Deadliest mass shootings in Canada


1 Apr 19, 2020: Gunman disguised as policeman kills at least 16 people, including female Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer, during 12-hour rampage across northern Nova Scotia. Incident is Canada’s worst mass shooting

2 Aug 10, 2018: Gunman opens fire in Fredericton, New Brunswick, killing two police officers and two civilians

3 Jan 29, 2017: University student with far-right political views shoots dead six worshippers and injures eight others at Quebec City mosque

4 Dec 29, 2014: Six adults and two children shot dead in Edmonton, Alberta, by man suspected of domestic violence

5 Jun 4, 2014: Man kills three RCMP officers and wounds two others with semi-automatic rifle in Moncton, New Brunswick

6 Mar 3, 2005: Four RCMP officers shot dead while investigating marijuana growing operation in Mayerthorpe, Alberta

7 Apr 5, 1996: Angered by his wife’s divorce action, man kills her and eight other family members in Vernon, British Columbia

8 Dec 6, 1989: Man with semi- automatic rifle storms into classroom at Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, sending all men out before killing 14 women. Gunman said he was “fighting against feminists” he blamed for his troubles


Timeline includes shootings only. Canada’s deadliest ever mass murder killed 268 Canadians in 1985 bomb attack on Air India jet over Atlantic


Flags fly at half-staff outside Nova Scotia RCMP headquarters


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