Many people might not know this, but Ottawa did have a school shooting in 1975. There's a book about the student who went on a rampage. It's called: Rape of a Normal Mind. I've read some of it. Canada doesn't get many school shootings. I can only think of two. The one in 1974, in Ottawa, and the one in 1989, in Montreal. But... Apparently there were 8 spree shootings in Canada.
The Shell Lake Disaster 1967 Saskatchewan
Brampton Centennial Secondary School. 1975 Brampton (first school shooter in Canada)
St. Pius X High School 1975 Ottawa
The National Assembly of Quebec Building 1984 Quebec City
École Polytechnique 1989 Montreal
Concordia University 1992 Montreal
Dawson College 2006 Montreal
Moncton Shootings 2014 Moncton
It's interesting to note that 3/8 of these shootings happened in Montreal. That's close to half of them. Well, technically half of them were in Quebec.
Only 8 mass shootings in Canada. I know I shouldn't say 'only' 8. I mean 8 is definitely 8 too many.
On the site: Murderpedia, it lists the numbers of male and female murderers. The first numbers in brackets are for males. The second number in brackets for females.
Canada (94) (24)
For the U.S, they list male murderers per state.
The deadliest states. These three states alone... 1,694 male murderers.
California (358), (84)
The least deadliest states. These 8 states combined comes out to 59 male murderers.
A big difference from 1,694 from just those three states.
Hawaii (4), (2)
West Virginia (5), (5)
Wyoming (7), (0)
Rhode Island (8), (1)
Vermont, (8), (2)
New Hampshire (8), (5)
North Dakota (9), (1)
South Dakota (10), (2)
The states that are over 100 male murderers are:
Pennsylvania (100), (32)
Illinois (107), (35)
Ohio (116), (33)
Tennessee (119), (15)
Indiana (121), (19)
Oklahoma (130), (12)
Virginia (151), (10)
New York (156), (46)
Missouri (173), (15)
Georgia (194), (35)
Arizona (199). (21)
These 11 states comes out to 1,566 male murderers.
That's still less than those top three states combined.
The thing is that these stats are for KNOWN killers. These killers have probably been convicted and are in jail now, since died, or since been released. There are killers who have multiple victims. These numbers could actually be higher since there are killers out there who have never been caught. I read that every year in America 6,000 killers get away with murder. So there are about as many unsolved murders. Each year. One third of homicides goes unsolved. 3,479 unsolved murders since 1969, in Washington alone.
It's scary to think that killers could be in our midsts. Most people (90%) know their killers. Which is crazy because if 90% of people know their killers, shouldn't the percentage of solved cases be higher? I can see how the 10% of strangers killing strangers might go unsolved. I still and will always feel bad for the families of those who've been killed. Especially when those cases have never been solved. I just wonder why the murder rate is so high in some states and not in others. What makes it that way?
The Shell Lake Disaster 1967 Saskatchewan
Brampton Centennial Secondary School. 1975 Brampton (first school shooter in Canada)
St. Pius X High School 1975 Ottawa
The National Assembly of Quebec Building 1984 Quebec City
École Polytechnique 1989 Montreal
Concordia University 1992 Montreal
Dawson College 2006 Montreal
Moncton Shootings 2014 Moncton
It's interesting to note that 3/8 of these shootings happened in Montreal. That's close to half of them. Well, technically half of them were in Quebec.
Only 8 mass shootings in Canada. I know I shouldn't say 'only' 8. I mean 8 is definitely 8 too many.
On the site: Murderpedia, it lists the numbers of male and female murderers. The first numbers in brackets are for males. The second number in brackets for females.
Canada (94) (24)
For the U.S, they list male murderers per state.
The deadliest states. These three states alone... 1,694 male murderers.
Florida (511), (50)
Texas (825). (56)The least deadliest states. These 8 states combined comes out to 59 male murderers.
A big difference from 1,694 from just those three states.
West Virginia (5), (5)
Wyoming (7), (0)
Rhode Island (8), (1)
Vermont, (8), (2)
New Hampshire (8), (5)
North Dakota (9), (1)
South Dakota (10), (2)
The states that are over 100 male murderers are:
Pennsylvania (100), (32)
Illinois (107), (35)
Ohio (116), (33)
Tennessee (119), (15)
Indiana (121), (19)
Oklahoma (130), (12)
Virginia (151), (10)
New York (156), (46)
Missouri (173), (15)
Georgia (194), (35)
Arizona (199). (21)
These 11 states comes out to 1,566 male murderers.
That's still less than those top three states combined.
The thing is that these stats are for KNOWN killers. These killers have probably been convicted and are in jail now, since died, or since been released. There are killers who have multiple victims. These numbers could actually be higher since there are killers out there who have never been caught. I read that every year in America 6,000 killers get away with murder. So there are about as many unsolved murders. Each year. One third of homicides goes unsolved. 3,479 unsolved murders since 1969, in Washington alone.
It's scary to think that killers could be in our midsts. Most people (90%) know their killers. Which is crazy because if 90% of people know their killers, shouldn't the percentage of solved cases be higher? I can see how the 10% of strangers killing strangers might go unsolved. I still and will always feel bad for the families of those who've been killed. Especially when those cases have never been solved. I just wonder why the murder rate is so high in some states and not in others. What makes it that way?
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