23 cases · 1912–2020
Canada: true crime and tragedy cases
23 documented cases across 19 cities in Canada. Sourced, with timelines, on the map.
Category mix
Murder 4Missing Person 1Unsolved Case 3Serial Murder 4Suspicious Death 2Major Tragedy 9
Cities
Cases
Nova Scotia, Canada, Portapique · 2020 · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Nova Scotia Attacks (Portapique)›Church and Wellesley, Ontario, Canada, Toronto · 2018 · Serial Murder · SolvedThe Toronto Gay Village Murders›North York, Ontario, Canada, Toronto · 2018 · Major Tragedy · SolvedThe Toronto Van Attack›Ontario, Canada, Toronto · 2017 · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Murders of Barry and Honey Sherman›Quebec, Canada, Quebec City · 2017 · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Quebec City Mosque Attack›Oxford County, Ontario, Canada, Woodstock · 2016 · Serial Murder · SolvedThe Care-Home Nurse Murders›Quebec, Canada, Lac-Mégantic · 2013 · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster›Hastings County, Ontario, Canada, Tweed · 2010 · Murder · SolvedThe Colonel Russell Williams Case›Alberta, Canada, Mayerthorpe · 2005 · Murder · SolvedThe Mayerthorpe Tragedy — Four RCMP Officers Killed›British Columbia, Canada, Port Coquitlam · 2002 · Serial Murder · SolvedThe Robert Pickton Case›St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada, Peggy's Cove · 1998 · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Swissair Flight 111 Disaster›Ontario, Canada, St. Catharines · 1992 · Serial Murder · SolvedThe Paul Bernardo Case›Nova Scotia, Canada, Plymouth · 1992 · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Westray Mine Disaster›Ontario, Canada, Toronto · 1989 · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Ontario Teacher case›Quebec, Canada, Montreal · 1989 · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe École Polytechnique Massacre›British Columbia, Canada, Burns Lake · 1970 · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Highway of Tears›Quebec, Canada, Saint-Lambert · 1970 · Murder · SolvedThe Kidnapping and Murder of Pierre Laporte›Saskatchewan, Canada, Saskatoon · 1969 · Murder · SolvedThe Gail Miller case›British Columbia, Vancouver · 1924 · Suspicious Death · UnsolvedJanet Smith case›Ontario, Canada, Toronto · 1919 · Missing Person · UnsolvedThe Disappearance of Ambrose Small›Nova Scotia, Canada, Halifax · 1917 · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Halifax Explosion›Ontario, Canada, Algonquin Park · 1917 · Suspicious Death · ClosedThe Mysterious Death of Tom Thomson›Off Newfoundland, North Atlantic · 1912 · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Sinking of the Titanic›