Every civic news report geolocated to Montreal, classified into an open problem vocabulary, and trended as a share of the city's total coverage.
The civic agenda is shifting from traditional enforcement stories toward organized disruption and basic systems. Protests and street unrest took a bigger slice of the city's news (up 3.5 points), labor and employment rose 3.3 points, and infrastructure and utilities rose 1.9 points; strikes and water-main breaks led the specific gains.
| Category | News Reported | Share Change (points) | Action Rate | Fatal Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protest Civil Unrest | 493 | +3.5 | 6.3% | 2.6% |
| Labor Employment | 344 | +3.3 | 4.9% | 0.6% |
| Infrastructure Utilities | 349 | +1.9 | 8.3% | 0.6% |
| Public Safety | 290 | +1.1 | 0.7% | 11.4% |
| Corruption Fraud | 352 | +0.7 | 53.1% | 0.0% |
| Education | 32 | +0.6 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Legal Judicial | 334 | +0.5 | 55.7% | 0.9% |
| Terrorism Conflict | 46 | +0.4 | 23.9% | 13.0% |
| Environment Pollution | 183 | +0.1 | 6.0% | 1.6% |
| Immigration Border | 75 | +0.0 | 5.3% | 4.0% |
| Missing Persons | 60 | -0.0 | 11.7% | 1.7% |
| Disasters Emergencies | 296 | -0.2 | 1.0% | 12.2% |
| Elections Politics | 69 | -0.2 | 1.4% | 0.0% |
| Human Rights Social | 149 | -0.3 | 6.7% | 12.8% |
| Accidents Road Safety | 911 | -0.8 | 2.5% | 19.1% |
| Crime Violence | 2,330 | -1.7 | 36.1% | 18.3% |
| Governance Policy | 1,490 | -2.8 | 4.4% | 0.7% |
| Policing Law Enforcement | 820 | -3.0 | 20.1% | 4.3% |
| Public Health | 491 | -3.2 | 1.2% | 28.1% |
| Problem | News Reported | Δpp |
|---|---|---|
| Strike | 173 | +2.83 |
| Assault | 144 | +1.38 |
| Campus Protest | 31 | +1.19 |
| Demonstration | 125 | +0.56 |
| Arson | 88 | +0.52 |
| Environmental Protest | 15 | +0.42 |
| Theft | 45 | +0.39 |
| Water Main Break | 16 | +0.39 |
| Class Action Lawsuit | 19 | +0.36 |
| Kidnapping | 16 | +0.32 |
| Problem | News Reported | Δpp |
|---|---|---|
| State of Emergency | 67 | -1.18 |
| Shooting | 103 | -0.94 |
| Hate Crime Shooting | 31 | -0.87 |
| Power Outage | 42 | -0.49 |
| Disease Outbreak | 58 | -0.48 |
| Pedestrian Collision | 77 | -0.47 |
| Coverage Month | Event Type | Deaths Reported | Corroborating News Reports |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07 | Heat Wave | 33–54 | 14 |
| 2020-04 | Nursing Home Death | 31 | 8 |
| 2016-11 | Homicide | 19 | 3 |
| 2019-12 | Homicide | 14 | 12 |
| 2021-12 | Homicide | 14 | 3 |
| 2017-12 | Homicide | 14 | 3 |
| 2025-12 | Homicide | 14 | 3 |
9,114 pieces of news reported · deaths shown only for corroborated events, never summed
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