As noted in About This Site, there are two main criteria for including cases in Canadian Taxi Driver Homicides: The victim was on duty as a taxi driver at the time of the homicide, or The victim's occupation put him or her in harm's way. Within these two criteria cases have been grouped into four categories (A to D): Then intent of the categories is to help researchers identify and select the cases that fit their own purposes and requirements. Category A: Random This is by far the largest category. The drivers in this category have apparently been the random victims of opportunistic crime -- robberies, sexual assault, or attacks arising from other personal motives. Category B: Personal The victims in this category were, judging by evidence or circumstances, targeted for personal motives such as revenge. The following cases fall into this category: Thualfikar Alattiya Windsor, ON 2004 Conrad Bard St. Jean Sur Richelieu, QC 1971 Donald Bothwell Kapuskasing, ON 2009 Anthony Codispodi Hamilton, ON 1954 Dwayne Demkiw Edmonton, AB 2015 Alireza Ebrahimian Ottawa, ON 1987 Marc Gauthier Val-d'Or,QC 2002 Lawrence "Dick" Hewitt Kitchener, ON 1937 Hurd, Leonard Maxville, ON 1952 Donald Lanthier Sault Ste. Marie, ON 1978 Louis Maillet Montréal, QC 1966 Gérard Matteau Montréal, QC 1965 Conrad Ricard Trois Rivières, QC 1968 Mohammadullah Saighani Toronto, ON 1999 Gurmeet Singh Waraich Calgary, AB 1982 Brian Russell Wheldon Whitehorse, YT 2004 Category C: Other The drivers in this category were on duty as drivers but were victims of crimes that were not directly related to taxi driving. Nevertheless, their role as taxi drivers contributed to putting them in harm's way. Richard Coté Québec, QC 1994 Wilfrid Dumais Trois-Pistoles, QC 1948 Augustin Gagnier Montréal, QC 1956 Fred Genesee Hamilton, ON 1924 Leo Henningham Toronto ON 1990 Tahir Khan Toronto ON 2006 Jacques Labossière Ottawa, ON 1985 Lucien Lambert Montréal, QC 1979 Antonio Lanzellotti Winnipeg, MB 2008 René Lapointe Montréal, QC 1968 George Larkin Toronto, ON 1960 Keith Edward McCallum Dartmouth, NS 1975 Mohamad (Mo) Nakib-Arbaji Toronto ON 2003 Yves Pigeon Montréal, QC 1975 Hugh J. Scott Winnipeg, MB 1948 Travis Darwin Untinen Edmonton, AB 2013 Victor Waller Thunder Bay, ON 1958

Cabs in the funeral procession of Gurnam Singh Dhaliwal (Winnipeg Free Press, April 11, 1986, p. 1) Category D: Unknown Not enough information is yet available to determine that a homicide is occupational, or to place it in categories A to C: Elwin Arlington Foster Windsor, ON 1950 To the Unknown category can be added several so far unidentified homicides that are referred to in Data Sources: Occupational Mortality in British Columbia, 1950 to 1978 lists three possible homicides that are not recorded in Canadian Taxi Driver Homicides, two from the period 1960 to 1969 and one from the period 1950 to 1959. Occupational Mortality in British Columbia, 1985 to 1994 lists one possible unrecorded homicide from the period 1985 to 1994. A 1951 Maclean's Magazine article by John Rowland refers to three Toronto cab drivers being murdered in one year, suggesting that at least one of the homicides is not recorded,