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Missing persons cases in Saskatoon are on the decline.
According to the annual report — which was shared at Thursday’s Board of Police Commissioners meeting — reports of missing persons received by Saskatoon police in 2025 were down 8.1 per cent from the previous year.
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It’s the second consecutive year that missing person reports have been declining, according to Annual Missing Persons Reporting.
Last year, police received 970 fewer reports than in 2023, marking 22.7 per cent decrease over the past two years.
Youth reports dropped by 10.3 per cent last year, compared to 2024. Adult reports also decreased by just under three per cent.
According to the demographics in the report for 2025, young women in the city are the most frequently reported missing, making up about 40 per cent of reports made to police.
Young men represented about 26 per cent of all reported persons, meaning youth accounted for almost 70 per cent of all missing persons reports in Saskatoon last year.
Saskatoon police chief, Cameron McBride, said on Thursday in an interview with 650 CKOM that the decrease in numbers can be attributed to better communication with youth.
“We’ve seen some initiatives that have been really successful in terms of allowing youth to use apps or communication means in order to communicate with their caregiver or their parent or supervisor,” McBride said.
He noted that this improved communication — on apps or messaging platforms — helps keep parents and caregivers “up to speed” on where a young person might be.
“It eliminates the times where members of the public or caregivers, parents are phoning to report their missing youth, but they’re actually not missing. They’re just not home,” McBride explained.
The report noted that habitual missing persons — individuals who have been reported missing two or more times — accounted for 69 per cent of all missing person reports. In 2025, 395 of 1,391 people reported missing were habitual.
Young females accounted for the largest number of habitual missing persons, about 50 per cent. Young males accounted for 30 per cent.
The report also stated that 28 per cent of all persons reported missing accounted for nearly 70 per cent of all reports last year.
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