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39 EPS deaths since 2000; Alberta leads Canada per capita

Original source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-has-2nd-most-police-involved-deaths-1.6828204 Retrieved: 2026-07-04 (CBC blocks direct fetch; retrieved via reader proxy r.jina.ai. Article ~2023.)

Key facts

  • 39 total deaths attributed to Edmonton Police Service since 2000 — 2nd-highest among Canadian municipal forces (behind Toronto). Calgary, Canada's 3rd-largest city, had 29.
  • Alberta averaged 7.5 police-involved deaths/year (2011–2022), 2nd only to Ontario's 11.
  • Alberta had the largest increase among major provinces: a 166% jump in annual deaths (2011–2022 vs 2000–2010). (Ontario +31%, B.C. +31%, Quebec +112%.) Alberta ranks worst per capita.
  • Force used in Edmonton cases: 66% gunshot as highest force level, 21% restraint (national averages 73% / 14%).
  • Of 39 Edmonton deaths, only 1 was a woman (Bernadette Auger, 2010).
  • Named cases: Yvon Chiasson (Feb 24, 2021 — Tasered and restrained during a mental-health crisis); Trevor Proudman (2014 — left unattended in a police van); James Hanna (Feb 2022 — stray bullet); Mitchell Tyler Potts (Feb 2022 — armed-robbery suspect); Bernadette Auger (2010 — pointed a toy gun).