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Edmonton amongst worst Canadian cities for impaired driving

Edmonton ranked in Canada's 10 worst cities for impaired driving in 2015, according to a Statistics Canada report.

City's rate of police-reported impaired driving 7th highest in Canada last year

Under the current laws, officers must have a reasonable suspicion that people have been drinking and driving before administering roadside screening. (CBC News)

Edmonton ranked in Canada's 10 worst cities for impaired driving as reported by police in 2015, according to a Statistics Canadareport.

Police filed 226 reports of impaired driving per 100,000 Edmontonians last year. In a city of nearly 900,000 people, that number translates toabout 2,000 reports overallor roughly five everyday.

That rate made Edmonton the seventh-worst city for impaired driving in Canada.

Highest rates of police-reported impaired driving per 100,000 residents in 2015, by census metropolitan area
St. John's 411
Kelowna 323
Regina 311
Victoria 272
Moncton 266
Saskatoon 228
Edmonton 226
Abbotsford-Mission, B.C 218
Halifax 217
Saguenay 217

Edmonton's rate is nearly four times higher than in Kingston, Ont., the city with the lowest rate ofimpaired driving.

Meanwhile St. John'sended the year with 411 reports per 100,000 people,the highest rate in Canada.

Alberta 2nd worst for impaired driving

Provincially, Alberta had the second-highest rate of impaired driving in 2015, ending the year with 314 incidents per 100,000Albertans.

In the first 10 months of this year, AlbertaRCMPhavecharged nearly 4,000 people with impaired driving. Dozens of those incidents involved injuries or deaths, RCMP said.

December is an awareness month for impaired-driving enforcement in Alberta. RCMP launched the campaign with aCheckStop blitz on Dec. 3.

The check-stops are a reminder that officers are watching for impaired drivers during the holiday season, RCMPsaid.