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Edmonton leads Canada in fatal police shootings, 2022

Original source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-fatal-police-shootings-data-1.6427006 Retrieved: 2026-07-04 (CBC blocks direct fetch; retrieved via reader proxy r.jina.ai. Article dated ~April 2022.)

Key facts

  • 4 fatal officer-involved shootings in Edmonton by April 22, 2022 — ~30% of Canada's total fatal police shootings in that period.
  • Included 1 innocent bystander (59-year-old shot in an apartment).
  • Already a 22-year high per CBC's Deadly Force database.
  • Same-period fatal police shootings: Alberta 5, B.C. 3, Ontario 3, Saskatchewan 1, Quebec 1. Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Winnipeg each had zero. Only Surrey B.C. also had multiple.
  • Demographics (Alberta, prior 6 years): most fatalities were men; "Black and Indigenous people were over-represented among the fatalities."
  • Named 2022 cases (from the companion "2nd-most deaths" piece): James Hanna (Feb 2022, struck by stray bullet — bystander) and Mitchell Tyler Potts (Feb 2022, armed-robbery suspect).
  • Quote — Temitope Oriola, U of A criminology: "There's no denying that we do have an excessive use-of-force problem in Edmonton."
  • Quote — Rob Houle (Community Safety and Well-Being Task Force): "I think the evidence is there that they haven't really taken this report seriously."