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.

20th century

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Date Location Region Dead Injured Total
October 10, 1902[1] Altona Manitoba 3[n 1] 5 8
July 4, 1912[2] Dawson City Yukon 5[n 1] 0 5
April 1, 1918[3] Quebec City Quebec 4 100[n 2] 104
June 20, 1918[4] Grande Prairie Alberta 6 0 6
July 9, 1928 Mannville Alberta 4 0 4
October 22, 1930[5] Smoky Lake Alberta 5 0 5
October 25, 1934[6] Quebec City Quebec 6 2 8
June 18, 1949[7] Sudbury Ontario 4[n 1] 5 9
August 1949[8] Makinak Manitoba 5[n 1] 0 5
September 21, 1951[9] Shawinigan Quebec 1 3 4
November 15, 1952[10] Toronto Ontario 0 4 4
August 30, 1955[11] Fenwood Saskatchewan 5 0 5
June 3, 1956 Erskine Alberta 7 0 7
December 25, 1958[12] Ear Falls Ontario 5 0 5
March 16, 1959[13] Edmonton Alberta 1 5 6
June 25, 1959 Stettler Alberta 7 0 7
September 13, 1959[14] York Ontario 2 4[n 1] 6
May 7, 1960[15] Oshawa Ontario 2[n 1] 3 5
September 12, 1960[16] Ottawa Ontario 4 1 5
May 23, 1962[17] Sainte-Scholastique Quebec 1[n 1] 4 5
November 21, 1962[18] Berwick Nova Scotia 4[n 1] 0 4
December 22, 1963[19] Ottawa Ontario 4[n 1] 0 4
April 20, 1965[20] Coquitlam British Columbia 8[n 1] 0 8
June 25, 1966[21] Ford City Ontario 2 2 4
August 15, 1967 Shell Lake Saskatchewan 9 0 9
January 26, 1968[22] Montreal Quebec 0 5 5
November 27, 1969[23] Toronto/Bolton Ontario 5[n 1] 0 5
February 8, 1970[24] Edmonton Alberta 5[n 1] 0 5
September 5, 1970 Creston British Columbia 8 0 8
February 26, 1971[25] Thamesville Ontario 4[n 1] 0 4
April 22, 1972[26] Nanaimo British Columbia 0 4 4
June 25, 1972[27][28] Montreal Quebec 4 1 5
August 28, 1972[29] Kettle Valley British Columbia 6 3 9
January 7, 1973[30] Owen Sound Ontario 4[n 1] 0 4
September 1974[31] Umpherville Manitoba 4 0 4
December 20, 1974[32] Calgary Alberta 2[n 1] 7 9
May 28, 1975[33] Brampton Ontario 3[n 1] 13 16
September 6, 1975[34] Winnipeg Manitoba 0 5 5
October 16, 1975[35] Montreal Quebec 4 0 4
October 27, 1975[36] Ottawa Ontario 3[n 1] 5 8
September 4, 1976[37] Toronto Ontario 1[n 1] 5 6
March 12, 1977[38] Montreal Quebec 5 3 8
February 1, 1980[39] Fredericton New Brunswick 0 4 4
August 1, 1980[40] Montreal Quebec 0 4[n 1] 4
September 19, 1980[41] Vancouver/Richmond British Columbia 4 1 5
August 2, 1981[42] Vancouver British Columbia 3[n 1] 1 4
August 10-17, 1982 Wells Gray Provincial Park British Columbia 6 0 6
November 14, 1982[43] Etobicoke Ontario 5[n 1] 0 5
January 18, 1983[44] Vancouver British Columbia 6 0 6
May 8, 1984 Quebec City Quebec 3 13 16
March 24, 1985 Sherbrooke Quebec 5 0 5
March 24, 1985[45] Toronto Ontario 5[n 1] 0 5
December 21, 1986[46] Vancouver British Columbia 1[n 1] 3 4
July 1, 1987[47] Fredericton New Brunswick 2 4 6
March 26, 1988[48] Edson Alberta 0 4 4
July 29, 1988[49] Calgary Alberta 4 1 5
May 28, 1989[50] Dundas Ontario 0 6 6
December 6, 1989 Montreal Quebec 15[n 1] 14 29
October 28, 1990[51] Montreal Quebec 0 7 7
February 3, 1991[52] Toronto Ontario 1 3 4
March 3, 1991[53] Toronto Ontario 3 2 5
April 14, 1991[54] Montreal Quebec 5[n 1] 1 6
May 7, 1992 Sydney River Nova Scotia 3 1 4
August 24, 1992[55] Montreal Quebec 4 1 5
January 17, 1993[56] Toronto Ontario 1 3 4
September 14, 1994[57] Oshawa Ontario 1 3 4
April 5, 1996[58] Vernon British Columbia 10[n 1] 2 12
October 5, 1997[59] Pickering Ontario 0 5 5
April 6, 1999[60] Ottawa Ontario 5[n 1] 2 7
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21st century

