The Canadian Press: Manitoba government poll suggests concerns over health care, crime and immigration

A political analyst said high-profile crimes and media coverage of justice issues play a role.

“Winnipeggers are very cognizant of problems in our society of sex trafficking, murdered and missing Indigenous women, and crime in the core area and other parts of the city,” Christopher Adams from the University of Manitoba said Wednesday.

Manitoba traditionally has among the highest rates of violent crime in the country, as measured by Statistics Canada. The province’s crime severity index, which measures the volume and seriousness of crimes, was second to Saskatchewan in 2024, the agency reported.

Manitoba’s index dropped slightly from 2023 to 2024 — the first drop since 2020.

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