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True crime cases in Canada

81case filesUpdated Jul 18, 2026

Casepin holds 81 case files in Canada. By legal status, 15 marked unsolved, 1 marked cold, 1 marked ongoing, 60 marked solved and 4 marked overturned.

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81
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15
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1
Ongoing
1
Solved
60
Overturned
4
Span
1771–2021
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  • UNSOLVEDListen

    Saanich, British Columbia, Canada · 2008

    Killing of Lindsay Buziak

    A 24-year-old Victoria, British Columbia, real estate agent was fatally stabbed in February 2008 during a staged home showing, and the killing remains unsolved.

    5 to watch & hear
  • Credit: Indrid__ColdCC BY-SA 2.0SourceSOLVEDListen

    Portapique, Nova Scotia, Canada · 2020

    2020 Nova Scotia attacks

    Over April 18–19, 2020, Gabriel Wortman shot and killed 22 people and set fires at 16 locations across rural Nova Scotia before being shot dead by RCMP officers in Enfield, in the deadliest shooting rampage in Canadian history.

    3 to watch & hear
  • Credit: FhesseCC BY-SA 4.0SourceUNSOLVEDListen

    Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada · 2016

    Disappearance of Mekayla Bali

    Mekayla Bali, a 16-year-old high school student, vanished from Yorkton, Saskatchewan on April 12, 2016, after being seen on surveillance footage moving through the town for most of the day. She was last seen leaving a restaurant near the local bus depot between 1:00 and 1:45 p.m. and has not been located since.

    2 to watch & hear
  • Credit: B3251CC0SourceOVERTURNEDListen

    Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada · 2011

    Killing of Richard Oland

    Richard Oland, a 69-year-old Saint John businessman, was bludgeoned to death in his office in July 2011; his son Dennis Oland was convicted of the killing in 2015, had that conviction overturned on appeal in 2016, and was found not guilty at retrial in 2019.

    2 to watch & hear
  • Credit: Coastal Elite from Halifax, CanadaCC BY-SA 2.0SourceSOLVEDListen

    Montreal, Quebec, Canada · 2012

    Murder of Jun Lin

    The 2012 murder of Jun Lin, an international student at Concordia University in Montreal, for which Luka Magnotta was convicted of first-degree murder in 2014.

    1 thing to watch or hear
  • Credit: uploader and the RNAOCC BY-SA 3.0SourceSOLVEDListen

    Yonge Street, North York City Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 2018

    2018 Toronto van attack

    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.

    1 thing to watch or hear
  • SOLVEDListen

    11 Butler Crescent, Brentwood, Calgary, Alberta, Canada · 2014

    2014 Calgary stabbing

    On April 15, 2014, Matthew de Grood stabbed five young adults to death at a house party in the Brentwood neighbourhood of Calgary, Alberta. He was later found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder.

    1 thing to watch or hear
  • UNSOLVEDListen

    Rainbow Falls Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada · 2007

    Disappearance of Christina Calayca

    Christina Calayca, a 20-year-old Toronto woman, vanished on 6 August 2007 after going for an early-morning jog near Rainbow Falls Provincial Park in Northwestern Ontario. Despite an extensive multi-week police search and several later privately funded searches, she has never been found and her case remains an open missing-person investigation.

    1 thing to watch or hear
  • SOLVEDListen

    Church and Wellesley, Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 2017

    Murder of Tess Richey

    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.

    1 thing to watch or hear
  • SOLVEDListen

    Pickton family farm, 953 Dominion Avenue, Port Coquitlam, British Columbia · 1978

    Robert Pickton Murders

    Robert Pickton, a pig farmer from Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, was convicted in December 2007 of second-degree murder in the deaths of six women from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Investigators linked him to the deaths of at least 26 women in total, and 20 further first-degree murder charges against him were stayed in 2010.

    1 thing to watch or hear

About these files

Case files in Canada

The files run from 1771 to 2021. The 2010s hold the most, with 25 files. The oldest is Chilcotin War, from 1864.

They are spread across 10 states and regions; the most are in Ontario (26), British Columbia (11) and Alberta (11). By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (59), mass shooting cases (13) and domestic violence cases (10).

31 files of the 81 have coverage attached: 44 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 16 creators. The most covered is Killing of Lindsay Buziak, with 5 items to watch or hear. That Chapter, Crime Beat and Dr. Todd Grande 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.

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How many case files in Canada are on Casepin?

81. By status: 15 unsolved, 1 cold, 1 ongoing, 60 solved and 4 overturned. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.

What is the oldest of these files?

Chilcotin War, from 1864. Open the file

Which case in Canada has the most coverage?

Killing of Lindsay Buziak, with 5 videos, podcasts and documentaries linked from its file. Open the file

Which creators have covered case files in Canada?

That Chapter (9 cases), Crime Beat (8 cases) and Dr. Todd Grande (6 cases), among 16 creators in all.

Where in Canada are most of these cases?

Ontario (26), British Columbia (11) and Alberta (11).

How current is this page?

It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 18, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.

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