SettingsPeople executed by Canada
Albert Guay
Joseph-Albert Guay was a resident of Quebec City, Canada, who was responsible for the in-flight bombing of a passenger aeroplane on 9 September 1949, killing all aboard, including his wife Rita,...
Joseph-Albert Guay was a resident of Quebec City, Canada, who was responsible for the in-flight bombing of a passenger aeroplane on 9 September 1949, killing all aboard, including his wife Rita,...
Arthur Lucas
Arthur Lucas, originally from the U.S. state of Georgia, was one of the two last people to be executed in Canada, on December 11, 1962.
Arthur Lucas, originally from the U.S. state of Georgia, was one of the two last people to be executed in Canada, on December 11, 1962.
Earle Nelson
Earle Leonard Nelson aka The Gorilla Killer was an American serial killer.
Earle Leonard Nelson aka The Gorilla Killer was an American serial killer.
Emilio Picariello
Emilio Picariello was an Italian-Canadian bootlegger and convicted murderer, who was hanged at Fort Saskatchewan in 1923 for killing an Alberta police constable the previous year.
Emilio Picariello was an Italian-Canadian bootlegger and convicted murderer, who was hanged at Fort Saskatchewan in 1923 for killing an Alberta police constable the previous year.
Florence Lassandro
Filumena Lassandro (died 1923) was the last woman to be executed in Alberta.
Filumena Lassandro (died 1923) was the last woman to be executed in Alberta.
George Gee (murderer)
George William Gee (c. 1881 - 22 July 1904) was the first person to be hanged in the town of Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada.
George William Gee (c. 1881 - 22 July 1904) was the first person to be hanged in the town of Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada.
Harold Pringle
Harold Joseph Pringle was the only soldier of the Canadian Army to be executed during the Second World War for military crimes.
Harold Joseph Pringle was the only soldier of the Canadian Army to be executed during the Second World War for military crimes.
Madame le Corbeau
Marguerite Pitre (1909?-January 9, 1953), also known as Marguerite Ruest-Pitre and as "Madame le Corbeau" ("Madame Raven") because she always wore black clothes, was a Canadian consp...
Marguerite Pitre (1909?-January 9, 1953), also known as Marguerite Ruest-Pitre and as "Madame le Corbeau" ("Madame Raven") because she always wore black clothes, was a Canadian consp...
Marguerite Pitre
Marguerite Pitre was the 13th and last woman to be hanged in Canada.
Marguerite Pitre was the 13th and last woman to be hanged in Canada.
Patrick J. Whelan
Patrick James Whelan was a tailor and alleged Fenian sympathizer executed following the 1868 assassination of Canadian journalist and politician Thomas D'Arcy McGee.
Patrick James Whelan was a tailor and alleged Fenian sympathizer executed following the 1868 assassination of Canadian journalist and politician Thomas D'Arcy McGee.
Phoebe Campbell
Phoebe Campbell is a babe.
Phoebe Campbell is a babe.
Reginald Birchall
Reginald Birchall was a convicted murderer who, after due process, was hanged at Woodstock, Ontario.
Reginald Birchall was a convicted murderer who, after due process, was hanged at Woodstock, Ontario.
Robert Raymond Cook
Robert Raymond Cook (b. 1937 in Hanna, Alberta - 14 November 1960 in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta) was a Canadian murderer.
Robert Raymond Cook (b. 1937 in Hanna, Alberta - 14 November 1960 in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta) was a Canadian murderer.
Ronald Turpin
On December 10, 1962 Ronald Turpin, 29, was one of the two last people to be executed in the Dominion of Canada.
On December 10, 1962 Ronald Turpin, 29, was one of the two last people to be executed in the Dominion of Canada.
Wilbert Coffin
Wilbert Coffin (October 1915 - 10 February 1956) was a Canadian prospector who was convicted of murder and executed in Canada.
Wilbert Coffin (October 1915 - 10 February 1956) was a Canadian prospector who was convicted of murder and executed in Canada.