Canadian Rural Information Service
1-888-757-8725
Community Safety Pathfinder

 
This pathfinder to Community safety was developed for use by Canadians in rural and remote communities. The focus is on community policing and crime prevention programs. Other resources are available by contacting your local police detachment.

For information about farm safety see the Canadian Rural Information Service (CRIS) Farm safety directory.
Internet: http://www.rural.gc.ca/cris/directories/safety_e.phtml

This guide is a growing document, we welcome suggestions for additions. Please contact us at cris@agr.gc.ca

The ADR Institute of Canada
ADR's mission is to provide National leadership in the development and promotion of dispute resolution in Canada. The Provincial chapters offer practical guidance through their workshops.

Suite 500
234 Eglinton Avenue East
Toronto, Ontario M4P 1K5
E-mail: admin@adrcanada.ca
Internet: http://www.amic.org

Block Parent Association
A block parent is any responsible adult who cares enough about the well-being of children and other persons to volunteer his or her home as a safe refuge in the event of an emergency. In addition to their safety network, Block Parents offer community education programs to increase the personal safety of children, teens and seniors.

E-mail: info@blockparent.ca
Internet: http://blockparent.ca/

Canada Safety Council
The Canada Safety Council is a non-governmental organization dedicated to safety. Their mission is to lead in the national effort to reduce preventable deaths, injuries and economic loss in public and private places throughout Canada.

1020 Thomas Spratt Place,
Ottawa, Ontario K1G 5L5
Tel.: (613) 739-1535
Fax: (613) 739-1566
Internet: http://www.safety-council.org

Canadian Crime Stoppers Association
Crime Stoppers is a citizen, media and police co-operative program designed to involve the public in the fight against crime. Crime Stoppers provides citizens with a vehicle to anonymously supply the police with information about a crime or potential crime of which they have knowledge. Cash rewards are offered to people who call the program and their information leads to an arrest.

Tel.: 1-800-222-TIPS (8477)
Internet: http://www.canadiancrimestoppers.org

• Wildlife Crime Prevention
  Internet: http://www.outdoors.on.ca/wildlife/

Community Safety Net
385 DeBaets Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba R2J 4J8
Tel.: (204) 222-4294
Fax: (204) 224-4410
E-mail: info@communitysafetynet.com
Internet: http://www.communitysafetynet.com/index.html

Cowichan Valley Safer Futures
304 - 80 Station Street
Duncan, British Columbia V9L 1M4
Tel.: (250) 746-9221
Fax: (250) 748-9364
E-mail: saferfutures@cwav.org
Internet: http://www.saferfutures.org

Neighbourhood Watch
The program works through mutual aid - Neighbours Watching out for Neighbours.
Contact your local police service for more information on the Program in your community.
Internet: http://www.neighbourhoodwatchregistry.com/

Below is a directory of Federal Departments and Provincial/ Territorial Ministries with community policing information. Government funding and loan programs can be found in the funding section of this pathfinder.

Canadian Rangers - National Defence
The Canadian Rangers are part-time reservists who provide a military presence in remote, isolated and coastal communities of Canada.

Tel.: (613) 996-2792
Internet: http://www.rangers.forces.ca/pubs/rangers/intro_e.asp

Community, Contract and Aboriginal Police Services - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Community, Contract & Aboriginal Police Services is responsible for promoting and providing facilitation to divisions to implement community policing strategies. For more information, contact your nearest RCMP detachment.

Internet: http://www.rcmp.ca/ccaps/contract_e.htm

Creating Safe Communities - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
A list of programs and initiatives of the RCMP.

Internet: http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ccaps/safecomm_e.htm

Junior Canadian Rangers - National Defence
This is a national community-based program for youth composed of patrols in Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Quebec. The Rangers foster good citizenship, community responsibility, personal health and welfare, and self-esteem in youth, thereby building a stronger, healthier community for all.

Tel.: 1-800-627-0828
Internet: http://www.rangers.forces.ca/pubs/jcr/intro_e.asp

Public Safety - Government of Canada
Internet: http://www.safecanada.ca/menu_e.asp

Crime Prevention and Restorative Justice - Alberta
A service that provides information about crime prevention, offers crime prevention tips, statistics, various programs and services. Also offers grants to community groups, organizes Crime Prevention Week with the Alberta Community Crime Prevention Association, and presents Crime Prevention Awards.

Internet: http://www.solgen.gov.ab.ca/crime_prev/

Community Safety and Crime Prevention
Contact information for crime prevention and community policing programs.

Internet: http://www.gnb.ca/0276/crime/index-e.asp

Community Policing Advisory Council (CPAC)
The Community Policing Advisory Council (CPAC) is incorporated in Ontario, Canada as a not for profit organization with a mandate to foster community policing throughout Ontario. 

