This is a list of correctional workers in
CanadaCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
who have died or been killed while in the performance of their duties.
Margaret Mick (1 June 1860 - 25 May 1925) was Canada's first female peace officer to be killed in the line of duty. On the night of Monday, May 25, 1925 Mick, who worked as a
MatronMatron is the job title of a very senior nurse in several countries, including the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, although the title Clinical Nurse Manager is now often used instead.-History:The matron was the most senior nurse in a hospital...
, was the only staff member on duty at the Toronto Municipal Jail Farm for Women in
ConcordConcord is an unincorporated suburban industrial community in the City of Vaughan in York Region, located north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. According to the 2001 Census, the community has 8,255 residents ....
, Ontario.
This is a list of correctional workers in
CanadaCanada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
who have died or been killed while in the performance of their duties.
| Name |
Work Location |
Year of Death |
| Henry Traill |
Kingston Penitentiary Kingston Penitentiary is a maximum security prison located in Kingston, Ontario between King Street West and Lake Ontario....
, KingstonKingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario, where Lake Ontario runs into the St. Lawrence River and the Thousand Islands begin.Kingston is the county seat of Frontenac County...
, OntarioOntario is a province located in east-central Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area. Ontario is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba to the west and Quebec to the east, and 5 U.S...
|
1870 |
| John Rutledge |
Toronto Central PrisonThe Toronto Central Prison, also known as the Central Prison, Central Prison for Men, and more colloquially as The Toronto Jail , was a 336-bed facility located near the intersection of King Street and Strachan Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
, TorontoToronto is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. With over 2.5 million residents, it is the fifth most populous municipality in North America...
, Ontario |
c.1888 |
| David Cunningham |
Kingston Penitentiary, Kingston, Ontario |
1890 |
| Richard Stedman |
Alberta Penitentiary, EdmontonEdmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta. The city is located on the North Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province, an area with some of the most fertile farmland on the prairies...
, AlbertaAlberta is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1, 1905.Alberta is located in western Canada, bounded by the provinces of British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the U.S. state of Montana to the south....
|
1909 |
| John Henry Joynson |
British Columbia Penitentiary, New WestminsterNew Westminster is a historically important city in the Metro Vancouver regional district of British Columbia, Canada. It was founded as the second capital of the Colony of British Columbia .-Geography:...
, British ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . In 1871, it became the sixth province of Canada.The capital of British Columbia is Victoria, the 15th largest metropolitan region in Canada...
|
1912 |
| John (Jack) Leybourne |
Ontario Reformatory, Guelph, Ontario |
1912 |
| Robert E. Coxford |
Renfrew County Gaol, PembrokePembroke is a Canadian city in the Eastern portion of Southern Ontario at the confluence of the Muskrat River and the Ottawa River in the Ottawa Valley...
, OntarioOntario is a province located in east-central Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area. Ontario is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba to the west and Quebec to the east, and 5 U.S...
|
1914 |
| Anton Martinsen Fladeby |
Stony Mountain Institution, Stony Mountain Stony Mountain is a small community in Manitoba, Canada located approximately 11 kilometres north of Winnipeg on Provincial Highway 7. The town is located in the Rural Municipality of Rockwood and is the location of Stony Mountain Ski Area...
, ManitobaManitoba is a prairie province in Canada and has an area of . Manitoba is bordered by the provinces of Ontario to the east and Saskatchewan to the west, the territory of Nunavut to the north, and the U.S. states of North Dakota and Minnesota to the south...
|
1919 |
| Arthur Awty |
Wentworth County Gaol, HamiltonHamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
, Ontario |
1919 |
| Joseph Purcell |
Kingston Penitentiary, Kingston, Ontario |
1919 |
| Norman J. Agnew |
Ontario Reformatory, Guelph Guelph is a city in Ontario, Canada.Guelph may also refer to:* Guelph , consisting of the City of Guelph, Ontario* Guelph , as the above* University of Guelph, in the same city...
