INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL.- The shooting which was recorded yesterday Tuesday in Canadain which ten people died in a school in the town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbiaand an adjacent house, including the alleged shooter, is one of the most serious occurred in Canada in the last forty years.
To the families in Tumbler Ridge who woke up today without someone they love, Canada mourns with you. pic.twitter.com/qQms9S2TKh
— Mark Carney (@MarkJCarney) February 11, 2026
The worst massacre in Canadian history, with 23 deaths, was recorded just five years ago, in April 2020, in several communities in the province of Nova Scotiaon the country’s Atlantic coast.
The second with the highest number of victims, and the most serious in a educational centercost the life of 14 women in the Montreal School of Engineers in December 1989.
The worst massacre in Canada
Between April 18 and 19, 2020, Gabriel Wortmana 51-year-old dental technician, dressed in a Mounted Police uniform and that he was traveling in a vehicle similar to the police, killed 22 people and left injuries to 25after randomly shooting civilians and security forces in houses and on public roads.
The massacre began in the small town of pipe holder and spread to nearby areas before ending in Enfieldnearly Halifaxthe provincial capital, where the shooter was killed twelve hours after beginning his attack.
Attacks on educational centers
The second worst massacre in the last forty years in Canada occurred, like this Tuesday, in an educational center, the Montreal School of Engineerson December 6, 1989.
That day, a 25-year-old armed man named Marc Lépine evicted the men from a room in the center and killed 14 women before commit suicide. Furthermore, they turned out 14 other people injuredten women and four men.
On April 28, 1999, a high school student W. R. Myers of Alberta was killed and another injured by the shots of a secondary school student, a minor who, according to his family, had suffered harassment.
On September 13, 2006, two people died in an indiscriminate shooting in the Dawson University cafeteriain Montrealin which they also suffered 20 people injuredthree of them very serious.
On January 22, 2016, four people, two student brothers and two teachers, lost their lives due to the shooting of a 17-year-old boy in the La Loche Community Schoola small community about 3,500 kilometers northwest of Toronto.
Other massacres with multiple victims
April 4, 1996 nine members of the same family who were preparing to celebrate a wedding were shot dead by the husband of one of the victims, who he took his life later to write a note apologizing for what happened.
Between September 4 and 5, 2022 ten people died after a series of stabbings recorded in thirteen different settings in the Canadian province of Saskatchewanin the center of Canada. The authorities later reported the death of the two alleged attackers, two brothers aged 30 and 31.
And on April 25, 2025 a driver caused 11 deaths after attacking his vehicle against dozens of people who were attending a street festival in the city of Vancouveron the Canadian Pacific coast. The alleged perpetrator suffered from mental problems and had no criminal record.
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