On the night of 29 January 2017, worshippers gathered at the Centre culturel islamique de Québec for evening prayers when gunfire erupted without warning. Within minutes, six men were dead and nineteen others wounded. The shooter, Alexandre Bissonnette, a 27-year-old university student driven by anti-immigrant and Islamophobic beliefs, fled and later surrendered to police. The massacre stunned Canada and was condemned as an act of terrorism, forcing a national reckoning on extremism, hatred, and the illusion of safety within a peaceful society. Bissonnette was convicted of six counts of first-degree murder and six of attempted murder, sentenced to life imprisonment with parole eligibility after 25 years. The tragedy remains one of Canada’s darkest moments—a reminder that intolerance can strike even in the heart of Québec.