This article lists the notable gangs, security threat groups, criminal enterprises and related syndicates which participate in organized crime within various parts of Canada. Some of these organizations are based elsewhere (in other countries), but have members, chapters and/or operations set up in Canada.
Multiracial groups
- Five Point Generalz
- Independent Soldiers (South Asian & Caucasian)
- North Side Bloods[1]
- Red Scorpions
- The 1%ers syndicate/cartel in Winnipeg (multicultural, Indo-Caribbean, Caucasian, Asian, black, native)
- United Nations gang (Primarily Caucasian, Asian, Indo-Canadian, and Persian)
- West Side Crips[2]
Aboriginal-based
- Crazy Cree[3]
- Crazy Indian Brotherhood
- Crazy Indian Nomads
- Crypts[4]
- Death Do Us Part[5]
- Deuce[6]
- Easy Money Crips
- FRB
- Hustle Crew
- Indian Posse
- Kelowna Warriors[7]
- Manitoba Warriors
- Mixed Blood[8]
- Most Organized Brothers (a.k.a. MOB)[9]
- MOB 334
- MOB Squad
- Native Syndicate[10][11]
- Native Syndicate Killers[12]
- Redd Alert
- Ruthless Posse[13][14]
- Saskatchewan Warriors[15][16]
- Terror Squad[17]
- Tribal Brotherz[18]
- West End Boys[19]
- West Side Soldiers
- West Side Outlawz
Black/African-Canadian
- Afrikan Mafia[20][21]
- Bo-Gars[22][23]
- Dixon Bloods (Somali Canadians)
- Dynamic Crew[24][25]
- Eastside 187 Homicide Bloods
- East Side Orton Park Bloods[26][27]
- Falstaff Crips[28]
- Galloway Boys[29]
- North Side Chalkfarm Bloods[30]
- Mad Cowz[31][32]
- Nigerian mafia
- North Preston's Finest
- Pirus
- Rexdale Bloods
- Tongan Crip Gang
- Vaughan Road Bloods[33]
- M.O.B. Klick[34]
- Vice Lords[35]
- Westside Bloodz
Caribbean
- Crackdown Posse - A Crip set in Montreal with members of mostly Haitian origin.[36]
- Downtown Posse - A Montreal Crip gang in Cote-des-Neiges. Mostly of Jamaican origin.[37]
- Jamaican posse - Has a significant base of operations in the city of Toronto
- Shower Posse - Operates in the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta, and Manitoba
- Uptown Posse - A Montreal Blood gang in Cote-des-Neiges. Mostly of Jamaican origin.[38]
Hispanic
- 18th Street Gang (Mainly Mexicans, Salvadorans, Hondurans, Guatemalans)
- Latin Kings (Puerto Rican, Mexican, and other Latinos)
- MS-13 (Central Americans)
- Ñetas (Puerto Rican)
- Sur 13[39] (Mexican)
- Vatos Locos (mainly Mexican)
Eastern Asian Triads & Tongs
- 14K (triad) (Chinese)
- Asian Assassinz (Chinese/Vietnamese)[40]
- Bahala Na Gang (Filipino)
- Bamboo Union
- Big Circle Gang (Chinese)
- Born to Kill (gang) (Vietnamese)
- F.O.B. Killers
- Fresh Off the Boat
- Luen Group
- Leun Kung Lok[41]
- Shui Fong (Chinese)
- Sun Yee On (Chinese)
- Tiny Rascal Gang (Cambodian)
- Wo Shing Wo (Chinese/Vietnamese)
Indo-Canadian Organized Crime/South Asian Gangs
- Brothers Keepers group[42]
- Dhak-Dhure Group[43][44]
- Kang Gang[45]
- Malhi-Buttar Coalition[46]
- Punjabi mafia
- Sanghera crime family[47]
Italian-Canadian
Middle Eastern
European, Caucasian & White Supremacist
- 856 gang
- Aggravated Resistance[48]
- Albanian mafia
- Bacon Brothers
- Greek mafia
- Irish Mob
- Légion Nationaliste - Radical white power skinhead group.[49][50]
- Romanian mafia
- Russian mafia
- Soldiers of Odin - An anti-immigrant group with ties to the alt-right.
- Solntsevskaya Bratva
- West End Gang
- White Boy Posse - Violent white supremacist gang.[51][52]
- Bacchus MC
- Bad Disciples MC[53]
- Boozefighters
- Gladiators MC[54]
- Hells Angels
- Iron Order MC
- Kings Crew Motorcycle Club[72]
- Last Chance MC[73][74]
- Lobos MC[75][76]
- Loners Motorcycle Club
- Los Montoneros - Support/puppet club for the more well-known Bandidos Motorcycle Club.[77]
- Mongols Motorcycle Club
- Outlaws Motorcycle Club[78]
- Black Pistons Motorcycle Club
- Dead Eyes MC[79][80]
- Para-dice Riders MC[81]
- Rock Machine
- Salty Souls[82]
- Satudarah
- Sons of Satan MC
- Vagabonds MC[83]
- Vagos Motorcycle Club[84][85]
- Warlocks Motorcycle Club (Florida)
- Warlords Motorcycle Club[86]
Unknown ethnic makeup
Defunct organized crime groups
Black
- Eglinton West Crips[92][93] - Alleged by authorities to have been dismantled in 2020 following Project Sunder, a year-long law enforcement probe.[94]
South Asian
- VVT (Tamil)
Outlaw motorcycle
- 13th Tribe Motorcycle Club - Absorbed by the Hells Angels in 1984.[95]
- Annihilators Motorcycle Club - An outlaw motorcycle group based in St. Thomas, Ontario led by Wayne Kellestine. Merged with the Loners in June of 1999.[96]
- Bandidos Motorcycle Club - The only Canadian chapter merged with Rock Machine in the year 2000.
- Grim Reapers Motorcycle Club (Canada) - An outlaw motorcycle group that had grown to become a dominant club in Western Canada during the 1980s and 1990s. Disbanded in 1997. Unrelated to the active US-based club of the same name.
- Los Bravos - Patched over by the Hells Angels in 2000.[97]
- Original Red Devils - Formed in Hamilton, Ontario in 1948. Patched over by Bacchus MC in 2014. Unrelated to the Red Devils Motorcycle Club, which also has a presence in Canada.[98]
- Popeyes Motorcycle Club - Notorious Québécois biker gang that eventually became absorbed by the Hells Angels in 1977.
- Rebels Motorcycle Club (Canada) - Western Canada-based biker gang active from 1968 until 2004. Not to be confused with the Australian club of the same name.
- Satan's Choice Motorcycle Club - Was once the dominant motorcycle gang in the province of Ontario during the 1970s. Disbanded in 2001.
- The Spartans[99]
- The Wild Ones - Gang disbanded around 1978.[100]
White
- Aryan Guard - Radical white nationalist organization involved in hate crimes and pipe bombings.[101]
- Boyd Gang - Former infamous criminal organization based in Toronto.
- Dömötör-Kolompár criminal organization - Hungarian crime family that ran a human trafficking syndicate, lasting until 2010.
- Dubois Brothers - French-Canadian crime group in Montreal that was active up until the 1980s.
- Markham Gang - Historical criminal organization that was active in the middle of the 19th century.
- Shiner (Ottawa) - Historical gangs of Irish immigrants in Ottawa.
- The Stopwatch Gang - Trio of Canadian bank bandits who robbed banks in both Canada and the United States.
- Tri-City Skins - White power skinhead gang from Ontario that disbanded in 2002.
See also
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