Incidents

During June, a vandalism occurred in which copper was stripped from the AC unit of St. Anthony's Cathedral in Timmins.

Church relics and a tabernacle key were stolen from the St Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Forane Church in Scarborough. 

Between November 6 to 8, of 2025, the historic Ste. Anne Parish Cross was stolen from the Tecumseh Heritage Centre.

On November 2, 2025, a man, Kevin Wintonyk, stole an urn containing the remains of a child, from Resurrection Catholic Cemetery in Ancaster, Ontario.

A statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary and heavy brass crosses was stolen from St. Francis De Sales Church in Ottawa

Saint-Pierre Church in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec was broken into, vandals set off the fire alarm, all while stealing items and damaging the church.

Thieves stole Holy Name Church bell on March 23, 2025 in Westville, Nova Scotia

On March 11, 2025, two individuals stole air conditioning units from St. Kevin's Catholic Church facility house, resulting in $20,000 worth of damages.

 St. Mary's Catholic Church in Victoria Habour, Ontario suffered monetary loss when a perpetrator broke into the church and stole grocery gift cards that were donated during the Christmas season.

Items worth thousands of dollars were stolen from the Paroisse Sacred-Couer in Chicoutimi, Quebec during November, 2024. 

A donated statue of the Virgin Mary has been stolen off the property of St. John the Evangelist Church in Flinton, Ontario

The bell of the Former Our Lady of Sorrows Church had been stolen from atop the roof of the church in Goulais, Ontario.

The bell at St. Christopher Church in Sudbury has been stolen from atop the church. It is speculated that the bell was stolen for its' monetary value.

The St. John the Baptist Church in Hamilton, Ontario suffered an arson with some damages, including broken windows and the sanctuary being ruined. Two cases of wine had also been stolen. 

Saint-Thomas Church in Montmagny was targeted by vandals in Quebec during October 14, 2023

On January 22, 2023 the church bell of St. Mary's Ukrainian Church was stolen with damages done to the front of the church.

On November 17, 2022 Mark Nadeau had perpetrated a crime of damaging the cemetery grounds and scrapping the evidence of his crime at various scrap yards where later on he was arrested by police force in London, Ontario.

At the Christ our Saviour Catholic Church in Manitoba, there was a break and enter and a theft of yardwork equipment, including a trimmer and a riding lawnmower on September 27, 2022.

On September 17, 2022, Eglise Sainte-Marie, Church Point, Nova Scotia was the target of a break and enter.  Chalices, and coins had been stolen, damages were done to various parts of the church including the doors and donation box.

The statue of St. Bernadette was stolen from the St. Malo Shrine and Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes in Manitoba on August 18th 2022. As a result of the theft and the original statue not being returned a student from the University of Manitoba recreated the statue and gifted the replica to the St. Malo Shrine.

On June 5th 2022, the police got called to the scene about a break and enter at St. Joachim Church in La Plaine, Québec. The church sustained damages to the windows and doors. The assailant was arrested. 

Between the dates of May 29 to June 12, St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church in Manitoba had their church bell stolen from the bell tower of Trembowla Cross of Freedom Museum and memorial plaques taken after being knocked down.

On March 25, 2022, the book-keeper of the St. Anselm Catholic Church in West Chezzetcook, Nova Scotia was caught defrauding the church of over $250,000 over a 12 year period. 

The church bell from the Exaltation of the Holy Cross was stolen in Hay Lakes, Alberta in the summer of 2021

Sacred Heart Cathedral experiences multiple incidences of property damage, break-ins and theft in Prince George, British Columbia, starting on June 8, 2021 and lasting for almost two months.

Church of St. Leo the Great suffered extensive theft in Buffalo Narrows, Saskatchewan.

On January 19, 2021, the monstrance of St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church was stolen in Belleville, Ontario.

Our Lady of Fatima Shrine statue returned after theft in Debden, Saskatchewan on September 17, 2020.

Tabernacle stolen from the Cathedral of St. Catherine of Alexandria in St. Catharines, Ontario on September 8, 2020.

On April 28, 2020, a metal staff was stolen from the statue of St.Alphonsus Liguori Church in Peterborough, Ontario. The staff was later found in the Little Lake Cemetery and reported to the police.

Saint relics were stolen from Basilica Cathedral Notre-Dame de Quebec in Quebec City on October 27, 2019.

Cathedral of St. Catherine Alexandria reports theft during restoration project in St. Catharine's, Ontario on September 17, 2019.

At the Saint-Francois-Xavier Church in Brompton, Quebec vandals broke in and vandalized the church during September 2019.

On July 4, 2019 at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Ukrainian Catholic Church suffered a break and enter with significant damages done to the interior of the church. 

On May 25, 2019 the statue head of St. Volodymyr had been cut off and staff stolen at Sts. Vladimir and Olga Cathedral in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Vandals broke into St. Peter the Apostle Church in Parry Sound and stole an amount of money

Mitchell Ivan Scott Grandy broke into multiple places and stole money and a car in New Brunswick in 2019.

On January 18, 2019 a religious statue was stolen from St. Pius Catholic Church in Prince George, British Columbia.

Our Lady of Fatima Parish suffers theft in Sydney River, Nova Scotia.

Vandals stole flowers from graves located at the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Langton, Ontario on June 21, 2018.

Our Lady of the Assumption Church's copper downspouts were stolen in 2018.

Man arrested after priest finds juice box from theft at St. Pius X Catholic Church in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador on April 25, 2018.

At Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Windsor individuals stole coats during a meeting.

Multiple break and enters affect St. Mary's Catholic Parish in Montague, Prince Edward Island.

St. John the Evangelist Church in Kirkfield suffered break in and theft in late fall 2017.

Between May 8 and May 9, 2017 St. Bridget Church suffered a break in, in which collection money and donations had been stolen.

In Lourdes, Newfoundland and Labrador, a tabernacle and a number of hosts, a TV and a wall mount were stolen from Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church on February 26, 2016. 

On February 26th, 2016 our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church's tabernacle in Bay St. George, Newfoundland, had been stolen and damaged beyond repairs.

In 2015 the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Huron County suffered a theft that resulted in nearly $10, 000 loss.

St. Patrick's Parish in Burin, Newfoundland & Labrador suffered break and enter and theft of their safe, losing around $4,000 on November 3, 2015.