, Ontario |
1921 |
| Margaret Mick Margaret Ann Mick was the first female Canadian peace officer to be killed in the line of duty, and the first woman to be added to the memorial commemorating fallen police or peace officers near Parliament Hill in Ottawa....
|
Toronto Municipal Jail Farm For Women, Concord, Ontario |
1925 |
| Stanley Blythe |
Saskatchewan Penitentiary, Prince AlbertPrince Albert is the third-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is situated in the centre of the province on the banks along the North Saskatchewan River. The city is known as the "Gateway to the North" because it is the last major centre along the route to the resources of northern Saskatchewan...
, SaskatchewanSaskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of and a population of 1,023,810 , mostly living in the southern half of the province. Of these, 233,923 live in the province's largest city, Saskatoon, while 194,971 live in the provincial capital, Regina...
|
1925 |
| John Williams |
Stony Mountain Institution, Stony Mountain, Manitoba |
1926 |
| Malcolm Earl Jenkin |
Kingston Penitentiary, Kingston, Ontario |
1926 |
| John Mccormick |
Kingston Penitentiary, Kingston, Ontario |
1936 |
| Kearwood "Kip" White |
Huron County GaolThe Huron Historic Gaol was established as the jail for Upper Canada's Huron District. Clearing of the land began in Goderich, Ontario in 1839 and the jail was constructed between 1839 and 1842 using stone from the Maitland River Valley and from Michigan...
, GoderichGoderich is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario and is the county seat of Huron County. The town was founded by William "Tiger" Dunlop in 1827. First laid out in 1828, the town is named after Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, who was British prime minister at the time...
, Ontario |
1941 |
| Robert H. Canning |
Toronto 'Don' Jail, TorontoToronto is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. With over 2.5 million residents, it is the fifth most populous municipality in North America...
, Ontario |
1944 |
| John D. Kennedy |
Kingston Penitentiary, Kingston, Ontario |
1948 |
| William F. Trant |
Ministry of the Attorney General, Corrections, British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . In 1871, it became the sixth province of Canada.The capital of British Columbia is Victoria, the 15th largest metropolitan region in Canada...
|
1956 |
| Ira Sefton Smith |
Burwash Industrial Farm Burwash was the name of a village in Ontario, Canada, located approximately south of Sudbury. The village was built to house the staff working at the Burwash Industrial Farm , a provincial facility that housed anywhere from 180 to 820 inmates during its history...
, Sudbury, Ontario |
1959 |
| William C. Wentworth |
Kingston Penitentiary, Kingston, Ontario |
1961 |
| Joseph E. Tellier |
St. Vincent De Paul Penitentiary, LavalLaval is a city and a region in southwestern Quebec, Canada. With a population of 368,709 in 2006, it is the second largest city in Greater Montreal, and the third largest in the province of Quebec. Laval is in between the Rivière des Mille Îles opposite the north shore and the Rivière des...
, Quebec |
1963 |
| Edwin J. Masterton |
Dorchester PenitentiaryThe Dorchester Penitentiary is a Canadian federal corrections facility located in the village of Dorchester, New Brunswick.It was opened on 14 July 1880 as a maximum security prison on a hill overlooking the Memramcook River valley; it is the second oldest federal corrections facility in Canada...
, DorchesterDorchester is a Canadian village in Westmorland County, New Brunswick.It is located on the eastern side of the mouth of the lush Memramcook River valley near the river's discharge point into Shepody Bay...
, New BrunswickNew Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only constitutionally bilingual province in the confederation. The provincial capital is Fredericton...
|
1964 |
| Stanley Green |
Stony Mountain Institution, Stony Mountain, Manitoba |
1974 |
| Georges Louis Nadeau |
Cowansville Institution, Cowansville, Quebec |
1975 |
| Joseph A.P. Gosselin |
Archambault Penitentiary, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines is a town in southwestern Quebec, Canada, northwest of Montreal in the Regional County Municipality of Thérèse-de-Blainville...
