![]() | Parts of this article (those related to court cases will have happened in some fires) need to be updated.(June 2024) |
2021 Canadian church fires | |
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![]() Charred remains of Sacred Heart Mission, Penticton | |
Location | British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, and Nova Scotia, Canada |
Date | 21 June – 8 July 2021 |
Target | Catholic, Anglican, church buildings |
Attack type | Arson, vandalism |
Deaths | 0 |
Injured | 0 |
Perpetrators | Several |
Motive | Unknown, suspected response to the May 2021 discovery of probable Canadian Indian residential school gravesites[1] |
A series of vandalizations, church arsons, and suspicious fires in June and July 2021 desecrated, damaged, or destroyed 68 Christian churches in Canada and United States. Coincident with fires, vandalism and other destructive events damaged churches in Canada, primarily in British Columbia. Of these, 25 were the results of fires of all causes. Canadian government officials, church members, and Canadian First Nations leaders have speculated that the fires and other acts of vandalism have been reactions to the reported discovery of unmarked graves at Canadian Indian residential school sites in May 2021.
An investigation released by CBC News in January 2024 identified at least 24 arsons at Christian churches in Canada after May 2021. Of the arsons, nine resulted in arrests, with law enforcement not identifying a motive in incidents resulting in criminal charges. The investigation identified a relationship between the arsons and increased reporting on the gravesites.[2]
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