Patrick Levesque
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Patrick Levesque

Accident
End of Watch September 27, 2003
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Gender Male

Incident

Cst. Levesque was killed in an aircraft accident while transporting a prisoner from Magdalen Islands to Gaspe. The man had been arrested for violating his parole and was being returned to Gaspe for a court appearance. The Piper Navaho plane crashed into a wooded area approximately two kilometers from the airport. The prisoner and the civilian pilot of the airplane were also killed. Cst. Levesque was stationed at MRC Cote-de-Gaspé, Detachment and had been a police officer for 7 months. As we start 2026, we can look back and note that we have been very fortunate to not have lost anyone in Canada to a Line of Duty Death (LODD) these last two years. Since the launch of the Memorial Rib… Photo: Memorial Ribbon Society Directors Shawn Coady & James Pearson with Tumbleweed Spirits Co-Owner Mike Patterson Police and Peace Officers’ Memorial Ribbon Society Directors Shawn Coady and …

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

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

Agency

Location ON
Platform Identity rcmp.fed.ca.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 27, 2003
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Patrick Levesque is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In ON, 22 of 334 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 6.6% of this state's fallen. That is 24.4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 22 of 333 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 6.6% of this agency's fallen.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police
22
of 333 officers
6.6% Accident
ON — Statewide
22
of 334 officers
6.6% Accident
Nationwide
10,088
of 32,508 officers
31% Accident

National Cause Distribution

How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Patrick Levesque's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Patrick Levesque Compares

When Accident Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Patrick Levesque is highlighted in Sep.

Jan
820
Feb
730
Mar
748
Apr
707
May
847
Jun
795
Jul
897
Aug
937
Sep
913
Oct
925
Nov
872
Dec
897