Police in Canada said they have ruled out terrorism as a motivator after a man drove into a crowd at a Filipino heritage festival in Vancouver on Saturday night, killing 11 people and injuring dozens of others.

A man has been charged with murder over the car-ramming attack at a festival in Vancouver that killed 11 people, including a five-year-old.At least 20 other people were injured after a car ploughed into a crowd at the Lapu-Lapu Day festival at 8pm on Saturday.

A man drove a vehicle into a crowd at a Filipino heritage festival in the Canadian city of Vancouver, killing 11 people and injuring more than 20 others, in what authorities described as a car ramming attack that shook the country ahead of a federal election.