Internet: http://www.communitypolicing.ca

Rural Crime Prevention - Ontario Provincial Police
Internet: http://www.opp.ca/Intranetdev/groups/public/
documents/publicrelations/opp_000726.pdf

Crime Prevention and Community Policing Programs
Contact information for crime prevention and community policing programs.

Internet: http://www.gov.pe.ca/infopei/onelisting.php3?number=16988

Quebec

Crime and prevention Sécurité publique Québec
Internet: http://www.msp.gouv.qc.ca/prevention/index_en.asp

Allstate Foundation of Canada
The Allstate Foundation of Canada was established in 1977 to provide grants to charities and not-for-profit organizations that are involved in a variety of activities and/or educational initiatives around crime prevention, road safety and home safety.

27 Allstate Parkway, Suite 100
Markham, ON L3R 5P8
Fax: (905) 475-4488
E-mail: foundation@allstate.ca
Internet: http://www.allstate.ca/En/About+Allstate/Good+Hands+at+Work/

Community Foundations of Canada (CFC)
This is the membership organization for Canada's network of some 155 community foundations.

75 Albert Street, Suite 301
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5E7
Tel.: (613) 236-2664
Fax: (613) 236-1621
E-mail: info@community-fdn.ca
Internet: http://www.cfc-fcc.ca/index.cfm

Crime Prevention Funding - Sécurité publique Québec
The Ministère de la Sécurité publique is responsible for three crime prevention funding sources:
The Funding Program Stemming from Sharing the Proceeds of Crime; The Funding Program of the Insurance Bureau of Canada and the Ministère (IBC/MSP); and Programs Ensuing From the Federal-Provincial Agreement.

Tel.: 1-866-644-6826
E-mail: infocom@msp.gouv.qc.ca
Internet: http://www.msp.gouv.qc.ca/prevention/
prevention_en.asp?txtSection=progfina

Crime Prevention Funding - Alberta
Alberta Solicitor General promotes and supports the development of community crime prevention initiatives with its Provincial Crime Prevention Strategy. A key part of this strategy is the Community Crime Prevention Grant Fund, which provides up to $10, 000 in funding to non-profit community groups for the development of community-based crime prevention programs.

Internet: http://www.solgen.gov.ab.ca/crime_prev/
community_safety_grants.aspx

The Dominion Group Foundation
Funding interests are varied: social services, community development and improvement, crime, crime prevention.

165 University Ave.
Toronto, Ontario M5H 3B9
Tel.: (416) 362-7231
Fax: (416) 362-0990

Muttart Foundation - Alberta, Saskatchewan
Suite 1150 Scotia Place
10060 Jasper Ave.
Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3R8
Tel.: 1-877-788-5437
Fax: (780) 425-0282
Internet: http://www.muttart.org/index.htm

National Crime Prevention Strategy - Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada

National Crime Prevention Centre (NCPC)
222 Queen Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0P8
Tel.: 1-877-302-6272
Fax: (613) 941-7863
E-mail: prevention@psepc.gc.ca
Internet: http://www.psepc-sppcc.gc.ca/prg/cp/ncps-en.asp

• The objective of the Crime Prevention Action Fund supports crime prevention initiatives in communities large and small. It aims to build partnerships between sectors (such as policing, community health, voluntary and private sectors) to enhance community capacity to prevent crime through social development.
  
  Internet: http://www.psepc-sppcc.gc.ca/prg/cp/cpaf_index-en.asp



• The Policing, Corrections and Communities Fund supports projects where community partners work together to prevent crime, primarily through social development. It is intended for law enforcement agencies, community corrections groups/organizations, Aboriginal communities, community-based organizations and the municipalities in which they work.
  
  Internet: http://www.psepc-sppcc.gc.ca/prg/cp/pccf_index-en.asp



• The Research and Knowledge Development Fund supports a range of research activities, demonstration projects, knowledge transfer initiatives and evaluations that: identify and analyze gaps in the current body of knowledge relating to crime prevention in Canada; create new knowledge in areas where gaps have been identified; synthesize the results of existing research; and contribute to a growing awareness and recognition of promising practices and models for community-based crime prevention.
  Internet: http://www.psepc-sppcc.gc.ca/prg/cp/rkdf_index-en.asp

Ontario Trillium Foundation
The Ontario Trillium Foundation works with others to make strategic investments to build healthy, sustainable, and caring communities in Ontario.

45 Charles Street East, 5th Floor,
Toronto Ontario M4Y 1S2
Tel.: (416) 963-4927 or 1-800-263-2887
Fax: (416) 963-8781
E-mail: trillium@trilliumfoundation.org
Internet: http://www.trilliumfoundation.org/OTF-English/
new/index.htm

9th Floor, South Tower
Royal Bank Plaza
200 Bay Street
Toronto, Ontario M5J 2J5
Internet: http://www.rbc.com/community/donations/index.html

Wild Rose Foundation - Alberta
The Wild Rose Foundation provides funding to volunteer, non-profit organizations that provide services to Albertans and, foster or promote charitable, philanthropic, humanitarian, or public spirited acts or to assist those who perform them.

