Lives lost in Toronto van attack, one of the country's worst mass murders

It has been five years since a man deliberately drove a van down a bustling sidewalk in north Toronto, committing one of the country's worst mass murders.

It has been five years since a man deliberately drove a van down a bustling sidewalk in north Toronto, committing one of the country's worst mass murders.

Ten people died in the van attack in April 2018 and another died from her injuries more than three years later.

Here's a look at the lives that were lost, based on interviews with family and friends and victim impact statements filed in court.

Betty Forsyth was a walking library, family historian and a good friend to birds and squirrels.

She was born on July 30, 1923 in Peacehaven, East Sussex in the United Kingdom. She left for Canada in 1968, with nine poodles in tow, and remained a loyal servant to the queen.

Tragedy befell the family early on. Her father, Charles Speedie Forsyth, was a member of the British army and vanished at sea in 1928, near Gibraltar.

But Betty, her quick wit and macabre humour at hand, used her missing father as material for family gatherings.