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Unsolved cases in Canada

16case filesUpdated Jul 18, 2026

Casepin holds 16 unsolved cases in Canada. By legal status, 15 marked unsolved and 1 marked cold. On Casepin a case is unsolved when no one has been convicted for it; files the record marks as cold, where active investigation has stalled, are counted here too and carry their own Cold label.

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1771–2020
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7
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9
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    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: 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
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    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
  • Credit: JalloreCC BY-SA 3.0SourceUNSOLVEDListen

    Compton, Quebec, Canada (near Champlain College Lennoxville) · 2002

    Death of Theresa Allore

    Theresa Allore, a 19-year-old Champlain College Lennoxville student, disappeared on November 3, 1978, in Quebec's Eastern Townships and was found dead five months later. The case remains unsolved and has since been linked by her brother's investigation to other unsolved deaths from the era.

    1 thing to watch or hear
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    Richmond, British Columbia, Canada · 1986

    Death of Cindy James

    Canadian nurse Cindy James disappeared from Richmond, British Columbia, on May 25, 1989, after nearly seven years of reporting stalking, harassment, and violent attacks by an unknown assailant. She was found dead two weeks later, hogtied with a nylon stocking around her neck, having died of a massive drug overdose. A 1990 coroner's inquest could not determine whether her death was suicide, homicide, or accidental, ruling it an "unknown event."

    1 thing to watch or hear
  • Credit: Naitsabes101CC BY-SA 4.0SourceUNSOLVEDListen

    Prince George, British Columbia, Canada · 1989

    Disappearance of the Jack family

    In August 1989, an Indigenous family of four — Ronald and Doreen Jack and their sons Russell and Ryan — vanished from Prince George, British Columbia, after accepting a purported logging-camp job offer from an unidentified man who drove them away in his pickup truck. None have been seen since.

  • UNSOLVEDListen

    Atlantic Ocean, approximately 180 miles southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland, Canada · 1990

    1990 Faucett Perú Boeing 727 disappearance

    On 11 September 1990, a Faucett Perú Boeing 727 ferrying crew and airline employees' families from Malta to Peru vanished over the Atlantic southeast of Newfoundland after declaring a fuel emergency. Despite a large search effort, no wreckage or occupants were ever found.

  • UNSOLVEDListen

    Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada · 1989

    Disappearance of Charles Horvath-Allan

    Charles Horvath-Allan, a Canadian-born British national, vanished in Kelowna, British Columbia in 1989 while backpacking across Canada, leaving his tent and belongings behind. He was declared legally dead in the UK in 2020, and the RCMP investigation remains officially open.

  • COLDListen

    1600 block of Queensway, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada · 1970

    Disappearance of Helen Claire Frost

    Helen Claire Frost, 17, vanished on October 13, 1970, after leaving her Prince George, British Columbia apartment for a solo evening walk. She has never been found, and her case remains an open RCMP investigation.

  • Credit: Canadian illustrated news, 12 juillet 1879Public domainSourceUNSOLVEDListen

    Griffintown, Montreal, Quebec, Canada · 1879

    Killing of Mary Gallagher

    Mary Gallagher, a 19th-century Irish-Canadian woman, was killed by decapitation in the Griffintown neighbourhood of Montreal on 27 June 1879.

About these files

Unsolved cases in Canada, in brief

The files run from 1771 to 2020. The 2000s hold the most, with 5 files. The oldest is Cypress Hills Massacre, from 1873.

They are spread across 6 states and regions; the most are in British Columbia (5), Quebec (3) and Newfoundland and Labrador (2). By type, the largest groups are disappearance cases (8), murder and homicide cases (6) and poisoning cases (1).

7 files of the 16 have coverage attached: 12 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 9 creators. The most covered is Killing of Lindsay Buziak, with 5 items to watch or hear. Dr. Todd Grande, That Chapter and Stephanie Harlowe 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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These files are published and cited but are kept out of search listings for now, either because they fall outside Casepin’s true-crime scope or because they are still being deepened.

Questions

What people ask

How many unsolved cases in Canada are on Casepin?

16. By status: 15 unsolved and 1 cold. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.

What is the oldest of these unsolved cases?

Cypress Hills Massacre, from 1873. 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 unsolved cases in Canada?

Dr. Todd Grande (3 cases), That Chapter (1 case) and Stephanie Harlowe (1 case), among 9 creators in all.

Where in Canada are most of these cases?

British Columbia (5), Quebec (3) and Newfoundland and Labrador (2).

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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