A report from Statistics Canada states Alberta's impaired driving rates were among the highest in the country in 2011.
Saskatchewan led the provinces for police-reported impaired driving incidents, followed by Prince Edward Island, and Alberta came in third.
StatsCan says there were 450 police-reported impaired driving incidents per 100,000 people in Alberta in 2011. The national average is 262 per 100,000 population.
It's a number that isn't surprising to those who are driven to stop drinking and driving. Leila Moulder, the current president of a local MADD chapter says the numbers are disappointing.
"I think it just goes to prove that we do have a very serious problem in Alberta and it's not going away."
Nationally, the rate of impaired driving increased for the fourth time in five years, up two percent in 2011, and was at its highest point in a decade. Prior to 2007, the impaired driving rate had been steadily declining since the mid-1980s.
The following chart shows the rate of police-reported impaired driving incidents per 100,000 in Canada from 1986 to 2011.
In Canada, impaired driving rates were the highest in the Northwest Territories and Yukon in 2011. Ontario and Quebec reported the lowest rates among the provinces.
New penalties for impaired drivers were imposed in Alberta in September. However, it will be months before there are stats to show what impact, if any, the legislation had on drivers.
The latest figures from Statistics Canada don't take into account levels of enforcement targeted at impaired drivers from province to province.
See the entire StatsCan impaired driving in Canada 2011 document below:
Impaired Driving 2011 by caleyramsay
With files from Jenna Bridges, Global News.
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