OTTAWA—Sixteen individuals had been lifeless just after a taking pictures rampage in a rural section of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and a suspect was killed in a confrontation with law enforcement, Canadian law-enforcement officials mentioned Sunday.

The taking pictures spree ranks as the deadliest in modern Canadian record. The demise toll in Nova Scotia as of Sunday evening surpassed the murder of 14 girls at a Montreal engineering faculty in 1989.

Amongst…