, Quebec |
1975 |
| Mary Steinhauser |
British Columbia Penitentiary, New Westminster, British Columbia |
1975 |
| Roy William Eddy |
Pacific Regional Psychiatric Centre, British Columbia |
1975 |
| Francis A.G. Eustace |
Collins Bay Institution, Kingston, Ontario |
1978 |
| Joseph D.P. Maurice |
Collins Bay Institution, Kingston, Ontario |
1978 |
| Michel Roy |
Archambault Penitentiary, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec |
1978 |
| Paul Guy Fournier |
St. Vincent De Paul Penitentiary, Laval, Quebec |
1978 |
| William Morrison |
Dorchester Penitentiary, Dorchester, New Brunswick |
1980 |
| David Van Den Abeele |
Archambault Penitentiary, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec |
1982 |
| Denis Rivard |
Archambault Penitentiary, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec |
1982 |
| Leandre Leblanc |
Archambault Penitentiary, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec |
1982 |
| Joseph A.S. Delorme |
Archambault Penitentiary, Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec |
1983 |
| Joseph Wendl |
Stony Mountain Institution, Stony Mountain, Manitoba |
1984 |
| Werner Friesen |
Stony Mountain Institution, Stony Mountain, Manitoba |
1984 |
| Alvin A. Frank |
Regina Correctional Centre, Saskatchewan |
1987 |
| Daniel Lennon |
Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre, OttawaOttawa is the capital of Canada and a municipality within the Province of Ontario. Located in the Ottawa Valley in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario, the city lies on the southern banks of the Ottawa River, a major waterway forming the local boundary between the Provinces of Ontario and...
, Ontario |
1991 |
| Bill M. Kennedy |
Ministry of the Solicitor General & Correctional Services, British Columbia |
1993 |
| Arnold H. Harrison |
Springhill InstitutionThe Springhill Institution is a Canadian federal corrections facility located in the town of Springhill, Nova Scotia.It was opened on 15 October 1967 on the southwestern edge of the former coal mining town on the edge of the Cobequid Hills; occupying 167 hectares of land on a plateau overlooking...
, SpringhillSpringhill is a Canadian town in central Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.In early records, the town was called "Springhill Mines." Coal mining lead to the establishment and growth of the town, and until the 1960s, it was the town's only significant economic activity. Springhill was incorporated...
, Nova Scotia |
1997 |
| Diane Lavigne |
Département du Québec des Corrections, Québec |
1997 |
| Pierre Rondeau |
Département du Québec des Corrections, Québec |
1997 |
| Daniel T. A. Rowan |
Correctional Service Canada International Relations Division - Overseas |
1999 |
| Louise Pargeter |
Yellowknife, Northwest TerritoriesThe Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada....
|
2004 |
Margaret Mick
Margaret Mick (1 June 1860 - 25 May 1925) was Canada's first female peace officer to be killed in the line of duty. On the night of Monday, May 25, 1925 Mick, who worked as a
MatronMatron is the job title of a very senior nurse in several countries, including the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, although the title Clinical Nurse Manager is now often used instead.-History:The matron was the most senior nurse in a hospital...
, was the only staff member on duty at the Toronto Municipal Jail Farm for Women in
ConcordConcord is an unincorporated suburban industrial community in the City of Vaughan in York Region, located north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. According to the 2001 Census, the community has 8,255 residents ....
, Ontario. About 10:15 PM, one inmate was able to squeeze through the bars of her cell and free another. The two of them waited while a third complained about a leak in her cell. When Mick came to investigate she was jumped by the two lying in wait for her. She was beaten
unconsciousUnconsciousness, more appropriately referred to as loss of consciousness or lack of consciousness, is a dramatic alteration of mental state that involves complete or near-complete lack of responsiveness to people and other environmental stimuli. Being in a comatose state or coma is an illustration...
, and tied to pipes in a utility room. She was found dead the next morning still tied to the pipes.
Her three assailants were caught and convicted of their crime. They each served five years in jail.
