A tribute to the victims of the Vancouver Lapu Lapu festival tragedy will be created in Vancouver as part of a community arts ...

Wendell Gomez, left, places a candle at a memorial for victims after a vehicle drove into a crowd during a Filipino heritage festival in Vancouver, British Columbia, Monday, April 28, 2025.

Vancouver's Filipino community is mourning after a man rammed his black Audi SUV into the crowd at a Filipino heritage festival, killing 11 people and injuring dozens.

During a Lapu-Lapu Filipino festival in Vancouver on the weekend, a black SUV ploughed into the crowd killing 11 people and injuring dozens more. Here’s what we know so far.

Vancouver had more than 38,600 residents of Filipino heritage in 2021, representing 5.9% of the city’s total population, according to Statistics Canada, the agency that conducts the national census.

Just over a month after a deadly incident at Vancouver’s Lapu-Lapu Day Festival, the Kalahi Philippine Folk Dance group returned to the stage over the weekend at Seattle Center for the annual ...

Vancouver had more than 38,600 residents of Filipino heritage in 2021, representing 5.9% of the city’s total population, according to Statistics Canada, the agency that conducts the national census.

Sunday night, the community in Vancouver held a vigil for those killed and injured. Bay Area Filipino community members ABC7 News talked with say they are checking with groups like Bayan Canada.

Two people react at a memorial after a vehicle drove into a crowd during a Filipino heritage festival in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) ...

We were all feeling good." The Pagdiriwang Philippine Festival, now in its 38th year, is held annually and celebrates Philippine Independence Day, observed June 12.