Vancouver Stanley CupRiot
After Game 7 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals, disorder broke out in downtown Vancouver involving looting, fires, assaults and major property damage.
Incident Overview
What happened
After the Vancouver Canucks lost Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals to the Boston Bruins, a riot broke out in downtown Vancouver involving looting, fires, assaults, and extensive property damage. Official prosecution reporting later identified 297 discrete riot events, including arsons, mischiefs, break and enters, and assaults.
The main live-site area is described in official and independent reviews as being around West Georgia Street, including Georgia and Hamilton, with related activity also noted around Granville Street.
Recorded Details
Core facts
Date: 15/06/2011. Reuters and official review reports identify the riot as occurring on June 15, 2011, after Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals.
Location: Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Source wording includes “Vancouver’s downtown core” and “Downtown Vancouver.” The official and independent reviews place the main live-site area on West Georgia Street, with access points on Hamilton, Richards, Homer, Robson, and Dunsmuir Streets; the independent review also describes the giant screen at Georgia and Hamilton and notes policing activity on Granville Street and at Granville and Nelson.
Incident name: Vancouver Stanley Cup riot. Sources also use “2011 Stanley Cup Riot” and “2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup Playoffs Riot.”
Reported injuries: Reported figures differ by source. Contemporary news reports said “almost 150” people required hospital treatment; one AP-derived report said three stabbing victims were admitted and one man was in critical condition with head injuries after a fall. The independent review later said St. Paul’s treated about 90 people for minor injuries plus about 100 people for tear gas or pepper spray effects, and that two people were seriously injured. The City internal review said the riot was brought under control “with no serious injuries to the public.”
Reported fatalities: No fatalities verified in the sources reviewed. One AP-derived report states the mayor said there had been no fatalities.
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Conflicting Information
These points are retained because the sources do not line up neatly. That matters: bad numbers are how reports get wobbly knees.
Sources use different measures or wording, so this point should not be treated as a single settled figure.
City of Vancouver internal review: “no serious injuries to the public.”
AP-derived report: three stabbing victims admitted and one unidentified man in critical condition with head injuries after a fall.
These sources do not match on whether serious public injuries occurred.
Sources use different measures or wording, so this point should not be treated as a single settled figure.
Sportsnet / Canadian Press: “almost 150 injured.”
Independent review: about 90 minor injuries at St. Paul’s plus about 100 tear gas/pepper spray cases, and two serious injuries.
Sources appear to count injuries and treatment categories differently.
Sources use different measures or wording, so this point should not be treated as a single settled figure.
Global News reports Jim Chu said nine officers were injured.
Independent review says 65 officer injuries were reported to the Workers Compensation Board.
These are different measures and are not directly reconcilable from the reviewed sources alone.
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Unverified Details
The following items were not confirmed to a final settled figure in the reviewed material.
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