Did Canada also defund the police?

> but our "socialist" welfare safety net and public healthcare have so far kept us out of the dystopian mess

I've been to Vancouver a while ago and that's the first time I've seen open drug market and homeless camp taking over a city block. SF didn't feature such sights by then yet, that came later. Haven't visited since then - maybe something changed, but certainly the same dystopian mess could be found in Canada back then.