diff --git a/google/cloud/bigquery/_job_helpers.py b/google/cloud/bigquery/_job_helpers.py
index 27e90246f..b6cf4d38b 100644
--- a/google/cloud/bigquery/_job_helpers.py
+++ b/google/cloud/bigquery/_job_helpers.py
@@ -720,11 +720,11 @@ def _wait_or_cancel(
                 )
             )
         return query_results
-    except Exception:
+    except (KeyboardInterrupt, Exception):
         # Attempt to cancel the job since we can't return the results.
         try:
             job.cancel(retry=retry, timeout=api_timeout)
-        except Exception:
+        except (KeyboardInterrupt, Exception):
             # Don't eat the original exception if cancel fails.
             pass
         raise
diff --git a/tests/unit/test__job_helpers.py b/tests/unit/test__job_helpers.py
index 10cbefe13..58f9a24d4 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test__job_helpers.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test__job_helpers.py
@@ -1162,3 +1162,30 @@ def test_wait_or_cancel_exception_raises_original_exception():
         timeout=123,
         retry=retry,
     )
+
+
+def test_wait_or_cancel_keyboard_interrupt_cancels_job():
+    job = mock.create_autospec(job_query.QueryJob, instance=True)
+    job.result.side_effect = KeyboardInterrupt()
+    retry = retries.Retry()
+
+    with pytest.raises(KeyboardInterrupt):
+        _job_helpers._wait_or_cancel(
+            job,
+            api_timeout=123,
+            wait_timeout=456,
+            retry=retry,
+            page_size=789,
+            max_results=101112,
+        )
+
+    job.result.assert_called_once_with(
+        timeout=456,
+        retry=retry,
+        page_size=789,
+        max_results=101112,
+    )
+    job.cancel.assert_called_once_with(
+        timeout=123,
+        retry=retry,
+    )
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