Edmonton amongst worst Canadian cities for impaired driving

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.

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.