Prev Next
Derek Cameron Burkholder
Agency patch
Sergeant

Derek Cameron Burkholder

Royal Canadian Mounted Police — Ottawa, ON
Undetermined
Canada flag Ontario flag
End of Watch June 14, 1996
Age 49
The Vigil Panel 318 · Column 1 · Line 4 ›
Gender Male
Division H Division
Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 317

Incident

Sergeant Burkholder was born in Brampton, Ontario and raised in New Brunswick. He served in several detachments in Nova Scotia. Sergeant Burkholder was known to be honest and straightforward. He belonged to the Lions’ Club and worked for the Big Brothers and Big Sisters. Sergeant Burkholder loved to curl, play golf, and spend as much time as he could with his family. He was married to Frances and had two daughters: Tammy and Tanya. This was the first murder of a Mountie in Nova Scotia. Sergeant Burkholder is buried in Brookside Cemetery in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. There is an annual memorial golf tournament in his honour. The proceeds of this tournament go the Sergeant Derek C. Burkholder Memorial Trust which gives bursaries to graduating high school students. Sergeant Derek Cameron Burkholder Sergeant Derek Cameron Burkholder Inscription on grave marker

In Our Keeping

Permanent identifier
neuraspine_01krbxtqtvza91mwrdjs073bdf
Stewardship
Maintained by NeuraWeb Global Inc.
Added to badge.nw
August 2, 2026
Last updated
August 2, 2026

Honored here by 1 tribute.

Are you family? This record can be claimed and maintained by those who knew Derek. Claim this record.

This page is permanent and free. No fee to view it, no advertising, no tracking, and no account required. It will not be taken down.

Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Cameron Burkholder served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Cameron Burkholder.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Type Federal Police
Location Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
Platform Identity rcmp.fed.ca.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 14, 1996
Age 49
Gender Male
Division H Division
Born January 1, 1947

Incident Details

Cause Undetermined
Incident Location Brampton, ON

The Sacrifice · Undetermined

Derek is one of 308 officers lost to causes not yet determined in Canada, 77.2% of the 399 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

  3. See the roll
  4. See the roll
Compare against
I

Time

In 1996, 2 officers in Canada were lost to causes not yet determined, the 51st heaviest of 109 years on record. The heaviest was 1958, with 10.

Every year on record · Canada
II

Who

Derek was 49. Of the 284 lost to causes not yet determined in Canada whose age is recorded, half were between 26 and 41; the middle age was 32.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
III

When

June holds 11% of these deaths in Canada, more than any other month. Fridays: 20.5%.

By month
By day of the week
IV

How

Undetermined deaths account for 77.2% of all 399 deaths in Canada, the most common cause.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
V

His people

Royal Canadian Mounted Police has at least 120 officers remembered here, Derek among them.

Across the years
VI

Where

Brampton, ON

Sergeant Derek Cameron Burkholder

Royal Canadian Mounted Police · End of Watch June 14, 1996

Where the Name Is Cut

↑