Canada
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · Canada also cosponsored the resolution on the moratorium...
- News items in the archive
- 141
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Canada is classified as Abolitionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 141 news items on Canada, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2000CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canadian Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy welcomed Vietnam's...
Canadian Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy welcomed Vietnam's decision to release Nguyen's mother Tran Thi Cam, 74, executed in April
- JUNE 8, 2000CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Fang Yong, 35, a former bank accountant extradited...
Fang Yong, 35, a former bank accountant extradited by Canada to China, was given the death penalty by the Ningbo People's Intermediate Court for embezzling public funds
- JUNE 5, 2000CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien claimed at an...
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien claimed at an international conference in Ottawa that [former] US President Bill Clinton was "jealous" of Canada
- APRIL 29, 2000CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada recalled its ambassador from Vietnam and cancelled...
Canada recalled its ambassador from Vietnam and cancelled its participation in 25th anniversary festivities for the end of the Vietnam War
- APRIL 28, 2000CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Minister Lloyd Axworthy said Ottawa would continue...
Minister Lloyd Axworthy said Ottawa would continue to put pressure on Hanoi unless it explained its actions promptly
- APRIL 26, 2000CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution...
Canada cosponsored and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 26, 2000CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada condemned Vietnam for executing Nguyen Thi Hiep,...
Canada condemned Vietnam for executing Nguyen Thi Hiep, a Vietnamese-born Canadian citizen convicted of drug trafficking, on April 24
- JANUARY 1, 2000CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes...
Canada abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes in 1976 and for military offenses on December 10, 1998
- DECEMBER 24, 1999CanadaDEATH PENALTY
On December 24, the House of Commons asked the Government...
On December 24, the House of Commons asked the Government to strongly protest the decision by the Turkish Supreme Court to uphold the death sentence against Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), and demanded that Turkey commute th
- DECEMBER 1, 1999CanadaDEATH PENALTY
In December, the Hon
In December, the Hon
- NOVEMBER 23, 1999CanadaDEATH PENALTY
On November 23, at the House of Commons there was the...
On November 23, at the House of Commons there was the first reading of Bill C-335, presented by Reform MP John Reynolds, seeking the death penalty only for those involved in "aggravated" first-degree murder meaning murders committed with a great deal of f
- NOVEMBER 9, 1999CanadaDEATH PENALTY
On November 9, Canada's representative Ross Hynes,...
On November 9, Canada's representative Ross Hynes, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly (human rights) under item 116a (death penalty), criticized the extensive use of the death penalty as well as the harsh sentences imposed on politica
- NOVEMBER 3, 1999CanadaDEATH PENALTY
On November 3, during a parliamentary debate, the Hon
On November 3, during a parliamentary debate, the Hon
- JUNE 17, 1999CanadaDEATH PENALTY
On June 17, Stanley Faulder was executed in Texas,...
On June 17, Stanley Faulder was executed in Texas, becoming the first Canadian in almost a half-century to be put to death in the United States
- APRIL 30, 1999CanadaDEATH PENALTY
The Supreme Court has wrestled with whether to extradite...
The Supreme Court has wrestled with whether to extradite accused murderers who face the death penalty in the past
- APRIL 28, 1999CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada was a cosponsor and voted in favor of the resolution...
Canada was a cosponsor and voted in favor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (1999/61)
- APRIL 19, 1999CanadaDEATH PENALTY
On April 19, Justice Minister Anne McLellan said that...
On April 19, Justice Minister Anne McLellan said that the European Union's resolution being debated at the Commission on Human Rights would, if passed, make Canada a safe haven for killers
- MARCH 15, 1999CanadaDEATH PENALTY
On March 15, Justice Minister Anne McLellan said a...
On March 15, Justice Minister Anne McLellan said a Supreme Court order to seek a guarantee for Burns and Rafay could rob her of the "ministerial discretion" she has to weigh each case on its own merit
- JANUARY 1, 1999CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada also cosponsored the resolution on the moratorium...
Canada also cosponsored the resolution on the moratorium on executions presented by the European Union at the 54th UN General Assembly (A/C
- JANUARY 1, 1999CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes...
Canada abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes in 1976 and for military offenses on December 10, 1998
- JANUARY 1, 1999CanadaDEATH PENALTY
In January, Liberal party pollster Michael Marzolini...
In January, Liberal party pollster Michael Marzolini told an MPs meeting that polls have consistently shown 75% of Canadians said yes to capital punishment