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Name Work Location Date of Death Cause of Death Guard Henry (or Harry) Traill [2] Kingston Penitentiary, Kingston, Ontario: July 7, 1870 First post-confederation peace officer to be killed in the line of duty. Struck in the head during an escape. [3] Guard John Rutledge [4] Toronto Central Prison, Toronto, Ontario: c.1888 Instructor David ...
For prisoners held by Canada that died in prison custody, see Category:Prisoners who died in Canadian detention. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Name Date of death Nationality Cause of death Known for Comments Michael Tan Teow: 1990-05-08 Singapore: Suicide by pill overdose Convicted murderer and former actor Died in a solitary confinement cell at Changi Prison's death row section. Found guilty in 1985 of murdering a landlady and her two children, and sentenced to hang.
Image credits: The Hollywood Reporter #12 R. Kelly. Former singer and record producer R. Kelly was sentenced to 20 years in prison in early 2023 for three charges of producing child sexual abuse ...
Steven Truscott was convicted on September 30, 1959, of the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl. 14-year-old Truscott was tried as an adult and after his conviction, he was the youngest person in Canadian history to be sentenced to death. His sentence was eventually commuted to life imprisonment.
Grey Owl (1888–1938) (real name Archibald Stanfield Belaney) – conservationist who falsely presented himself as an Aboriginal person and worked to save the beavers of Saskatchewan and Manitoba Rick Hansen CC OBC LLD ( hc ) DLitt ( hc ) (born 1957) – paraplegic athlete who completed an around-the-world marathon for spinal cord injury research
Robert William Latimer (born March 13, 1953) is a Canadian canola and wheat farmer who was convicted of second degree murder in the death of his daughter Tracy Lynn Latimer (born November 23, 1980 – October 24, 1993).
David Milgaard (July 7, 1952 – May 15, 2022) was a Canadian man who was wrongfully convicted for the 1969 rape and murder of nursing student Gail Miller in Saskatoon and imprisoned for 23 years. He was eventually released and exonerated. Up until his death, he lived in Alberta and was employed as a community support worker. Milgaard was also ...