List of mass shootings in Canada

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

20th century
Date City Province Dead Injured Total
October 10, 1902[1] Altona Manitoba 3[n 1] 5 8
October 25, 1934[2] Quebec City Quebec 6 2 8
December 25, 1958[3] Ear Falls Ontario 5 0 5
March 16, 1959[4] Edmonton Alberta 1 5 6
April 20, 1965[5] Coquitlam British Columbia 8[n 1] 0 8
June 25, 1972[6][7] Montreal Quebec 4 1 5
May 28, 1975[8] Brampton Ontario 3[n 1] 13 16
October 27, 1975[9] Ottawa Ontario 3[n 1] 5 8
September 4, 1976[10] Toronto Ontario 1[n 1] 5 6
March 12, 1977[11] Montreal Quebec 5 3 8
January 18, 1983[12] Vancouver British Columbia 6 0 6
May 8, 1984 Quebec City Quebec 3 13 16
July 29, 1988[13] Calgary Alberta 4 1 5
December 6, 1989 Montreal Quebec 15[n 1] 14 29
August 24, 1992[14] Montreal Quebec 4 1 5
April 5, 1996[15] Vernon British Columbia 10[n 1] 2 12
April 6, 1999[16] Ottawa Ontario 5[n 1] 2 7

21st century
Date City Province Dead Injured Total
September 18–20, 2001[17] Montreal Quebec 7[n 1] 0 7
March 11, 2002[18] Quatsino British Columbia 6[n 2] 0 6
March 3, 2005[19] near Mayerthorpe Alberta 5[n 1] 0 5
September 13, 2006[20] Montreal Quebec 2[n 1] 19 21
October 19, 2007[21] Surrey British Columbia 6 0 6
July 26, 2009[22] Smith Alberta 4[n 1] 0 4
August 25, 2010[23] Toronto Ontario 0 4 4
December 12, 2010[24] Vancouver British Columbia 0 10 10
August 14, 2011[25] Kelowna British Columbia 1 4 5
December 15, 2011[26] Claresholm Alberta 4[n 1] 1 5
June 2, 2012[27] Toronto Ontario 2 5 7
June 15, 2012[28] Edmonton Alberta 3 1 4
July 1, 2012[29] Calgary Alberta 1 3 4
July 16, 2012 Toronto Ontario 2 24[n 3] 26
February 21, 2013[30] Whitby Ontario 0 5 5
September 22, 2013[31] Toronto Ontario 0 5 5
April 30, 2014[32] Nanaimo British Columbia 2 2 4
May 30, 2014[33] Toronto Ontario 0 4 4
June 4–6, 2014[34] Moncton New Brunswick 3 2 5
October 22, 2014[35] Ottawa Ontario 2[n 1] 3 5
December 29, 2014[36] Edmonton Alberta 9[n 1] 0 9
January 1, 2015[37] Calgary Alberta 1 6 7
April 16, 2015[38] Toronto Ontario 0 5 5
August 4, 2015[39] Toronto Ontario 2 3 5
January 22, 2016[40] La Loche Saskatchewan 5 6 11
January 31, 2016[41] Toronto Ontario 2 3 5
April 16, 2016[42] Hamilton Ontario 4[n 1] 0 4
April 23, 2016[43] Mississauga Ontario 1 3 4
January 3, 2017[44] Guysborough County Nova Scotia 4[n 1] 0 4
January 29, 2017[45] Quebec City Quebec 6 5 11
July 10, 2017[46] Calgary Alberta 4 0 4
July 23, 2017[47] Toronto Ontario 0 5 5
July 31, 2017[48] Toronto Ontario 1 4 5
September 3, 2017[49] Thorold Ontario 0 5 5
January 19, 2018[50] Toronto Ontario 2 2 4
February 25, 2018[51] Ryerson Township Ontario 4[n 1] 0 4
June 2, 2018[52] Pickering Ontario 0 4 4
July 1, 2018[53] Toronto Ontario 1 3 4
July 22, 2018[54] Toronto Ontario 3[n 1] 13 16
August 8, 2018[55] Hamilton Ontario 1 3 4
August 10, 2018[56] Fredericton New Brunswick 4 1[n 1] 5
April 15, 2019[57] Penticton British Columbia 4 0 4
August 24, 2019[58] Toronto Ontario 0 4 4
April 18–19, 2020[59] Multiple Nova Scotia 23[n 1] 3 26
July 10, 2020[60] Toronto Ontario 1 4 5
May 29, 2021[61] Mississauga Ontario 1 4 5
August 8, 2021[41] Toronto Ontario 2 2 4
June 28, 2022[62] Saanich British Columbia 2[n 3] 6 8
July 25, 2022[63] Langley British Columbia 3[n 1] 2 5
September 12, 2022[64] Mississauga and Milton Ontario 3[n 1] 3 6
December 18, 2022[65] Vaughan Ontario 6[n 1] 1 7
June 10, 2023[66] Ottawa Ontario 0 4 4
July 1, 2023[67] Mississauga Ontario 0 4 4
September 2, 2023[68] Ottawa Ontario 2 6 8
October 23, 2023[69] Sault Ste. Marie Ontario 5[n 1] 1 6

Notes
  1. Including the perpetrator
  2. 4 by gunfire
  3. Including the two perpetrators

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