The victims of the shooting in Toronto's Greektown neighbourhood are an 18 year old woman and a 10 year old girl.
Police Chief Mark Saunders shared the information during a noon hour news conference Monday, less than 24 hours after a man opened fire on a busy Danforth Avenue.
The 29-year-old gunman is also dead, but the cause is unclear.
The names of the deceased are not being released by police.
Saunders says 16 people were struck by a bullet or projectile and 13 of them -- aged 10 to 59 -- were wounded Sunday night when a man dressed in black walked down a crowded stretch of the city's Greek neighbourhood and started shooting at people in restaurants and sidewalk patios.
Saunders says their wounds range from minor to serious.
The SIU confirms two officers were involved when exchanging gunfire with the suspect.
Officials at St. Michael's Hospital say it received five gunshot victims last night and that three underwent immediate life-saving surgery -- with all victims remaining in serious and critical condition.
Residents in the neighbourhood say they're struggling to process the shooting.
Gord Cheong says a lot of good people live in the area and calls the shooting unusual and disturbing.
Pretty high quality image of Danforth shooter captured by Instagram user arielanise. https://t.co/wARVN289mg pic.twitter.com/Dl6f7xq6uc
— Sean Craig (@sdbcraig) July 23, 2018
Toronto Mayor John Tory calls last night's mass shooting "a despicable act.''
Tory says he wants to talk to federal and provincial officials about how to deal with guns -- which he says are far too available to far too many people in the city.
Former Toronto police chief Bill Blair -- the new federal minister responsible for tackling gun violence -- says he's been in touch with Tory to discuss how the feds can support efforts to stop a growing wave of shootings rattling Torontonians.
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, whose department has been overseeing a federal program aimed at reducing guns and gangs in Canada, says he's also been in touch with the mayor.
Premier Doug Ford says the confidence that Toronto is a safe place has been shaken by the mass shooting.
But he says the province will support the city, which is reeling after the latest incidence of gun violence this year.
N-D-P Leader Andrea Horwath says the shooting has shattered the lives of many people but adds the people of Ontario always look out for one another.
The two political leaders spoke at the legislature, where M-P-P's held a moment of silence this morning for the two people killed and dozen wounded in the shooting rampage.