Mick was the first woman to be added to the
memorialA memorial is an object which serves as a focus for memory of something, usually a person or an event. Popular forms of memorials include landmark objects or art objects such as sculptures, statues or fountains ....
commemorating fallen
policeA police service is a public force empowered to enforce the law and provide security through the legitimized use of force.The term is most commonly associated with police services of a state that are authorized to exercise the police power of that state within a defined legal or territorial area of...
and peace officers near
Parliament HillParliament Hill is an area of Crown land on the southern banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. Its Gothic revival suite of buildings the parliament buildings serves as the home of the Parliament of Canada, and contains a number of architectural elements of national symbolic...
in
OttawaOttawa is the capital of Canada and a municipality within the Province of Ontario. Located in the Ottawa Valley in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario, the city lies on the southern banks of the Ottawa River, a major waterway forming the local boundary between the Provinces of Ontario and...
.
Anton Martinsen Fladeby
Anton Fladeby came to Canada from
NorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a country in Northern Europe occupying the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, as well as Jan Mayen and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard under the Spitsbergen Treaty...
in the spring of 1909, a few of months prior to his 20th birthday and on December 1, 1914, at the age of 25, he enlisted as a guard at Manitoba Penitentiary (known today as the Stony Mountain Penitentiary). During
World War IWorld War I , also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Wars, was a global military conflict which involved most of the world's great powers, assembled in two opposing alliances: the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance...
, he saw action overseas in
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with the
Canadian ArmyThe Canadian Forces , officially the Canadian Armed Forces , are the unified armed forces of Canada, as constituted by the National Defence Act, which states: "The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist of one Service called the Canadian Armed Forces."...
. In 1919, he returned to Canada and after a month of rest, returned to duty at Manitoba Penitentiary.
On Friday, May 2, 1919, ten days after his return to his work at the penitentiary, Fladeby was checking inmates in and out of the barbershop area when he encountered inmate Albert Johnson. Fladeby had recently searched Johnson’s cell and discovered a letter that the latter was writing, complaining about the ill treatment of inmates at Manitoba Penitentiary. Letters of this type were considered
contrabandThe English word contraband, reported in English since 1529, from Medieval French contrebande "a smuggling," derived via Italian contrabbando from Latin contra "against" + Middle Latin bannum , denotes any item which, relating to its nature, is illegal to be possessed,...
at the time and Fladeby had confiscated it. Inmate Johnson now harboured strong resentment toward Fladeby.
Inmate Johnson lunged at Fladeby, stabbing him in the neck with a small knife he had gotten from the infirmary to "cut his fingernails", severing the
arteryArteries are blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart. All arteries, with the exception of the pulmonary and umbilical arteries, carry oxygenated blood.The circulatory system is extremely important for sustaining life...
on the right side. Two other inmates came to the aid of Fladeby and administered
first aidFirst aid is the provision of initial care for an illness or injury. It is usually performed by a lay person to a sick or injured casualty until definitive medical treatment can be accessed. Certain self-limiting illnesses or minor injuries may not require further medical care past the first aid...
until the arrival of the penitentiary doctor. Fladeby seemed to be resuscitating and was taken to the
Winnipeg General HospitalWinnipeg General Hospital was founded in 1872 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It was built on the estate of Andrew McDermot. The driving force behind the hospital was McDermott's son-in-law Andrew Bannatyne....
. However, on Sunday, May 11, 1919, Anton Fladeby succumbed to his wounds. He was buried with full
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in the “Field of Honour” at Brookside Cemetery in
WinnipegWinnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, in south central Canada, near the eastern edge of the Canadian Prairies, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers...
.
Albert Johnson was found guilty of
manslaughterManslaughter is a legal term for the killing of a human being, in a manner considered by law as less culpable than murder.The law generally differentiates between levels of criminal culpability based on the mens rea, or state of mind...
and received a life sentence, of which he served 16 years until his
deportationDeportation means the expulsion of a person or group of people from a place or country. The expulsion of natives is also called banishment, exile, or penal transportation. Deportation is an ancient practice: Khosrau I, Sassanid King of Persia, deported 292,000 citizens, slaves, and conquered people...
to the
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
John Williams
John Williams, a veteran of both the
Boer WarTwo Boer Wars were fought between the British Empire and the two independent Boer republics, the Orange Free State and the South African Republic , founded by settlers known as Voortrekkers who made the Great Trek from the Cape Colony....
and World War I, became a guard with the Canadian Penitentiary Service on March 11, 1920. In the mid 1920s
constructionIn the fields of architecture and civil engineering, construction is a process that consists of the building or assembling of infrastructure. Far from being a single activity, large scale construction is a feat of multitasking...
of a new sewage treatment plant began at the Stony Mountain Penitentiary (then called the Manitoba Penitentiary). On June 26, Williams was supervising an inmate work-gang blasting rock when a laid charge failed to detonate. Williams allowed an "inordinate amount of time" to pass before he removed the inmates to a safe area and investigated. Just as Williams reached the charge it detonated, killing him instantly.
