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List of international terrorist attacks in Canada
This is a list of international terrorist attacks that occurred in Canada.
- April 7, 1868 - Thomas D'Arcy McGee is assassinated in Ottawa by an Irish nationalist.
- November 25, 1965 - Croatian nationalists bomb the Yugoslavian consulate in Toronto.
- September 22, 1966 - A bazooka attack on the Cuban embassy in Ottawa is made.
- October 5, 1966 - Anti-Castro forces bomb the offices of the Cuban trade delegation in Ottawa.
- January 29, 1967 - The Yugoslavian embassy in Ottawa and the consulate in Toronto are among six Yugoslavian offices bombed in North America.
- May 31, 1967: A small bomb explodes at the Cuba Pavilion at Expo '67 in Montreal. The attack is attributed to Cuban Nationalist Action .
- October 15, 1967: A bomb explodes at the offices of the Cuban trade delegation in Montreal.
- May 29, 1969: A bomb is placed in the doorway of the Cuban consulate in Montreal, it fails to go off.
- July 12, 1971: Another small bomb goes off at the offices of the Cuban trade delegation in Montreal.
- April 4, 1972: Cuban official Sergio Pérez Castillo is killed by an explosion at the Cuban consulate at Montreal.
- January 21, 1974: A bomb explodes at the Cuban embassy in Ottawa. It is attributed to Orlando Bosch.
- September 22, 1976: An explosive device is thrown from a car at the Cuban consulate in Montreal.
- January 14, 1980: A large explosion significantly damages the Cuban consulate in Montreal.
- April 8, 1982 - Turkish Commercial Counselor to Canada Kani Güngör is paralyzed after an attack by Armenian nationalists at his Ottawa apartment.
- August 23, 1982 - Turkish military attaché to Canada, Col. Atilla Altikat, is assassinated by Armenian terrorists in Ottawa.
- October 14, 1982 - The anarchist group Direct Action bombs a Litton Industries factory north of Toronto that is manufacturing guidance devices for American cruise missiles, ten are injured.
- March 12, 1985 - A group of Armenian terrorists seize the Turkish embassy, killing a Canadian security guard
- June 23, 1985 - Air India flight 182 leaving Toronto's Pearson Airport is blown up by Sikh separatists.
- May 26, 1986 - An attempt is made to assassinate Malkiat Singh Sidhu a cabinet minister in the Indian province of Punjab in Vancouver
- August 28, 1988 - Indo-Canadian Times editor Tara Singh Hayer is shot and partially paralyzed
- April 5, 1992 - The Iranian embassy in Ottawa is stormed by members of MEK, an Iraq supported leftist group.
- November 18, 1995 - Newspaper editor Tara Singh Hayer is assassinated for his strident opposition to Sikh militants.
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