List of disasters in Canada

Alaamu nima din niŋ Canada kali la alaamu kara (ka pe ni di dabisa), ninsali ni tahi shɛli na bee Naawuni yiko ni, ka di niŋCanada.

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Pre-1597
+ Pre-colonial period Date Disaster Type Location Region Notes Ref(s)

 1597–1867 
+ Colonial period Date  Disaster Type Location (Modern Name) RegionDeaths Notes Ref(s)  Lachine massacre Massacre Lachine, District of Montreal, Canada, New France  (Lachine, Quebec) Central Canada253  Cascadia earthquake Earthquake British Columbia West Coast Mw 8.7 – 9.2 megathrust earthquake along the Cascadia subduction zone  Eruption of Tseax Cone Volcanic eruption Tseax Cone, British Columbia West Coast2000 One of Canada's worst known geophysical disasters.   HMS Feversham Shipwreck Scatarie Island, Colony of Acadia, New France  (Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia) Maritimes90  Montreal earthquake Earthquake District of Montreal, Canada, New France  (Montreal-region, Quebec) Central Canada300 damaged houses, as well as 185 buildings destroyed by fire following the earthquake   Newfoundland hurricane Hurricane Colony of Newfoundland  (Newfoundland and Labrador) Atlantic Canadac. 4,000  Central Atlantic hurricane Hurricane Grand Banks of Newfoundland Atlantic Canadac. 3,500  HMS Tribune Shipwreck Herring Cove, Nova Scotia Maritimes228  Aeneas Shipwreck Isle aux Morts, Colony of Newfoundland  (Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland and Labrador) Atlantic Canada340  HMS Penelope Shipwreck Cap-des-Rosiers, Lower Canada, British North America  (Cap-des-Rosiers, Quebec) Central Canada40+  Miramichi Fire Fire Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America  (Miramichi, New Brunswick) Maritimes   HMS Acorn Shipwreck Halifax, Nova Scotia Maritimes115  Despatch Shipwreck Isle aux Morts, Colony of Newfoundland  (Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland and Labrador) Atlantic Canada59  Sybelle Shipwreck St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia Maritimes316  Jeannette's Creek train wreck Train wreck Jeannettes Creek, Canada West, Province of Canada, British North America  (Jeannettes Creek, Ontario) Central Canada52   Desjardins Canal disaster Train wreck Hamilton, Canada West, Province of Canada, British North America  (Hamilton, Ontario) Central Canada59  SS Montreal Shipwreck Quebec City, Canada East, Province of Canada, British North America  (Quebec City, Quebec) Central Canada253  SS Hungarian Shipwreck Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia Maritimes205  SS Anglo Saxon Shipwreck Cape Race, Colony of Newfoundland  (Cape Race, Newfoundland and Labrador) Atlantic Canada237  St-Hilaire train disaster Train wreck Mont Saint Hilaire, Canada East, Province of Canada, British North America  (Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec) Central Canada99 

