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Breach occurred 2026-04-20Verifiedcanadalife.com
What happened
In April 2026, Canada Life was the victim of a "pay or leak" extortion campaign by the ShinyHunters group. The group subsequently published the data which contained over 200k unique email addresses along with names, phone numbers, physical addresses and, in some cases, customer support tickets. In their disclosure notice, Canada Life advised that "it is a small proportion of our customers who may have been impacted". In the wake of the incident, Canada Life also published an alert cautioning customers to be wary of phishing attacks, a pattern often seen after the public release of breached data.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Canada Life data breach occurred on April 20, 2026. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on May 13, 2026.
237,810 accounts were affected by the Canada Life data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Canada Life breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, Job titles, Names, Phone numbers, Physical addresses, Salutations, Support tickets.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Canada Life breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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