A study of safe cities around the world has placed Toronto fourth in a list of 60 large municipalities. Ahead of Toronto are Tokyo, Singapore and Osaka as Asian discipline sets an example for civil behaviour. These are places where it is almost impossible to possess firearms unless one is in the armed forces or a police officer. They are also cities in small nations (Singapore is a city state) with no frontier mentality for example. The CBC makes the point that while Toronto is relatively safe it remains dangerous for those who fall victim to the depredations of gang and youth violence. The study will overlook many places in Canada that are safer than most of those shown in the list. Vancouver for example is doubtlessly safer than Caracas, but it isn’t mentioned. The survey is published in the Economist. CBC