907 Standard Life Centre
10405 Jasper Ave.
Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4R7
Tel.: (780) 422-9305
Fax: (780) 427-4155
Internet: http://www.cd.gov.ab.ca/all_about_us/commissions/wild_rose/

Title: Aboriginal Policing : Consulting your Community and Preparing a Policing Proposal.
Publisher: Solicitor General Canada, 1995.
ISBN: 0662618181

Title : Creating Safer Communities: An Introduction to Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) for architects, planners and builders
Publisher: RCMP, 1998
ISBN: 0622635779

Title: Community Policing in a Rural Setting.
Author: Quint C. Thurman and Edmund F. McGarrell (Eds.)
Publisher: Cincinnati, OH: Anderson Publishing Co., c2002.

Title: Community Policing : Interesting Practices
Author: Canadian Centre for Police Race-Relations
Publisher: Ottawa, Ont. : Canadian Centre for Police-Race Relations, 1994.

Title: Community Policing in Canada
Author: Curt Taylor Griffiths, Brian Whitelaw and Richard B. Parent,
Publisher: Scarborough, Ont. : Nelson Thomson Learning, c2001.
ISBN: 0176167889

Title: Community Policing : Working Together to Build Safe Communities
Author: Heather D. Hodgson
Publisher: Toronto : E. Montgomery Pub., 1998.
ISBN: 1552390403

Title: Crime Prevention for First Nations Communities Self Evaluation Manual
Author: Canada. Solicitor General Canada.
Publisher: Ottawa : The Ministry, 1998.
ISBN: 0662635183
Internet: http://www.sgc.gc.ca/publications/abor_policing/
First_Nations_Crime_Prevention_e.asp

Title: How to Lock Out Crime: Protecting Your Home Against Burglary.
Publisher: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, 1996.
ISBN: 0660166534

Title: Models of Practice for Community Safety and Crime Prevention.
Author: Canada. Federal-Provincial-Territorial Working Group on Community Safety and Crime Prevention.
Publisher: [Ottawa] : The Working Group, [1996]

Title: Rural Safety for Kids
Author: Community Safety Net
Internet: http://www.communitysafetynet.com/programs_farm.html

Title: Working With the Community : A Manual for Building Police-Community Partnerships.
Author: A.R.A. Consultants, Canada. Solicitor General Canada, Ontario. Ministry of the Solicitor General and Correctional Services.
Publisher: Toronto : Ministry of the Solicitor General and Correctional Services of Ontario and Ministry of the Solicitor General of Canada, 1994.
ISBN: 0777826356

Journals

Journal:
Title: Building safer communities
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada
Internet: http://www.psepc-sppcc.gc.ca/res/cp/nwslet/index-en.asp

Journal: Intersection
Title: Bulletin d'information et de liasion sur la police de type communautaire
Sécurité publique Québec
Internet: http://www.msp.gouv.qc.ca/police/police.asp?
txtSection=police_communautaire&txtCategorie;=intersection

Title: Make your Home Burglarproof.
Author: Robert Kiener
Journal: Reader's Digest (Canada) 154 no.922 (Fall 99) p.61-7

Title: Preventing Crime : the Promising Road Ahead.
Author: Gene Stephens
Journal: Futurist 33 no.9 (1999): p.29-34

Title: Supporting Healthy Communities : Community Mobilization Program and Crime Prevention.
Journal: Abilities no.39 (summer ‘99): p.39

Sensible Steps in Community Policing
This resource kit contains concrete information and tools to assist groups to maximize their contribution to community safety. It is designed to help groups to work together, gather community safety information, and link with others working in the area of community safety.

Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada
340 Laurier Avenue West,
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0P8
Tel.: (613) 991-3283
Fax: (613) 998-9589
Internet: http://ww2.psepc-sppcc.gc.ca/Publications/
Policing/CommunityPolicing_e.pdf/p>

Crime Reduction Toolkit for Rural Crime (U.K.)
People who live in rural areas fall victims to the same types of crime and disorder as people elsewhere and suffer the same types of problems. These problems may be compounded by other aspects of rural life; for example, a lack of services, physical isolation and social exclusion.

Each toolkit is designed to help partners identify problems, develop responses and monitor progress and also highlight practical measures to make communities safer.

Internet: http://www.crimereduction.gov.uk/toolkits/rc00.htm

National Crime Prevention Council (U.S.A.)
NCPC's Mission is to enable people to create safer and more caring communities by addressing the causes of crime and violence and reducing the opportunities for crime to occur.

1000 Connecticut Avenue, NW; 13th Floor
Washington, DC 20036
Tel.: (202) 466-6272
Internet: http://www.ncpc.org/

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