List of massacres in Canada
This is a List of Massacres in Canada; events for which one of the commonly accepted names includes the word Massacres. Massacre is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as "the indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of people or (less commonly) animals; carnage, butchery, slaughter in numbers". It also states that the term is used "in the names of certain massacres of history".Thomas W. Gallant definition of Massacres; deliberate slaughter of a large number of people in a violent way, especially when they cannot defend themselves.[1][2] The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Canada and its predecessors. Some events in which numerous individuals were wounded are also included.
- For Single perpetrator events and shooting sprees, see Lists of rampage killers and Category:Spree shootings in Canada
- For School shootings, see Category:School shootings in Canada/Category:School killings in Canada
- For Indian massacres, see Indian massacres.
- For Terrorism, see Terrorism in Canada.
- For Serial killers, see List of serial killers in Canada.
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| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lachine massacre | 1689, august 5 | Lachine, Quebec | 72 | part of King William's War |
| Port-la-Joye Massacre | 1746 July 11, | Port-la-Joye, Ile St. Jean (Hillsborough River (Prince Edward Island)) | 34 | part of King George's War |
| Grand Pre Massacre | 1747 February 10–11, | Grand Pre, Nova Scotia | 67 | part of King George's War |
| Dartmouth Massacre | 1751 May 13, | Dartmouth, Nova Scotia | 20 | part of Father Le Loutre's War |
| Bloody Falls Massacre | 1771 July 17, | The location now known as Kugluk/Bloody Falls Territorial Park near Kugluktuk, Nunavut | 20 | |
| Chilcotin War | 1864 April 30, | Bute Inlet, British Columbia | 19 | |
| Cypress Hills massacre | 1873 June 1, | Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan | 23 | |
| Black Donnellys massacre | 1880 February 4, | Lucan Biddulph, Ontario | 5 | |
| Frog Lake Massacre | 1885 April 2, | Frog Lake, Alberta | 9 | part of the North-West Rebellion |
| Shell Lake murders | 1967 August 15, | Shell Lake, Saskatchewan | 9 | |
| Buffalo Narrows axe slayings | 1969 January 30,[3] | Buffalo Narrows, Saskatchewan | 7 | |
| Dale Nelson murders | 1970 September 4, | Creston, British Columbia | 8 | participated in cannibalism, necrophilia, and pedophilia |
| Brampton Centennial Secondary School shooting | 1975 May 28, | Brampton, Ontario | 3 | |
| National Assembly shootings | 1984 May 8, | Quebec City, Quebec | 3 | 3 killed and 13 wounded in an attack on the Quebec National Assembly |
| Lennoxville massacre | 1985 March 24, | Lennoxville, Quebec | 5 | part of the Quebec Biker war |
| École Polytechnique massacre | 1989 December 6, | Montreal, Quebec | 15 | Perpetrator killed 14 people and injured 14, before taking his own life |
| Sydney River McDonald's murders | 1992 May 7, | Sydney, Nova Scotia | 3 | 1 disabled |
| Concordia University massacre | 1992 August 24, | Montreal, Quebec | 4 | 1 injured |
| Mark Chahal massacre | 1996 April 6, | Vernon, B.C. | 9 | Estranged husband murders wedding party |
| Shedden massacre | 2006 April 8, | Shedden, Ontario | 8 | Gang related killing of own gang members. |
| Claresholm highway massacre | 2011 December 15, | Claresholm, Alberta | 4 | |
| 2014 Moncton shootings | 2014 June 4, | Moncton, New Brunswick | 3 | 24-year-old from Moncton, shot five armed officers from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), killing three and severely injuring two.[4] |
| La Loche shootings | 2016 January 22, | La Loche, Saskatchewan | 4 | An unidentified 17-year-old student allegedly shot and killed two of his cousins at their home, then went to La Loche Community School and continued firing, killing a teacher and an assistant and wounding several others. |
See also
References
- ↑ Gallant, Thomas W. (2001). "review of Levene, Roberts The Massacre in History". Crime, History & Societies 5 (1).
- ↑ "massacre." Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. December 23, 2014.
- ↑ "Seven murder counts laid in northern axe deaths". The Phoenix. January 31, 1968. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ↑ "Moncton shootings: 3 RCMP officers dead, 2 wounded". CBC. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
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