Women living in Canada consider the safety level to be relatively high, with an overall safety rating of 4.3 out of 5.
Women living in Canada consider the crime rate to be relatively low, with an overall crime rating of 2.1 out of 5.
On average 13.6% percentage of women in Canada have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner at some time in their life, according to OECD Data.
Based on 449 experiences
Safety rating: | 4.3/5 | Safe |
Safety walking alone after dark: | 3.9/5 | Safe |
Safety using public transport: | 4.2/5 | Safe |
Crime rate: | 2.1/5 | Low |
Worries of being sexually harassed: | 1.8/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being sexually assaulted or raped: | 1.5/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being physically attacked: | 1.7/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of home broken and things stolen: | 1.5/5 | A bit worried |
Worries of being mugged or robbed: | 1.4/5 | Not at all worried |
Worries of being kidnapped or murdered: | 1.3/5 | Not at all worried |
toronto is safe but some ares are not . do sreach before to go to metro station in downtown. i lived in almost all the arees in GTa i had have good experience toronto is safe but some ares are not . do sreach before to go to metro station in downtown. i lived in almost all the arees in GTa i had have good experience
Posted: July 23, 2025isadora
it’s a super safe town in the heart of beautiful british columbia in canada i just love this place so much i always leave the keys of my car in the car and windows open, all the time !!! i’m leaving here for one year and it’s a bubble
Posted: July 23, 2025North Vancouver and specifically where I live in Lynn Valley is super safe with a very low crime rate and great police and fire departments. I have never had any problems as a female walking alone at night and have never had any friends have any problems either.
Posted: July 21, 2025Towards the Suburbs it is totally safe and people are actually quite friendly. If asked any questions they’ll answer how they can best and don’t judge foreigners for not knowing their way around. For closer to the city i would pick and chose better who I talk to but overall very safe
Posted: July 19, 2025It is a very safe city. There are a lot of students studying at night so even at night this place is very safe. Uptown, sometimes there are some drunk people but the police system is very good. Overall the city is clean and safe for women
Posted: July 14, 2025insanely safe, tiny small knit community. still has apres ski culture like whistler, but not as big. everyone knows everyone. the type of place you can leave ur wallet on the ground on a drunken night and it will show up on facebook the next morning
Posted: July 11, 2025based on 97 experiences from female travelers
I flew in Canada for 3 weeks I was alone but I was in my parent’s friends home. I stay in Toronto for 3 weeks (don’t do that). And have car because everything is faaaaaar There are lot of museum but it’s boring after three weeks I felt really safe during my trip
Posted: June 12, 2025Agny
Indonesia
I was traveling with a group and still got approached by people with questionable intents, some beggars who were rude as well, so I wouldn’t say it’s entirely safe for solo traveling. Only in certain areas though, like alleys and I experienced it along Chinatown. During the day, much better, so many lively people. They still wanted to speak English so that was a relief. Did not get to interact much with the locals, unfortunately. I loved visiting Old Montreal, touristy but worth it. I had the best noodles with the biggest bowl ever, I forgot the name but definitely check that out. Poutine was bomb. Worth to visit if you are visiting Canada and are not too far away from Montreal.
Posted: May 25, 2025