calgary alderman. You go to resource towns, here in Grande Prairie and Ft. Mac come to mind, you have a lot of young people making big money. They work hard and play harder in these towns. Drugs, prostitution, gambling, all the vices are on overdrive in these types of communities. Not to mention that in many of these areas, they are by far the biggest centers and draw in the reprobates from a large geographic area. Prince George is the perfect example in BC. All northern highways lead there and every criminal and hooker from every little northern town eventually "drains" into Prince George. All the run aways, druggies, out of work what ever all head for the larger centers and add to their crime rates over time.

I read an article in the local paper here a year and a bit ago that there were over 140 prostitutes working the streets off Grande Prairie. We have a population of 55k, but during a boom time, that number would grow by 50% and guess what, all men here working hard with loads of cash. The girls followed them here. When the boom was over last year, they disappeared for the most part. I'd be willing to bet our crime rate here dropped last year substantially.

the problem in the west is all the good lawabiding citizens have their firearms in hiding because they dont want to register them. therefore the criminals have nothing to fear anymore.

That must be it, cause I sure miss the old days of wandering the streets of downtown Edmonton at night, feeling perfectly safe with my gopher gun under my trench coat.

On a completely unlrelated note, is there some kind of icon or smiley meaninig "one note song"?