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Date Location Region Dead Injured Total
September 18–20, 2001[61] Montreal Quebec 7[n 1] 0 7
March 11, 2002[62] Quatsino British Columbia 6[n 3] 0 6
June 15, 2002[63] Grimsby Ontario 5[n 3] 0 5
March 3, 2005[64] Mayerthorpe Alberta 5[n 1] 0 5
May 15, 2005[65] Edmonton Alberta 1 4 5
December 26, 2005[66] Toronto Ontario 1 6 7
April 8, 2006 Elgin County Ontario 8 1 9
September 13, 2006[67] Montreal Quebec 2[n 1] 19 21
January 6, 2007[68] Cambridge Bay Nunavut 3 2 5
October 19, 2007[69] Surrey British Columbia 6 0 6
July 26, 2009[70] Smith Alberta 4[n 1] 0 4
March 18, 2010[71] Montreal Quebec 2 2 4
August 25, 2010[72] Toronto Ontario 0 4 4
December 12, 2010[73] Vancouver British Columbia 0 10 10
June 7, 2011[74] Iqaluit Nunavut 4[n 1] 0 4
August 14, 2011[75] Kelowna British Columbia 1 4 5
December 15, 2011[76] Claresholm Alberta 4[n 1] 1 5
June 2, 2012[77] Toronto Ontario 2 5 7
June 15, 2012[78] Edmonton Alberta 3 1 4
July 1, 2012[79] Calgary Alberta 1 3 4
July 16, 2012 Toronto Ontario 2 24[n 4] 26
February 21, 2013[80] Whitby Ontario 0 5 5
September 22, 2013[81] Toronto Ontario 0 5 5
April 30, 2014[82] Nanaimo British Columbia 2 2 4
May 30, 2014[83] Toronto Ontario 0 4 4
June 4–6, 2014[84] Moncton New Brunswick 3 2 5
October 22, 2014[85] Ottawa Ontario 2[n 1] 3 5
December 29, 2014[86] Edmonton Alberta 9[n 1] 0 9
January 1, 2015[87] Calgary Alberta 1 6 7
April 16, 2015[88] Toronto Ontario 0 5 5
August 4, 2015[89] Toronto Ontario 2 3 5
January 22, 2016[90] La Loche Saskatchewan 5 6 11
January 31, 2016[91] Toronto Ontario 2 3 5
March 11, 2016[92] Cochrane Alberta 0 4 4
April 16, 2016[93] Hamilton Ontario 4[n 1] 0 4
April 23, 2016[94] Mississauga Ontario 1 3 4
January 3, 2017[95] Guysborough County Nova Scotia 4[n 1] 0 4
January 29, 2017[96] Quebec City Quebec 6 5 11
July 10, 2017[97] Calgary Alberta 4 0 4
July 23, 2017[98] Toronto Ontario 0 5 5
July 31, 2017[99] Toronto Ontario 1 4 5
September 3, 2017[100] Thorold Ontario 0 5 5
January 19, 2018[101] Toronto Ontario 2 2 4
February 25, 2018[102] Ryerson Ontario 4[n 1] 0 4
June 2, 2018[103] Pickering Ontario 0 4 4
July 1, 2018[104] Toronto Ontario 1 3 4
July 22, 2018[105] Toronto Ontario 3[n 1] 13 16
August 8, 2018[106] Hamilton Ontario 1 3 4
August 10, 2018[107] Fredericton New Brunswick 4 1[n 1] 5
April 15, 2019[108] Penticton British Columbia 4 0 4
August 24, 2019[109] Toronto Ontario 0 4 4
January 31, 2020[110] Toronto Ontario 3 2 5
April 18–19, 2020[111] Multiple Nova Scotia 23[n 1] 3 26
July 10, 2020[112] Toronto Ontario 1 4 5
September 4, 2020[113] Oshawa Ontario 5[n 1] 1 6
April 6, 2021[114] O'Chiese First Nation Alberta 0 4 4
May 29, 2021[115] Mississauga Ontario 1 4 5
August 2, 2021[116] Montreal Quebec 3 2 5
August 8, 2021[91] Toronto Ontario 2 2 4
January 24, 2022[117] Vancouver British Columbia 4 0 4
March 12, 2022[118] Edmonton Alberta 1 6 7
June 28, 2022[119] Saanich British Columbia 2[n 4] 6 8
July 25, 2022[120] Langley British Columbia 3[n 1] 2 5
August 1, 2022[121] Ajax Ontario 0 6 6
August 2-4, 2022[122] Montreal Quebec 4[n 1] 0 4
September 12, 2022[123] Mississauga/Milton Ontario 4[n 1] 2 6
December 18, 2022[124] Vaughan Ontario 6[n 1] 1 7
March 16, 2023[125] Edmonton Alberta 3[n 1] 1 4
June 10, 2023[126] Ottawa Ontario 0 4 4
July 1, 2023[127] Mississauga Ontario 0 4 4
September 2, 2023[128] Ottawa Ontario 2 6 8
October 23, 2023[129] Sault Ste. Marie Ontario 5[n 1] 1 6
November 26, 2023[130] Winnipeg Manitoba 5 0 5
February 22, 2024[131] White Rock British Columbia 0 4 4
June 2, 2024[132] Toronto Ontario 2 3 5
October 19, 2024[133] Brampton Ontario 1 3 4
February 4, 2025[134] Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation Saskatchewan 4 0 4
March 7, 2025[135] Toronto Ontario 0 12 12
June 3, 2025[136] Toronto Ontario 1 5 6
December 30, 2025[137] Big Island Lake Cree Nation Saskatchewan 1 3 4
February 10, 2026[138] Tumbler Ridge British Columbia 9[n 1] 27 36
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Notes

  1. [1]
    Including the perpetrator
  2. [2]
    Approximative number, sources varies from as low to 30 to as high to 150, some caused by objects thrown
  3. [3]
    4 by gunfire
  4. [4]
    Including the two perpetrators

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