List of mass shootings in Canada

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 City Province Dead Injured Total
October 10, 1902[1] Altona Manitoba 3[n 1] 5 8
June 20, 1918[2] Grande Prairie Alberta 6 0 6
October 22, 1930[3] Smoky Lake Alberta 5 0 5
October 25, 1934[4] Quebec City Quebec 6 2 8
June 3, 1956 Erskine Alberta 7 0 7
December 25, 1958[5] Ear Falls Ontario 5 0 5
March 16, 1959[6] Edmonton Alberta 1 5 6
June 25, 1959 Stettler Alberta 7 0 7
April 20, 1965[7] Coquitlam British Columbia 8[n 1] 0 8
August 15, 1967 Shell Lake Saskatchewan 9 0 9
September 5, 1970 Creston British Columbia 8 0 8
June 25, 1972[8][9] Montreal Quebec 4 1 5
August 28, 1972[10] Kettle Valley British Columbia 6 3 9
May 28, 1975[11] Brampton Ontario 3[n 1] 13 16
October 27, 1975[12] Ottawa Ontario 3[n 1] 5 8
September 4, 1976[13] Toronto Ontario 1[n 1] 5 6
March 12, 1977[14] Montreal Quebec 5 3 8
September 19, 1980[15] Vancouver/Richmond British Columbia 4 1 5
August 10-17, 1982 Wells Gray Provincial Park British Columbia 6 0 6
January 18, 1983[16] Vancouver British Columbia 6 0 6
May 8, 1984 Quebec City Quebec 3 13 16
March 24, 1985 Sherbrooke Quebec 5 0 5
July 29, 1988[17] Calgary Alberta 4 1 5
December 6, 1989 Montreal Quebec 15[n 1] 14 29
May 7, 1992 Sydney River Nova Scotia 3 1 4
August 24, 1992[18] Montreal Quebec 4 1 5
April 5, 1996[19] Vernon British Columbia 10[n 1] 2 12
April 6, 1999[20] Ottawa Ontario 5[n 1] 2 7

21st century

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Date City Province Dead Injured Total
September 18–20, 2001[21] Montreal Quebec 7[n 1] 0 7
March 11, 2002[22] Quatsino British Columbia 6[n 2] 0 6
March 3, 2005[23] near Mayerthorpe Alberta 5[n 1] 0 5
April 8, 2006 Elgin County Ontario 8 1 9
September 13, 2006[24] Montreal Quebec 2[n 1] 19 21
October 19, 2007[25] Surrey British Columbia 6 0 6
July 26, 2009[26] Smith Alberta 4[n 1] 0 4
August 25, 2010[27] Toronto Ontario 0 4 4
December 12, 2010[28] Vancouver British Columbia 0 10 10
August 14, 2011[29] Kelowna British Columbia 1 4 5
December 15, 2011[30] Claresholm Alberta 4[n 1] 1 5
June 2, 2012[31] Toronto Ontario 2 5 7
June 15, 2012[32] Edmonton Alberta 3 1 4
July 1, 2012[33] Calgary Alberta 1 3 4
July 16, 2012 Toronto Ontario 2 24[n 3] 26
February 21, 2013[34] Whitby Ontario 0 5 5
September 22, 2013[35] Toronto Ontario 0 5 5
April 30, 2014[36] Nanaimo British Columbia 2 2 4
May 30, 2014[37] Toronto Ontario 0 4 4
June 4–6, 2014[38] Moncton New Brunswick 3 2 5
October 22, 2014[39] Ottawa Ontario 2[n 1] 3 5
December 29, 2014[40] Edmonton Alberta 9[n 1] 0 9
January 1, 2015[41] Calgary Alberta 1 6 7
April 16, 2015[42] Toronto Ontario 0 5 5
August 4, 2015[43] Toronto Ontario 2 3 5
January 22, 2016[44] La Loche Saskatchewan 5 6 11
January 31, 2016[45] Toronto Ontario 2 3 5
April 16, 2016[46] Hamilton Ontario 4[n 1] 0 4
April 23, 2016[47] Mississauga Ontario 1 3 4
January 3, 2017[48] Guysborough County Nova Scotia 4[n 1] 0 4
January 29, 2017[49] Quebec City Quebec 6 5 11
July 10, 2017[50] Calgary Alberta 4 0 4
July 23, 2017[51] Toronto Ontario 0 5 5
July 31, 2017[52] Toronto Ontario 1 4 5
September 3, 2017[53] Thorold Ontario 0 5 5
January 19, 2018[54] Toronto Ontario 2 2 4
February 25, 2018[55] Ryerson Ontario 4[n 1] 0 4
June 2, 2018[56] Pickering Ontario 0 4 4
July 1, 2018[57] Toronto Ontario 1 3 4
July 22, 2018[58] Toronto Ontario 3[n 1] 13 16
August 8, 2018[59] Hamilton Ontario 1 3 4
August 10, 2018[60] Fredericton New Brunswick 4 1[n 1] 5
April 15, 2019[61] Penticton British Columbia 4 0 4
August 24, 2019[62] Toronto Ontario 0 4 4
January 31, 2020[63] Toronto Ontario 3 2 5
April 18–19, 2020[64] Multiple Nova Scotia 23[n 1] 3 26
July 10, 2020[65] Toronto Ontario 1 4 5
May 29, 2021[66] Mississauga Ontario 1 4 5
August 8, 2021[45] Toronto Ontario 2 2 4
June 28, 2022[67] Saanich British Columbia 2[n 3] 6 8
July 25, 2022[68] Langley British Columbia 3[n 1] 2 5
August 1, 2022[69] Ajax Ontario 0 6 6
August 2-4, 2022[70] Montreal Quebec 4[n 1] 0 4
September 12, 2022[71] Mississauga and Milton Ontario 3[n 1] 3 6
December 18, 2022[72] Vaughan Ontario 6[n 1] 1 7
June 10, 2023[73] Ottawa Ontario 0 4 4
July 1, 2023[74] Mississauga Ontario 0 4 4
September 2, 2023[75] Ottawa Ontario 2 6 8
October 23, 2023[76] Sault Ste. Marie Ontario 5[n 1] 1 6
November 26, 2023[77][78] Winnipeg Manitoba 4 1 5
February 22, 2024[79] White Rock British Columbia 0 4 4
June 2, 2024[80] Toronto Ontario 2 3 5

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Including the perpetrator
  2. ^ 4 by gunfire
  3. ^ a b Including the two perpetrators

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