1867–1916
+ Early Dominion Period Date  Disaster Type Location (Modern Name) RegionDeaths Notes  Ref(s)  SS Atlantic Shipwreck Lower Prospect, Nova Scotia Maritimes535  Drummond Mine explosion Mining disaster Westville, Nova Scotia Maritimes60–70 Considered Canada's first mining disaster   Oil Cabinet Novelty Works Company fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada12   Great Fire of Saint John Fire Saint John, New Brunswick Maritimes18-19   Foord Pit explosion Mining disaster Stellarton, Nova Scotia Maritimes44  Victoria steamboat disaster Shipwreck Thames River, Ontario Central Canadac. 182   Vale Colliery explosion Mining disaster near Stellarton, Nova Scotia Maritimes13  Nanaimo mine explosion Mining disaster Nanaimo, British Columbia West Coast148  Québec rockslide Geologic collapse near Quebec City, Quebec Central Canada40+   Saint-Jean-de-Dieu asylum fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada86-104  The Great Fire of 1892 Fire St. John's, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada   Point Ellice Bridge disaster Traffic-rail accident Victoria, British Columbia West Coast55   Caledonia Mine explosion Mining disaster Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Maritimes11  Great Hull Fire Fire Ottawa-Hull, Ontario-Quebec Central Canada7 4000 buildings destroyed in Hull (Québec) and Ottawa (Ontario)  Coal Creek mine disaster Mining disaster Coal Creek, British Columbia West Coast128  Wanstead train disaster Train wreck Wanstead, Ontario  (Wanstead, Ontario) Central Canada   1903 Hamilton Powder Company explosion Explosion Departure Bay, British Columbia West Coast12   Frank Slide at Turtle Mountain Geologic collapse Turtle Mountain, District of Alberta, Northwest Territories  (Turtle Mountain, Alberta) Prairies70-90+   Sternwheeler Columbian disaster  Shipwreck At Eagle Rock on the Yukon River, Yukon Northern Canada6   Hochelaga Protestant School fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 17   First Quebec Bridge Collapse Engineering disaster Quebec City, Quebec Central Canada 75   Port Hood Mine explosion Mining disaster Port Hood, Nova Scotia Maritimes10  Spanish River derailment Train wreck Nairn and Hyman, Ontario Central Canada43-70   Rogers Pass avalanche Avalanche Rogers Pass, British Columbia West Coast62   The Herald fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada32   Bellevue Mine explosion Mining disaster Bellevue, Alberta Prairies30  Sinking of the RMS Titanic Shipwreck Atlantic Ocean, off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland Atlantic Canada1490-1635   Regina Cyclone Tornado Regina, Saskatchewan Prairies28   The Great Lakes Storm of 1913 Meteorological storm Ontario Central Canada250+   Hillcrest mine disaster Mining disaster Hillcrest, Alberta Prairies189   RMS Empress of Ireland collision Shipwreck Saint Lawrence River in Quebec Central Canada1012   Britannia Landslide Geologic collapse Britannia Mine, British Columbia West Coast 50–60  Burning of Parliament Buildings Fire Ottawa, Ontario Central Canada   Matheson Fire Fire Northeastern Ontario Central Canadac. 223   Second Quebec Bridge Collapse Engineering disaster Quebec City, Quebec Central Canada13 

1917–1969
+ Pre-Centennial Period Date  Disaster Type Location RegionDeaths Notes  Ref(s)  Dominion No. 12 Colliery explosion Mining disaster New Waterford, Nova Scotia Maritimes65   Halifax Explosion Wartime explosion Halifax, Nova Scotia Maritimes1782 World War I   Allan Mine explosion Mining disaster Stellarton, Nova Scotia Maritimes88   Grey Nun Motherhouse fire Arson Montreal, Quebec Central Canada53+  Sinking of the SS Florizel Shipwreck near Cappahayden, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada94  Alvin Siding camp fire Fire Alvin Siding, Colchester County, Nova Scotia Maritimes22  Protection Island mining disaster Mining disaster Nanaimo, BC West Coast16 Nanaimo elevator cable snaps   Dominion Park's Mystic Rill fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 8    1921 Britannia Beach flood Flood Britannia Creek, BC West Coast37 Debris flood torrent kills 37 people in Britannia Beach   The Great Fire Fire Timsikaming District, Ontario Central Canada11    Charlevoix–Kamouraska earthquake Earthquake Charlevoix-region, Quebec Central Canada    Laurier Palace Theatre fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada78    Beauval Indian Residential School fire Fire Beauval, Saskatchewan Prairies 20    Grand Banks earthquake and tsunami Tsunami and earthquake Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada27-28    Explosion of the SS Viking Shipwreck/Explosion near Horse Islands, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 27 Worst disaster in history of the film industry.   Cymbeline explosion Explosion Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 30 Oil tanker explosion   Princess Pit rake disaster Mining disaster Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia Maritimes21   The Pollux-Truxtun Disaster (Sinkings of USS Pollux and USS Truxtun) Double Shipwreck Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 203    Knights of Columbus Hostel fire Arson St John's, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada99    Almonte train disaster Train wreck Almonte, Ontario Central Canada   FV Flora Alberta collision Shipwreck 140 kilometers southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia Maritimes 21   1944 Montreal RAF Liberator VI crash Aircrash Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 15   Vancouver Island earthquake Earthquake Vancouver Island, BC West Coast2   1946 SABENA DC-4 crash Aircrash near Gander, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 27   Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 108 Aircrash/Bombing near Sault-au-Cochon, Quebec Central Canada 23    SS Noronic fire Fire/shipwreck Toronto, Ontario Central Canada118+    1950 Red River flood Flood Manitoba Prairies3   Hospice Sainte-Cunégonde fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 35   McGregor Mine explosion Mining disaster Stellarton, Nova Scotia Maritimes19   No. 20 Colliery explosion Mining disaster Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Maritimes7   Hurricane Hazel Hurricane Ontario Central Canada81    Villa St. Louis disaster Aircrash Ontario Central Canada15    Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810 Aircrash British Columbia West Coast62    Maritime Central Airways Flight 315 Aircrash near Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun, Quebec Central Canada 79    Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing collapse Engineering disaster Vancouver, BC West Coast18    Springhill mining disaster Mining disaster Springhill, Nova Scotia Maritimes75    Escuminac disaster Hurricane New Brunswick Maritimes35    Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 Aircrash Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville, Quebec Central Canada118    Port Alberni Tsunami Tsunami Port Alberni, BC West Coast    Hope Slide Geologic collapse Hope, BC West Coast4    LaSalle Heights disaster Explosion LaSalle, Quebec Central Canada28    Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 Aircrash/Bombing near 100 Mile House, British Columbia West Coast 52    Dorion level crossing accident Rail disaster Dorion, Quebec Central Canada19    1969 Montreal fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 7 A fire struck a wooden tenement building in Montreal, killing a mother and six of her children.  1969 Notre-Dame-Du-Lac Nursing Home Fire Fire Notre-Dame-Du-Lac, Quebec Central Canada 38 

