Nova Scotia continues to see the highest rate of human trafficking incidents reported by police in Canada, with new Statistics Canada data showing the province’s numbers were triple the national average.
The data released on Monday looked at human trafficking data from 2014 to 2024 nationally and found during the 10-year span, there were 5,070 incidents reported by police — an annual average rate of 1.2 incidents per 100,000 people. In 2024, the national average was at 1.5 with 608 incidents reported.
