Most Immoral Provinces/Territories
|
Province/Territory
|
Overall
|
Homicide
|
Sexual Assault
|
Robbery
|
Assault
|
|
Nova Scotia
|
1
|
12
|
7
|
12
|
1
|
|
Nunavut
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
9
|
2
|
|
Northwest Territories
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
10
|
4
|
|
New Brunswick
|
4
|
9
|
9
|
1
|
3
|
|
Newfoundland
|
5
|
13
|
8
|
11
|
5
|
|
Yukon
|
6
|
2
|
3
|
5
|
6
|
|
Saskatchewan
|
7
|
6
|
5
|
3
|
7
|
|
Manitoba
|
8
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
8
|
|
Alberta
|
9
|
5
|
6
|
6
|
9
|
|
British Colombia
|
10
|
8
|
11
|
4
|
11
|
|
PEI
|
11
|
7
|
13
|
13
|
10
|
|
Quebec
|
12
|
11
|
12
|
8
|
12
|
|
Ontario
|
13
|
10
|
10
|
7
|
13
|
The above table uses 2014 data
from Statistics Canada. It ranks them from the highest to the lowest immorality
rate (which is the homicide, sexual assault, robbery and assault rate combined.)
The color shows the majority
religion of the Province / Territory according to the 2011 Canada-wide census.
[] = Protestant
[]=
Catholic
[]= No religious affiliation
Observations
1-The
Northern Territories tend to have higher immorality ratings with especially
high homicide and sexual assault rates.
2-Atlantic
Provinces are generally more immoral than other Provinces with Prince Edward
Island being the major exception.
3-Canada’s
two largest provinces have a noticeably low immorality rates with the exception
of the robbery rate.
4-Western
Provinces tend to have high homicide and sexual assault rates.
5-Atlantic
Provinces have lower robbery rates.
6-Majority
no-religious affiliation provinces tend to have higher robbery rates.
7-The
five provinces/territories with the highest assault rates all begin with the
letter “N”.
-Quebec,
which operates under the Napoleonic Code, has a relatively low homicide, sexual
assault, assault but like Ontario it has a high robbery rate.
9-Provinces/Territories
with high numbers of indigenous peoples1 tend to be more immoral;
they have higher homicide and sexual assault rates. Robbery rates are not relatively
very high.
Sources:
1: The Yukon,
Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Manitoba all have relatively high
percentages of Indigenous peoples.
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