Canada Life data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the April 2026 breach of Canada Life. For every breach, see Breaches.
The Canada Life data breach exposed 237,810 accounts from canadalife.com in April 2026. The data taken includes names, physical addresses, email addresses and phone numbers and 3 more kinds of data.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 13 May 2026, 1 month later. It is the 538th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
Canada Life’s breach included 7 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:
| Data | What it’s used for |
|---|---|
| Names | Makes scam messages personal enough to believe. |
| Physical addresses | Used to prove who you are, and for scam letters and parcels. |
| Email addresses | Expect scam emails that name the company to look genuine. |
| Phone numbers | Expect scam texts and calls, and a higher risk of someone moving your number to their SIM. |
| Support tickets | Private, and now in someone else’s hands. |
| Job titles | Personal details that make scam messages more convincing. |
| Salutations | Personal details that make scam messages more convincing. |
What to do
- Check whether you’re in it.Search your email address on Have I Been Pwned. It tells you which breaches it appears in, Canada Life among them, without showing the data.
- Distrust messages that mention Canada Life.Scammers use breach data to sound genuine. Don’t click links in emails or texts about the breach; go to the site yourself.
- Put a PIN on your phone account.Ask your mobile provider for a port-out PIN, so no one can move your number to their SIM.
Timeline
- : the breach, as best it can be dated.
- : Have I Been Pwned verifies the data and adds it to its search, 1 month later.
Similar breaches
Breaches that leaked the same kinds of data, closest in time:
- CyrusOne, August 2026, 373,460 accounts
- Hallmark, March 2026, 1.7 million accounts
- Questel, August 2026, 1.2 million accounts
- BCD Travel, May 2026, 396,313 accounts
- Infinite Campus, March 2026, 137,123 accounts
- Baker Distributing, May 2026, 102,935 accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “Canada Life”, Have I Been Pwned, added 13 May 2026. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- canadalife.com, Canada Life’s website