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In the wake of the Windsor-area arrest of an alleged Satan’s Choice member, Ontario Provincial Police said the outlaw motorcycle gang’s membership has been growing quickly across the province since last summer.
“In August 2025, Satan’s choice formed again, and there’s been rapid recruitment in the last 10 months and rapid growth,” Acting Det. Supt. Andy Bradford said in an interview with CBC News.
The Canadian-organized biker gang historically has been involved in illegal activity, including drugs and weapons trafficking, kidnappings and murders, according to the OPP.
Satan’s Choice Motorcycle Club started in the 1950s. Its popularity grew in the 1960s, and it eventually became one of Ontario’s most prominent biker gangs.
In 2000, Satan’s Choice began dissolving as the Hells Angels absorbed many branches. It’s now rebuilding, as police note.
“The membership is highly fluid, but because it’s so fluid, it’s hard to monitor,” said Bradford.
“Southwestern Ontario is obviously heavily populated. So in organized crime terms, it’s a lucrative territory.”
Weapons, paraphernalia seized
Around 2 a.m. ET on May 22, Windsor police seized multiple loaded firearms, ammunition and a biker vest with the Satan’s Choice emblem on it from a home in Tecumseh.
Andrew Vincent Bastien, 41, was arrested and faces several weapons-related charges. According to police, he’s a Satan’s Choice member.
OPP said Harley Guindon claims to be the organizer of Satan’s Choice in Ontario.
Last August, Guindon announced on social media that he had relaunched the club and planned to open chapters across Canada.
The day after Bastien’s arrest, Guindon posted on Facebook that Bastien is a former member who recently quit.
