At least 11 people were killed by police in Canada in July 2025. This means that at least 59 people have been killed by cops so far this year.

At least six people were killed in police deployments in Canada in June and seven people were killed in police actions in May. At least eight people were killed in April 2025 and six people were killed in March 2025. A dozen people were killed by police in February, the deadliest month of Canadian police violence since August 2024, when 13 people were killed. In January 2025, at least nine people were killed by police. These deaths include people who were directly killed by police, as in police shootings, and people who died during police deployments or in police custody.

In 2024, at least 100 people were killed in police actions. There were at least 97 police-involved deaths in Canada in 2023, while in 2022 there were at least 117 police-involved deaths.

Nine of the victims in July were shot and killed by police. Two people were killed in police custody. At least four of the victims have been identified as Indigenous people. Two have been named publicly by loved ones as Eric Nothing and Tyresse Kenny Padro Cree Roundsky.

The details below are based on police reports, reports from oversight agencies, and in some cases information from families. As always, because there are no formal, systemic mechanisms for documenting and reporting police killings publicly in Canada, all numbers presented for police-involved deaths represent an undercount. In addition to the known cases, there are instances of police-involved deaths that have no reporting. For example, the Independent Investigations Office (IIO) of British Columbia lists a death involving Prince George RCMP on July 29, but provides no report.

 

 

July 4. Burnaby RCMP. Arrest.

A man went into medical distress while being arrested by Burnaby RCMP and later died in hospital on July 4. It is reported that Burnaby RCMP officers received a 911 call about a man creating a disturbance and possibly suffering a mental health crisis shortly after 4:30 PM. They responded to the 7000 block of Hillview Street in a residential neighbourhood next to Burnaby Lake Regional Park and located the man outside a home. During his arrest, the man went into medical distress. He was taken to the hospital and later died.

 

July 7. Surrey RCMP. Shooting.

Surrey RCMP shot and killed a man in the city’s Clayton Heights neighbourhood, near 194 Street and 66A Avenue, on the night of July 7. It is reported that police were called to an incident of alleged intimate partner violence at a home in the area. Police claim that the officer involved shot a man who was attacking a woman who was his partner. The woman was killed in the incident and the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has also been called to scene.

Details are sparse at this time and the BC's IIO has taken a decision to stop posting reports on social media. This has raised further serious questions of transparency and accountability for an oversight body that has long been criticized for lacking both.

 

July 16. Vancouver Police Department. Custody.

A 49-year-old man died in Vancouver Police Department (VPD) custody on July 16. The IIO reports that police officers arrested the man around 4 AM and transported him to the VPD jail by 4:30 AM. He was found unresponsive at 10 AM. Paramedics were reportedly called and provided aid, and the man was transported to the hospital, where he died. 

The reason VPD arrested the man has not been released.

 

July 17. Nunavik Police Service. Shooting.

A man was shot and killed by Nunavik Police Service (NPS) officers in Inukjuak on July 17. This is the third killing by police in Nunavik in eight months.

The Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes (BEI) reports that at approximately 8:19 PM, a call was made to 911 regarding a possible kidnapping in a home. Police reportedly arrived at the scene around 8:25 PM and contacted the person in the call.

During the intervention, police claim that the person approached the police with a bladed weapon. Police officers fired their weapons striking the man. He was taken to a health centre where he was pronounced dead.

Mark R Annanack was killed in Kangiqsualujjuaq only two months ago, and in November of 2024, Joshua Papigatuk was killed in Salluit, while his brother, Garnet, was seriously injured.

 

July 18. Regina Police Service. Shooting.

A Regina Police Service (RPS) officer fatally shot a person in the city’s North Central neighbourhood on the morning of July 18. It is reported that the shooting happened around 10:10 AM in the 1300 block of Garnet Street. The victim died at the scene.

According to the Saskatchewan Serious Incident Response Team (SIRT), plainclothes RPS officers were involved in a homicide investigation and at approximately 10:08 AM, they observed a 29 year-old man on a bicycle who was wanted in connection with the investigation. Other RPS units were called to attend the area to assist with re-locating the man. At approximately 10:12 AM, the man was located by plainclothes members of RPS in the alley between Garnet Street and Athol Street north of 8th Avenue. Two plainclothes members of RPS exited separate unmarked police vehicles and some type of “confrontation” occurred between police and the man. One plainclothes RPS officer fired a single round from a service pistol, striking the man and killing him.

 

July 18. Grande Prairie RCMP. Shooting.

