Charred remains of Sacred Heart Mission, Penticton
Location
British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, and Nova Scotia, Canada
Date
() 21 June – 8 July 2021 (2021-06-21 – 2021-07-08)
Target
Catholic, Anglican, and Coptic Orthodox churches 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][2]
Convicted
Kathleen Panek (14 July St. George Coptic church fire)[3]
A series of vandalizations, church arsons, and suspicious fires in June and July 2021 desecrated, damaged, or destroyed 68 Christian churches in Canada. Coincident with fires, vandalism and other destructive events damaged churches in Canada and the United States, primarily in British Columbia.[4] 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 over 1,000 unmarked graves at Canadian Indian residential school sites in May 2021.
^Ho, Solarina (5 July 2021). "'Not in solidarity with us': Indigenous leaders call for church arsons to stop". CTV News. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
^"Woman who set fire to Surrey, B.C. church sentenced to 4 years in prison". 8 April 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
^Takeuchi, Craig (30 August 2021). "Female suspect arrested and charged for fire that destroyed Surrey church". The Georgia Straight. Vancouver. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
^Dzsurdzsa, Cosmin (23 August 2021). "A Map of Every Church Burnt or Vandalized Since the Residential School Announcments". tnc.news. True North Centre for Public Policy.
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