List of people who died after being tasered in Canada

This list compiles incidents of people who died after being tasered in Canada.
2008
* November 3, 2008 - Gordon Walker Bowe, 30, from Castlegar, B.C. died in a Calgary hospital after being tasered during his arrest for break-and-enter.
* October 30, 2008 - Trevor Grimolfson, 38. of Selkirk, Manitoba, died in Edmonton after being tasered twice during his arrest for break-and-enter.
* July 22, 2008 - Michael Langan, 17, died in hospital after being struck by a stun gun while in confrontation with police in Winnipeg.
2007
* November 24, 2007 - Robert Knipstrom, 36, died in a British Columbia hospital five days after an altercation with police, in which officers used a Taser gun to subdue him.
* November 22, 2007 - Howard Hyde, a 45-year-old man, died morning at the Burnside correctional facility, about 30 hours after officers used a stun gun to subdue him.
* October 18, 2007 - Quilem Registre, 39, died at Sacré-Coeur Hospital after being tasered as many as six times by Montreal police officers who were trying to subdue him.
* October 13, 2007 - died after being tasered in Vancouver airport, where he had just arrived from Poland.
2006
* August 30, 2006 - Jason Doan, 28, of Red Deer Alberta had a heart failure and later died after being repeatedly shocked by a Taser.
2005
* December 24, 2005 - Alesandro Fiacco, 33, of Edmonton, Alberta died of cardiac arrest 30 minutes after being tasered 3 times by Edmonton police.
* July 15, 2005 - Paul Saulnier, 42, died in Digby, Nova Scotia after being tasered by the RCMP
* July 1, 2005 - James Foldi, 39, died in Beamsville, Ont
* June 30, 2005 - Gurmeet Sandhu, 41, dies in Surrey, BC after being tasered by the RCMP
* May 5, 2005 - Kevin Geldart, 34, dies in Moncton, NB after being tasered.
2004
* August 8, 2004 - Samuel Truscott, 43, died in Kingston, Ont
* July 17, 2004 - Jerry Knight, 29, Mississauga, Ont
* June 23, 2004 - Robert Bagnell, 44, died in Vancouver, BC
* May 13, 2004 - Peter Lamonday, 38, died in London, Ont.
* May 1, 2004 - Roman Andreichikov, 25, died in Vancouver, BC
* March 23, 2004 - Perry Ronald, 28, died in Edmonton, Alta.
2003
* September 28, 2003 - Clark Whitehouse, 34, died in Whitehorse, Yukon.
* July 22, 2003 - Clay Willey, 33, died in Prince George, BC.
* April 19, 2003 - Terrance Hanna, 51, died in Burnaby, BC.

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