Grande Prairie RCMP shot and killed a man in a rural area outside the city on the evening of July 18. It is reported that officers saw someone driving erratically and attempted to pull him over. Police claim he fled and later got stuck in mud in a rural area outside the city. Police allege that at some point the man showed a gun. At least one officer fired their service weapon, striking the man. Upon EMS arrival, he was dead.

None of the police claims have been confirmed publicly.

 

July 22. Eric Nothing. Nishnawbe Aski Police Service. Shooting.

Nishnawbe Aski Police Service (NAPS) shot and killed Eric Nothing, a 40-year-old Wapekeka First Nation man, in Deer Lake First Nation (580 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay) on the afternoon of July 22. Nothing’s father, Bruce Wallace Frogg, was killed by Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) at Anicinabe Park in June 2024. 

The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) reports that at approximately 1:30 PM, NAPS officers went to a residence in the community with an arrest warrant. The man allegedly fled from the house. At some point, one NAPS officer discharged his firearm striking the man. He was taken to a nursing station where he was pronounced dead.

Nothing is described by community members as a loving and caring person who was deeply involved in his communities. Nothing grew up in Wapekeka First Nation and moved to Deer Lake when he got married. He is described as an intergenerational residential school survivor “affected by the experiences of his father, grandmother, and other relatives who were forced to attend residential schools.”

The SIU has assigned two investigators and one forensic investigator to examine the killing. One subject official and one witness official have been designated at this time.

Family members say that their experiences with the SIU following Bruce Wallace Frogg’s killing by police leave them distrustful of the oversight system. In the words of Joshua Frogg, “I hate to say this, but it’s just the reality for us as a family and maybe as Indigenous peoples, that the system is designed to fail us. There is no justice.”

 

July 24. Nunavut RCMP. Shooting.

Nunavut RCMP shot and killed a man in Clyde River, Nunavut, on the evening of July 24. RCMP claim they received a report around 9:45 PM that “multiple shots had been fired from a residence” and issued a shelter in place alert for the community. Police claim that when they arrived to the scene, they were confronted by a man with a firearm. Police fired their weapons, killing the man.

There is no independent oversight agency in Nunavut, so RCMP are allowed to find an external police force to lead the investigation – police investigating police. RCMP have refused further comment.

This is the second person killed by RCMP so far this year. A man in distress was killed during an RCMP intervention in Pond Inlet, Nunavut, on the weekend of May 3-4, 2025.

 

July 27. Lac La Biche RCMP. Shooting.

Lac La Biche RCMP shot and killed a man on the afternoon of July 27. It is reported that three Lac La Biche RCMP officers responded to a disturbance call at a local residence around 11:47 AM. Police claim a confrontation occurred and an officer was injured with a knife. One officer shot the man, and he was declared dead at the scene.

Lac La Biche is located 200 kilometres northeast of Edmonton.

 

July 30. Toronto Police Service. Shooting.

A Toronto Police Service (TPS) officer shot and killed a 40-year-old man during an arrest outside the Ramada hotel on Stanley Avenue in Niagara Falls on the morning of July 30. The TPS was one of several forces that had officers present as part of the Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement Squad (ROPE). ROPE is a multi-agency unit operated by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) to locate and apprehend parolees.

It is reported that around 11:15 AM, ROPE squad officers were dispatched to arrest a man in relation to parole violations. The man exited the Ramada and officers moved to arrest him. Police claim there was some type of undisclosed “interaction” and a TPS officer shot the man. The victim was taken to hospital where he has been pronounced dead.

It is reported that a Hamilton police officer was also injured in the incident.

The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has assigned four investigators and two forensic investigators to examine the killing.

 

July 31. Tyresse Kenny Padro Cree Roundsky. Ontario Provincial Police. Wapekeka First Nation. Shooting.

An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer shot and killed Tyresse Kenny Padro Cree Roundsky (23) in Wapekeka First Nation on July 31. The killing occurred in a makeshift courtroom inside a community centre, described on its website as a fly-in location providing a small number of court services on limited dates. It is reported that at about 12 PM, police had some type of interaction with the victim and an officer discharged their firearm. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police and witnesses claim the victim pulled out something that resembled a knife. The nature of that object has not yet been independently confirmed publicly.

Jeff Shantz is a long-time anti-authoritarian organizer, researcher, and writer who lives and works on Kwantlen, Katzie, and Semiahmoo territories (Surrey, British Columbia).

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