List of mass shootings in Canada

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This is a list of mass shooting and shooting sprees in Canada. Shootings with four or more victims are included on this list, excluding perpetrators.

Contents

20th century

DateCityProvinceDeadInjuredTotal
October 10, 1902 [1] Altona Manitoba 3 [n 1] 58
June 20, 1918 [2] Grande Prairie Alberta 606
October 22, 1930 [3] Smoky Lake Alberta 505
October 25, 1934 [4] Quebec City Quebec 628
June 3, 1956 Erskine Alberta 707
December 25, 1958 [5] Ear Falls Ontario 505
March 16, 1959 [6] Edmonton Alberta 156
June 25, 1959 Stettler Alberta 707
April 20, 1965 [7] Coquitlam British Columbia 8 [n 1] 08
August 15, 1967 Shell Lake Saskatchewan 909
September 5, 1970 Creston British Columbia 808
June 25, 1972 [8] [9] Montreal Quebec 415
August 28, 1972 [10] Kettle Valley British Columbia 639
May 28, 1975 [11] Brampton Ontario 3 [n 1] 1316
October 27, 1975 [12] Ottawa Ontario 3 [n 1] 58
September 4, 1976 [13] Toronto Ontario 1 [n 1] 56
March 12, 1977 [14] Montreal Quebec 538
September 19, 1980 [15] Vancouver/Richmond British Columbia 415
August 10-17, 1982 Wells Gray Provincial Park British Columbia 606
January 18, 1983 [16] Vancouver British Columbia 606
May 8, 1984 Quebec City Quebec 31316
March 24, 1985 Sherbrooke Quebec 505
July 29, 1988 [17] Calgary Alberta 415
December 6, 1989 Montreal Quebec 15 [n 1] 1429
May 7, 1992 Sydney River Nova Scotia 314
August 24, 1992 [18] Montreal Quebec 415
April 5, 1996 [19] Vernon British Columbia 10 [n 1] 212
April 6, 1999 [20] Ottawa Ontario 5 [n 1] 27

21st century

DateCityProvinceDeadInjuredTotal
September 18–20, 2001 [21] Montreal Quebec 7 [n 1] 07
March 11, 2002 [22] Quatsino British Columbia 6 [n 2] 06
March 3, 2005 [23] near Mayerthorpe Alberta 5 [n 1] 05
April 8, 2006 Elgin County Ontario 819
September 13, 2006 [24] Montreal Quebec 2 [n 1] 1921
October 19, 2007 [25] Surrey British Columbia 606
July 26, 2009 [26] Smith Alberta 4 [n 1] 04
August 25, 2010 [27] Toronto Ontario 044
December 12, 2010 [28] Vancouver British Columbia 01010
August 14, 2011 [29] Kelowna British Columbia 145
December 15, 2011 [30] Claresholm Alberta 4 [n 1] 15
June 2, 2012 [31] Toronto Ontario 257
June 15, 2012 [32] Edmonton Alberta 314
July 1, 2012 [33] Calgary Alberta 134
July 16, 2012 Toronto Ontario 224 [n 3] 26
February 21, 2013 [34] Whitby Ontario 055
September 22, 2013 [35] Toronto Ontario 055
April 30, 2014 [36] Nanaimo British Columbia 224
May 30, 2014 [37] Toronto Ontario 044
June 4–6, 2014 [38] Moncton New Brunswick 325
October 22, 2014 [39] Ottawa Ontario 2 [n 1] 35
December 29, 2014 [40] Edmonton Alberta 9 [n 1] 09
January 1, 2015 [41] Calgary Alberta 167
April 16, 2015 [42] Toronto Ontario 055
August 4, 2015 [43] Toronto Ontario 235
January 22, 2016 [44] La Loche Saskatchewan 5611
January 31, 2016 [45] Toronto Ontario 235
April 16, 2016 [46] Hamilton Ontario 4 [n 1] 04
April 23, 2016 [47] Mississauga Ontario 134
January 3, 2017 [48] Guysborough County Nova Scotia 4 [n 1] 04
January 29, 2017 [49] Quebec City Quebec 6511
July 10, 2017 [50] Calgary Alberta 404
July 23, 2017 [51] Toronto Ontario 055
July 31, 2017 [52] Toronto Ontario 145
September 3, 2017 [53] Thorold Ontario 055
January 19, 2018 [54] Toronto Ontario 224
February 25, 2018 [55] Ryerson Ontario 4 [n 1] 04
June 2, 2018 [56] Pickering Ontario 044
July 1, 2018 [57] Toronto Ontario 134
July 22, 2018 [58] Toronto Ontario 3 [n 1] 1316
August 8, 2018 [59] Hamilton Ontario 134
August 10, 2018 [60] Fredericton New Brunswick 41 [n 1] 5
April 15, 2019 [61] Penticton British Columbia 404
August 24, 2019 [62] Toronto Ontario 044
January 31, 2020 [63] Toronto Ontario 325
April 18–19, 2020 [64] Multiple Nova Scotia 23 [n 1] 326
July 10, 2020 [65] Toronto Ontario 145
May 29, 2021 [66] Mississauga Ontario 145
August 8, 2021 [45] Toronto Ontario 224
June 28, 2022 [67] Saanich British Columbia 2 [n 3] 68
July 25, 2022 [68] Langley British Columbia 3 [n 1] 25
August 1, 2022 [69] Ajax Ontario 066
August 2-4, 2022 [70] Montreal Quebec 4 [n 1] 04
September 12, 2022 [71] Mississauga and Milton Ontario 3 [n 1] 36
December 18, 2022 [72] Vaughan Ontario 6 [n 1] 17
June 10, 2023 [73] Ottawa Ontario 044
July 1, 2023 [74] Mississauga Ontario 044
September 2, 2023 [75] Ottawa Ontario 268
October 23, 2023 [76] Sault Ste. Marie Ontario 5 [n 1] 16
November 26, 2023 [77] [78] Winnipeg Manitoba 415
February 22, 2024 [79] White Rock British Columbia 044
June 2, 2024 [80] Toronto Ontario 235

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Including the perpetrator
  2. ↑ 4 by gunfire
  3. 1 2 Including the two perpetrators

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