List of incidents of civil unrest in Canada

This is a list of major incidents of civil disorder that have occurred in Canada. This list includes events that occurred prior to Canadian Confederation in 1867, as well as events that occurred in territories that were not part of Canada at the time that they occurred, such as the Newfoundland Colony and later Dominion of Newfoundland.

18th century +YearIncidentLocation1753Lunenburg RebellionLunenburg, Nova Scotia1784Shelburne riotsShelburne, Nova Scotia

19th century +Year(s)IncidentLocation1826Types RiotYork, Upper Canada1835–1845Shiners' WarBytown, Upper Canada1837Upper Canada RebellionUpper Canada1837–1838Lower Canada RebellionLower Canada1837–1838Rebellions of 1837–1838Lower Canada and Upper Canada1838Patriot WarCanada–United States border1842–1844Welland Canal RiotWelland Canal area, Upper Canada18471847 Woodstock riotWoodstock, New Brunswick1849Burning of the Parliament Buildings in MontrealMontreal, Lower Canada1849Stony Monday RiotBytown, Upper Canada1853Gavazzi RiotsMontreal and Quebec City, Lower Canada1855Toronto circus riotToronto, Canada West18611861 Newfoundland general election riotingHarbour Grace, Newfoundland1863Oil Springs riotSarnia, Upper Canada1869–1870Red River RebellionRed River Colony1875Louis Mailloux AffairCaraquet, New Brunswick1875Jubilee riotsToronto, Ontario1875Montreal anti-vaccination riotMontreal, Quebec1883The Harbour Grace AffrayHarbour Grace, Newfoundland Colony1885North-West RebellionPresent-day Alberta and Saskatchewan1885Montreal anti-vaccine riotMontreal, Quebec

20th century +Year(s)IncidentLocation19031903 Consolidated Lake Superior riotSault Ste. Marie, Ontario1907Pacific Coast race riots of 1907Vancouver, British Columbia19141914 Saint John street railway strikeSaint John, New Brunswick1916Battle of the HatpinsOttawa, Ontario1917Conscription Crisis of 1917Quebec19181918 Toronto anti-Greek riotToronto, Ontario19181918 Vancouver general strikeVancouver, British Columbia1918–1925Canadian Labour Revoltnationwide1919Winnipeg general strikeWinnipeg, Manitoba1931Estevan riotEstevan, Saskatchewan19321932 Colonial Building riotSt. John's, Dominion of Newfoundland1932Edmonton Hunger March. A march by 10,000 workers and farmers dispersed by club-wielding mounted policemen.Edmonton, Alberta1933Christie Pits riotToronto, Ontario1934Days of ShameMontreal, Quebec1934Battle at Old Market SquareWinnipeg, Manitoba1935Battle of Ballantyne PierVancouver, British Columbia1935Regina Riot, culmination of the On-to-Ottawa TrekRegina, Saskatchewan1938Bloody SundayVancouver, British Columbia1942Battle of Bowmanville by German POWsBowmanville POW camp, Ontario1944Terrace mutiny by soldiers unwilling to go overseasTerrace, British Columbia1945Halifax riot by sailors and soldiers on VE-Day.Dartmouth and Halifax, Nova Scotia1949Asbestos strikeAsbestos, Quebec1955Richard RiotMontreal, Quebec1958Newfoundland Loggers' StrikeNewfoundland19661966 Vancouver Grey Cup riotVancouver, British Columbia1969Sir George Williams affairMontreal, Quebec1969Murray-Hill riotMontreal, Quebec1970October CrisisGreater Montreal, Quebec19711971 Kingston Penitentiary riotKingston, Ontario1971Gastown riotsVancouver, British Columbia1981Cape Breton coal strike of 1981Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia1987Edmonton Celebration of Stanley Cup win. Celebration on Jasper Avenue turned into a riot. Dozens arrested. Edmonton, Alberta1987On December 10, Toronto Libraries staged a one-day suspension of service against Bill C-54 (anti-pornography legislation)Toronto1988–1989Temagami Blockade of 1988–1989 (concerning the Temagami Land Caution). Blockades were a chapter in 103-year-long fight for local First Nation control of Lake Temagami area, which ended partially successfully in 1995.Temagami, Ontario1989–1990Mohawk Civil WarAkwesasne, Ontario and Quebec1990Oka CrisisOka, Kahnawake, Kanesatake, Quebec1992Yonge Street riotToronto, Ontario19941994 Vancouver Stanley Cup riotVancouver, British Columbia

21st century +YearIncidentLocation2001Edmonton Canada Day riot. Crowds broke shop windows, threw rocks at police officers, overturned mail boxes and park benches, and kicked in phone booths.Edmonton, Alberta2002Concordia University Netanyahu riotMontreal, Quebec2006Edmonton Stanley Cup Playoff run. Perhaps as many as 50,000 youths gathered on Whyte Avenue on different nights. Mischief, vandalism, open fires on the street, nudity.Edmonton, Alberta20062006 Grand Manan riotGrand Manan, New Brunswick20102010 G20 Toronto summit protestsToronto, Ontario20112011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riotVancouver, British Columbia20122012 Quebec student protestsQuebec2014HMP chapel riotSt. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador20202020 Canadian pipeline and railway protestsWetʼsuwetʼen First Nation territory, BC2022Canada convoy protestnationwide

See also Emergencies Act List of conflicts in North America List of excessive force police incidents in Canada List of riots List of strikes in Canada

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