Credit: uploader and the RNAOCC BY-SA 3.0SourceSOLVEDListenYonge Street, North York City Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 2018
On April 23, 2018, a man drove a rented van into pedestrians along Yonge Street in Toronto's North York City Centre, killing 11 people and injuring 15 others before being arrested; he was later convicted on all counts and sentenced to life in prison.
SOLVEDListenChurch and Wellesley, Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 2017
Tess Richey, a 22-year-old woman from North Bay, Ontario, was killed after a night out in Toronto's Church and Wellesley neighbourhood in November 2017, and Kalen Schlatter was later convicted of first-degree murder in her death.
Credit: AbebenjoeCC BY-SA 4.0SourceSOLVEDListen306 Davenport Road, Yorkville, Toronto, Ontario · 1994
A 1994 armed robbery at the Just Desserts Café in Toronto's Yorkville neighbourhood ended with 23-year-old patron Georgina Leimonis fatally shot; two men were later convicted and one acquitted after one of Canada's longest and most contentious trials.
SOLVEDListenYonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 2005
On December 26, 2005, a gang-related gunfight on Toronto's crowded Yonge Street killed 15-year-old Jane Creba and wounded six bystanders, sparking national debate on gun crime that shaped the 2006 federal election.
SOLVEDListenHigh Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 1985
Kenneth Zeller, a Toronto teacher and librarian, was beaten to death by five teenage boys in High Park on June 22, 1985, in an attack described as a homophobic hate crime. All five were convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to nine years in prison.
The files run from 1980 to 2018. The 2010s hold the most, with 5 files. The oldest is Murder of Kenneth Zeller, from 1985.
By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (9), mass shooting cases (2) and serial murder cases (1).
4 files of the 10 have coverage attached: 5 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 3 creators. The Fifth Estate, Crime Beat and That Chapter have covered the most of them.
Every file is written from cited sources and pinned where it happened, and every person named carries the legal status the record gives them. If you hold information about an unsolved case, contact the investigating agency named in its file rather than posting it publicly. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.
This page updates from the published files, so counts and statuses change the day a record does. Open any file for its timeline, its sources and the coverage worth your time, or play it as a narrated case file.
Toronto Homeless Memorial — Credit: Loretta Lime from Toronto, CanadaCC BY-SA 2.0Source
Toronto stands page — Credit: uploader and the RNAOCC BY-SA 3.0Source
Morningside-Coronation TCHC 2018 — Credit: ReidgregCC BY-SA 4.0Source
2022-06-27 Former Just Deserts Building site IMG 6997 — Credit: AbebenjoeCC BY-SA 4.0Source
"We Are Danforth Strong - We Love You" -- Memorial for Reese Fallon and Julianna Kozis — Credit: ΙΣΧΣΝΙΚΑ-888CC BY-SA 4.0Source
10. By status: 1 unsolved and 9 solved. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
Murder of Kenneth Zeller, from 1985. Open the file
2018 Toronto van attack, with 1 video, podcast or documentary linked from its file. Open the file
The Fifth Estate (2 cases), Crime Beat (2 cases) and That Chapter (1 case).
It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 14, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.
