A so-called “kill list” shared among members of the ISIS terror group contains the names of 151 Canadians, including more than two dozen people from B.C.

The list, which has been obtained by CTV News, is comprised of more than 8,000 individuals, including many women and even some children. The vast majority are from the U.S.

It’s unclear how the list was compiled, but there’s been speculation the people included are victims of various hacks of personal information that had no relation to ISIS.

It’s important to note that while nine such lists have been released by ISIS cyber terrorists over the last four months, there have been no reports of any subsequent violence being committed against the targets.

Even so, the RCMP said it’s assessing the information carefully, and officers are in the process of knocking on doors to warn the people named to be vigilant.

“The RCMP is aware of this matter and is working with its domestic and international law enforcement and intelligence partners to assess this information and to notify the Canadians identified,” Sgt. Harold Pfleiderer said in an email statement Friday.

“Because of the sensitive nature of this matter, we will not be providing further comment.”

One B.C. victim who was included on the list told CTV News he was disappointed by the lack of information or assistance offered when police contacted him.

The most recent list was discovered by the Middle East Media Research Institute, or MEMRI, in Washington, D.C. and forwarded to authorities in affected countries.

The not-for-profit group, which monitors messaging applications and other channels frequented by ISIS and its supporters, said the list appears more random and less intentional than past lists that included mostly military personnel and government officials.

“There’s nothing to indicate it’s a well-considered list, and there’s certainly much to indicate that it’s not,” said deputy director Elliot Zweig.

Sharing such lists is an easy way for ISIS to drum up fear without actually doing anything, Zweig added.

“It’s a favoured tactic of ISIS supporters. After all, the goal of terrorists is to terrorize,” he said. “You could call it ‘terrorist trolling.’”

But Zweig said MEMRI doesn’t determine the severity of threats, it only identifies them and passes them on to law enforcement and intelligence agencies.

Canada’s Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said the government is taking the threat seriously while authorities work to assess the situation.

“The police and security authorities of Canada are taking this matter with the gravity it demands,” Goodale said.

Note: CTV News is not publishing the names of the people on the list.

With a report from CTV Vancouver’s Tom Popyk