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Mass casualty events 0.1 per cent of police-reported violent crime, 2010 to 2024

Statistics Canada counted 5,475 mass casualty events over the 15-year period, with 3.3 per cent involving four or more victims who were seriously injured or died.

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Mass casualty events accounted for 0.1 per cent of police-reported violent crime in Canada from 2010 to 2024, according to Statistics Canada. The agency counted 5,475 such events over the period, defining them as intentional acts of violence in which four or more victims sustained minor or major physical injury, or died.

Of those 5,475 events, 3.3 per cent involved four or more victims who sustained major physical injury or died. Statistics Canada published the figures on June 18, 2026.

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  1. Statistics Canada - all Daily subjects Police-reported mass casualty events in Canada, 2010 to 2024 Statistical Retrieved 13 Sep 2026, 23:12 UTC · published 18 Jun 2026

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