Canada Life Data Breach

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.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is April 20, 2026. The record was added to the catalogue on May 13, 2026 and last updated there on May 13, 2026.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Email addresses
• Job titles
• Names
• Phone numbers
• Physical addresses
• Salutations
• Support tickets

These are incident-level categories. The record does not prove that every category was exposed for every affected person.

Who may be affected?

This record may be relevant to people who had an account or other relationship with Canada Life or used canadalife.com around April 20, 2026. A catalogue entry does not establish that every customer was affected or that every listed data category applied to each person. Compare the record with an official notice addressed to you.

What should you do?

Choose actions that match the information involved. If you find signs that someone is using your identity, the Federal Trade Commission provides a personal recovery plan at IdentityTheft.gov.