Arthur Lucas
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On December 10, 1962 Arthur Lucas and Robert Turpin were the last people to be executed in Canada. The method of execution was hanging, the only form of capital punishment ever used in Canada. In 1976, capital punishment was removed from Canada's Criminal Code.
