2025 Victims

January: 9 Victims

  • Melanie Asham-Obey, 30, Indigenous, Piapot First Nation, Saskatchewan (January 2)
  • No name released, 42, Bible Hill, Nova Scotia (January 3)
  • Sandy Raposo, 48, Abbotsford, British Columbia (January 3)
  • Elaine Mosher, 60, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia (January 5)
  • Phy Puth, 64, London, Ontario (January 7)
  • Paiyton Pick, 22, Centreville, Nova Scotia (January 11)
  • Agknesa Soukoulli, 25, Toronto, Ontario (January 19)
  • Lisa Marie Rytar, 42, Montreal, Quebec (January 23)
  • Jessiah Prestige Young, Indigenous, Bloodvein First Nation, Manitoba (January 24)

February: 11 Victims

  • Tracey Hotomani, 34, Indigenous, Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation, Saskatchewan (February 4)
  • Shauna Fay, 47, Indigenous, Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation, Saskatchewan (February 4)
  • No name released, Vaughan, Ontario (February 6)
  • Erin Kern, 30, Edmonton, Alberta (February 11)
  • Naomi Sturrock, Victoria, British Columbia (February 12)
  • Ginette Bélanger, 71, Longueuil, Quebec (February 13)
  • Shanastene Irene McLeod, 35, Indigenous, Winnipeg, Manitoba (February 15)
  • Angela Daniels, 26, Edmonton, Alberta (February 21)
  • Tabitha Peters, 22, Pemberton, British Columbia (February 22)
  • Luuku Luuku, 30s, Puvirnituq, Quebec (February 28)
  • Susan Harlan, 78, Edmonton, Alberta (February 28)

March: 14 Victims

  • No name released, 23, Batchewana First Nation, Ontario (March 1)
  • Patricia Tanner, 83, Bridgewater, Nova Scotia (March 2)
  • Anna Brazhko, 38, Calgary, Alberta (March 4)
  • Nilakshi Raguthas, 20, Markham, Ontario (March 7)
  • Mandeep Kaur, 23, Red Deer, Alberta (March 10)
  • No name released, 40s, Brampton, Ontario (March 11)
  • Anita Goodings, 83, Leamington, Ontario (March 12)
  • Rachelle Desrochers, 54, Ottawa, Ontario (~March 14)
  • Denise Brouillette, 79, Longueuil, Quebec (March 16)
  • Paula Mallette, 57, Timmins, Ontario (March 18)
  • Winter Elizabeth Rose Acorn, 3 months, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (March 20)
  • Stephanie Anderson-Paupanekis, 33, Indigenous, Winnipeg, Manitoba (March 22)
  • No name released, Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories (~March 23)
  • Emily Ogden, 24, Fort St. John, British Columbia (~March 29)

April: 20 Victims

  • Renee Descary, 51, Ottawa, Ontario (April 1)
  • Maria Cruz Hirmiz, 31, Calgary, Alberta (April 4)
  • Brenda Rus, 61, Ottawa, Ontario (April 5)
  • Tara Renee Walker, 34, Indigenous, Winnipeg, Manitoba (April 6)
  • Sarah Teakles, 26, Musquash, New Brunswick (~April 14)
  • Harsimat Randhawa, 21, Hamilton, Ontario (April 17)
  • Chantelle Ruhl, 37, Chilliwack, British Columbia (April 21)
  • Kira Ganapo Salim, 34, Vancouver, British Columbia (April 26)
  • Linh Hoang, 30, Vancouver, British Columbia (April 26)
  • Katie Le (Hoang), 5, Vancouver, British Columbia (April 26)
  • Nerissa ‘Rizza’ Pagkanlungan, 46, Vancouver, British Columbia (April 26)
  • Glitza Maria Caicedo, 60, Vancouver, British Columbia (April 26)
  • Glitza Daniela Samper, 30, Vancouver, British Columbia (April 26)
  • Jendhel May Sico, 27, Vancouver, British Columbia (April 26)
  • Jenifer Darbellay, 50, Vancouver, British Columbia (April 26)
  • Maria Victoria ‘Vicky’ Bjarnason, 55, Vancouver, British Columbia (April 26)
  • Melissa Anne Earls, 52, Simcoe, Ontario (April 22)
  • No name released, 67, Hamilton, Ontario (April 23)
  • No name released, 34, Makwea Sahgaiehcan First Nation, Saskatchewan (April 25)
  • Nadia Kristina Flett-Carriere, 22, Indigenous, Winnipeg, Manitoba (April 28)

May: 9 Victims

  • Charlene Shellard, 49, Brantford, Ontario (May 5)
  • Lyne Fournel, 62, Granby, Quebec (May 7)
  • Simone Mahan, 45, Chateauguay, Quebec (May 14)
  • Tricia Beaver, 50, Edmonton, Alberta (May 16)
  • Patricia Lynda Thériault, 47, Lachute, Quebec (May 16)
  • No name released, 25, Kingston, Ontario (May 16)
  • Virginia Theoret, 82, Barrhaven, Ontario (May 27)
  • Eleanor Doney, 80, Pickering, Ontario (May 29)
  • Mylène Masson-Bessette, 33, Sherbrooke, Quebec (May 30)

