Canada has officially been named the safest country in the world to visit in 2027, at least according to our neighbours to the south. And while the country claimed the top spot, Toronto was very noticeably absent from the list of the world’s safest cities.
The annual World’s Safest Places report examined which spots American travellers feel safest visiting. Canada jumped from fifth place last year to first, dethroning the Netherlands, which previously held the title. New Zealand came in second this year, followed by Australia, Iceland and Japan to round out the top five.
The report gave Canada an overall safety score of 82.47, with American travellers awarding high marks for the safety of women, minority travellers and LGBTQ+ travellers (Canada also performed well in international safety measures, like the Global Peace Index and Global Terrorism Index).
The rankings were released by Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection and are based largely on surveys of Americans who have travelled to the destinations within the past five years, as well as data from other indices.
Unfortunately, Canada’s top ranking didn’t translate into a spot for Toronto on the accompanying cities list! Montreal was named the world’s safest city for travellers in 2027 (and was the only Canadian city on the published list), taking first place ahead of Zurich, Switzerland, and Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Toronto, meanwhile, didn’t even make the list. The city rankings were drawn from a selection of 38 popular cities, and since the top 15 were published, Toronto’s exact position isn’t known.
Ironically, according to Statistics Canada’s latest crime figures, Toronto actually recorded a lower Crime Severity Index than Montreal in 2025 (the Index measures both the volume and seriousness of police-reported crime across metropolitan areas). Toronto’s score fell by seven per cent in 2025 to 55.0, compared with Montreal’s 61.3!
According to Destination Toronto, Toronto welcomed a record 28.2 million visitors in 2025, generating $9.1 billion in spending. But, American visits fell by six per cent compared with 2024, to about 1.9 million visitors (so, who knows, maybe Americans are worried about how they’d be received in Canada amid renewed U.S. trade tensions).
You can see the full report here.