Williams was buried with full military honours in the "Field of Honour" at Brookside Cemetery in Winnipeg. He was survived by his wife and four children.
Kearwood "Kip" White
Guard Kip White, a turnkey at the
Huron County GaolThe Huron Historic Gaol was established as the jail for Upper Canada's Huron District. Clearing of the land began in Goderich, Ontario in 1839 and the jail was constructed between 1839 and 1842 using stone from the Maitland River Valley and from Michigan...
, was murdered in December, 1941. White was struck on the head with a hammer by an escaping inmate on 14 December, but did not immediately die. Shortly after, an x-ray showed that an abscess had formed on his brain, and on Christmas Day, White expired on the operating table.
Robert Henry Canning
Robert Canning, a veteran of
World War IWorld War I , also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Wars, was a global military conflict which involved most of the world's great powers, assembled in two opposing alliances: the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance...
, began working at the Toronto (Don) Jail on April 1, 1944 after being honourably discharged from the Veterans' Guard in March. On June 10, 1944, Canning was assigned to the jail
infirmaryAn infirmary is a hospital.The Infirmary can refer to:*Australia**Sydney Infirmary and Dispensary, now Sydney Hospital**Melbourne Infirmary now Kingston Centre**Mount Royal Benevolent Asylum & Infirmary...
, which at the time housed eight inmates, many of which were mentally disturbed and restrained in their beds. Two of the inmates not restrained were awaiting transfer to the Kingston Penitentiary, one to serve a four-year sentence and the other nineteen years.
At about 10:00 PM the two inmates jumped Canning and beat and strangled him to death. Another guard was supposed to check on Canning during his patrols, but failed to do so. A bloody trail around the infirmary indicated that Canning did not succumb without a fight. His body was found later, tied to a pipe near the window through which the inmates escaped.
The escape was only partially successful. When the first inmate lowered himself from the window, the makeshift rope broke preventing the second inmate from following. The first inmate was recaptured shortly after. Both were convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to an additional 25 years for one and 10 years for the other.
Diane Lavigne and Pierre Rondeau
Two of the most notorious deaths of correctional officers in Canada were the assassinations of Diane Lavigne and Pierre Rondeau ordered by members of the
Hells AngelsThe Hells Angels Motorcycle Club is a worldwide motorcycle gang and organized crime syndicate whose members typically ride Harley-Davidson motorcycles. In the United States and Canada, the Hells Angels are incorporated as the Hells Angels Motorcycle Corporation. Their primary motto is "When we do...
motorcycle gang in Quebec. Lavigne was shot on June 26, 1997 from a passing motorcycle as she drove home from work. Rondeau and his partner Robert Corriveau were ambushed on September 8, 1997 as they drove an empty prison bus to pick up inmates. Corriveau escaped injury.
Stephane Gagne, a former Hells Angels who turned
informantAn informant is someone who provides privileged information about a person or organization to an agency, usually law enforcement, without the consent of that person or organization....
after being identified as having participated in the two murders, testified that the officers were selected at random as part of a broader plan to destabilize the justice system in Quebec.
In May 2002,
Maurice (Mom) BoucherMaurice "Mom" Boucher is a high-ranking Hells Angels member and a Canadian convicted criminal.-Background:Born in Causapscal, Quebec, Canada, and raised in the tough Hochelaga-Maisonneuve section of Montreal, where his family moved when he was two years old, Boucher was arrested several times...
, one of the leaders of the Hells Angels in Quebec, was convicted for having ordered the killings.
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