June: 16 Victims

  • Jessica Cunningham, 43, Maple Ridge, British Columbia (~ last seen in June)
  • Tracy Duncan, 54, Ottawa, Ontario (June 2)
  • Alexa Knodel, 21, Penticton, British Columbia (June 7)
  • Morgan Cherish Taryn Giroux, 27, Edmonton, Alberta (June 11)
  • No name released, 69, Pickering, Ontario (June 11)
  • Robin Emiline Kanasawe, 40, Sudbury, Ontario (June 13)
  • Édith Dumas, 32, Sherbrooke, Quebec (~June 17)
  • Joanie Imbeault, 32, Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec (June 17)
  • No name released, 75, Vernon, British Columbia (June 20)
  • Mikaila Straatsma, 30, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario (June 19)
  • Melissa Julie Wilson, 41, Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba (June 20)
  • Crystal Dreaver, 53, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (June 23)
  • Ramona Bowen, 45, Edmonton, Alberta (June 23)
  • Nicole Joss, Edson, Alberta (June 26)
  • No names released, 80, Abbotsford, British Columbia (June 30)
  • No name released, 39, Selkirk, Manitoba (June 30)

July: 16 Victims

  • Esther Umoru, 63, Sudbury, Ontario (July 2)
  • Bailey McCourt, 32, Kelowna, British Columbia (July 4)
  • No name released, 60s, Surrey, British Columbia (July 7)
  • Yuk Kwan Chu, 67, Toronto, Ontario (~July 11)
  • Belinda Sarkodie, 26, Hamilton, Ontario (July 11)
  • Juanita Wahpistikwan, 25, Beaver River, Saskatchewan (~July 11)
  • Ivy Michelle Bell, 40, Vancouver, British Columbia (July 13)
  • No name released, 60, Anjou, Quebec (July 15)
  • Shahnaz Pestonji, 71, Toronto, Ontario (July 17)
  • Barbara O’Donnell, 72, Belleville, Ontario (July 17)
  • No name released, 51, Richmond, British Columbia (July 18)
  • Melina Frattolin, 9, Montreal, Quebec (July 19)
  • Madisson Cobb, 23, Calgary, Alberta (July 19)
  • Roxanne Davidson, 60s, Maple Ridge, British Columbia (July 24)
  • No name released, 34, Thompson, Manitoba (July 24)
  • Vanessa Bone, 33, Keeseekoowenin First Nation, Manitoba (July 28)

August: 8 Victims

  • Susan Berrezueta, 61, Bradford, Ontario (August 1)
  • Anita Gray, 59, Bracebridge, Ontario (August 1)
  • June Elaine Curtis, 78, Brampton, Ontario (August 5)
  • Christine Beck, 45, Winnipeg, Manitoba (August 6)
  • No name released, 50, Urbainville, Prince Edward Island (August 8)
  • No name released, 41, Sudbury, Ontario (August 29)
  • Priscilla McGreer, 39, Edmonton, Alberta (August 30)
  • No name released, 80, Guelph, Ontario (August 31)

September: 14 Victims

  • Helya Bahari-Kashani, 24, Richmond Hill, Ontario (September 3)
  • “Rosa”, 11, Richmond Hill, Ontario (September 3)
  • No name released, 18, Hollow Water First Nation, Manitoba (September 4)
  • Jinfeng Guan, 50, Vancouver, British Columbia (September 5)
  • Jianghui Deng, 55, Vancouver, British Columbia (September 5)
  • Chinxiu Yun, 54, Vancouver, British Columbia (September 5)
  • Serenity Brown, 21, Indigenous, Toronto, Ontario (September 5)
  • Nicole Micheline Fortier, 46, Winnipeg, Manitoba (September 6)
  • Sonia Vivian Timbre, 42, Fredericton, New Brunswick (September 7)
  • Gabie Renaud, 43, Saint Jerome, Quebec (September 7)
  • Tanya Myers, 44, Weyburn, Saskatchewan (September 12)
  • Elizabeth Spurgeon, 36, North Dumfries, Ontario (September 12)
  • Marilyn Stevens, 62, Clarington, Ontario (September 16)
  • Shallu, 34, Edmonton, Alberta (September 21)

October: 7 Victims

  • Barbara Morgan, 71, Simcoe, Ontario (October 5)
  • Victoria Nesbitt, 30, Campbell River, British Columbia (October 12)
  • Montana Solomon, Kingsclear First Nation, New Brunswick (October 20)
  • Savannah Kulla-Davies, 29, Brampton, Ontario (October 21)
  • Amanpreet Saini, 27, Lincoln, Ontario (October 21)
  • No name released, 38, Inuvik, Northwest Territories (October 30)
  • Sasha Charles, 46, Barrie, Ontario (October 30)

November: 11 Victims

  • Melissa Charles, 18, Grandmother’s Bay, Saskatchewan (November 2)
  • No name released, 53, Russell, Manitoba (November 3)
  • Diane Searcy, 69, Snowden, Manitoba (November 5)
  • No name released, 17, Opaskwayak Cree Nation, Manitoba (November 8)
  • Ravina Maghera, 26, Windsor, Ontario (November 12)
  • No name released, 73, Sainte-Julienne, Quebec (November 12)
  • Sukhdeep Cheema, 41, Adjala-Tosorontio, Ontario (November 12)
  • Sherry Shelley, 64, Nanaimo, BC (November 14)
  • Giovanna Balestrieri, 84, Toronto, Ontario (November 15)
  • No name released, 44, Kitchener, Ontario (November 17)
  • No name released, 29, Meadow Lake, SK (November 28)

December: 9 Victims

  • Jolan Kun, 79, Toronto, ON (December 9)
  • Tiffani Ellert, 42, Moose Jaw, SK (~December 9)
  • Pamela Jarvis, 45, Merritt, BC (December 16)
  • Katherine Graham, 78, Leeds & the Thousand Islands Township, ON (December 16)
  • Himanshi Khurana, 30, Toronto, ON (December 19)
  • Tasha Farquharson, 47, London, ON (December 19)
  • No name released, 67, Walden, ON (December 22)
  • No name released, 55, St. Malo, MB (December 24)
  • Michelle Lagace, 44, Grand Prairie County, AB (December 27)

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