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Quebec Crime Severity Spotlight (August 2026)

Published 2026-08-25

Quebec is a Canadian province/territory. RiskIndex tracks its Crime Severity Index (CSI) and household income directly from Statistics Canada, under the Open Government Licence. Here is the latest picture.

Crime severity at a glance

MeasureValue (2025)
Crime Severity Index61.55
Violent CSI97.99
Non-violent CSI47.5

Quebec's overall CSI is 18% below the Canadian national index of 75.01. The CSI is benchmarked so that Canada in 2006 = 100, and it weights offences by seriousness — so it reflects both how much crime is reported to police and how severe it is.

Household income

Measure (2021 Census)Value
Median household income$72,500
Average household income$92,000
Median after-tax household income$63,200

Metropolitan areas in Quebec, by Crime Severity Index

RegionCSI
Drummondville, Quebec72.3
Montréal, Quebec61.29
Ottawa-Gatineau, Quebec part60.55
Trois-Rivières, Quebec55.98
Québec, Quebec54.97
Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario/Quebec52.76
Sherbrooke, Quebec50.25
Saguenay, Quebec49.31

An honest note on Canadian coverage

Canada has no national equivalent of FEMA's National Risk Index, so RiskIndex does not publish a composite hazard grade for Canadian regions — doing so would mean inventing a number the source data cannot support. For Canada we show what exists: crime severity and household income at the province and metro level. See the full Quebec profile or all Canadian regions.

Want this data programmatically? The RiskIndex API returns Canadian crime severity and income as clean JSON: GET /functions/v1/risk/canada/24. Get a free API key (100 calls/month, no card required), or go commercial from $9/mo.

Crime Severity Index and income are from Statistics Canada under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Figures describe areas, not individuals, and are not a consumer report. See our Terms.