1970–2016
+ Post-Centennial Period Date  Disaster Type Location RegionDeaths Notes  Ref(s)  Air Canada Flight 621 Aircrash Ontario Central Canada109   Saint-Jean-Vianney landslide Geologic collapse Saint-Jean-Vianney, Quebec Central Canada31   Blue Bird Café fire Arson Montreal, Quebec Central Canada37   Gargantua fire Arson Montreal, Quebec Central Canada13   Saint John city hall fire Fire Saint John, New Brunswick Maritimes21  Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314 Aircrash Cranbrook, British Columbia West Coast43  Saint John house fire Fire Saint John, New Brunswick Maritimes7A fire in a brick home in Saint John, New Brunswick killed seven people, all of whom were related to former hockey player Gordie Clark.1978 August 4Eastman Bus CrashTraffic accidentEastman, QuebecCentral Canada40Second deadliest traffic accident in Canadian history  No. 26 Colliery explosion Mining disaster Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Maritimes12  Mississauga train derailment Rail disaster Mississauga, Ontario Central Canada0   Opemiska Community Hall fire Fire Chapais, Quebec Central Canada48   Webb bus accident Traffic accident Webb, Saskatchewan Prairies22  1980 Mississauga nursing home fire Fire Mississauga, Ontario Central Canada25  Ocean Ranger sinking Shipwreck Grand Banks of Newfoundland Atlantic Canada84   1985 United States–Canada tornado outbreak Tornado outbreak Southern Ontario Central Canada   Arrow Air Flight 1285 Aircrash Gander, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada256   Hinton train collision Rail disaster Alberta Prairies23   Mindbender crash Roller Coaster Crash Galaxyland, West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton, Alberta Prairies3   Edmonton Tornado Tornado Edmonton, Alberta Prairies27  Fredericton house arson Arson Fredericton, New Brunswick Maritimes 4 At around 11 p.m. to midnight on April 22, 1988, the rear of the Devon Quik Mart building in Fredericton was set on fire by an individual, resulting in the deaths of a mother and her three children.  Cormier Village hayride accident Traffic accident New Brunswick Atlantic Canada13  École Polytechnique massacre School shooting Montreal, Quebec Central Canada15  Rupert Hotel fire Arson Toronto, Ontario Central Canada10   Nunavut canoe disaster Capsizing Hall Beach, Nunavut Northern Canada 7(?) On July 23, 1991, a canoe capsized near Hall Beach, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut). One person survived, and seven others were left missing, presumably drowned.   Westray Mine disaster Mining disaster Plymouth, Nova Scotia Atlantic Canada26   Concordia University massacre School shooting Montreal, Quebec Central Canada4  Saguenay flood Flood Saguenay-region, Quebec Central Canada10   Red River flood of 1997  (Red Sea Flood) Flood Manitoba Prairies0   2nd Les Éboulements bus accident Traffic accident Quebec Central Canada44Deadliest traffic accident in Canadian history   Great Ice Storm of 1998 Meteorological storm Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick Eastern Canada28 Massive ice storm hits Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick   Swissair Flight 111 Aircrash Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia  Atlantic Canada229   87-vehicle pileup on Highway 401 near Windsor, Ontario Traffic accident Windsor, Ontario Central Canada8   Walkerton Tragedy Civic works failure Walkerton, Ontario Central Canada7   Pine Lake tornado Tornado Pine Lake, Alberta Prairies12   2003 Etobicoke gas explosion Explosion Etobicoke, Ontario Central Canada7   Hurricane Juan Hurricane Halifax-area, Nova Scotia Atlantic Canada8   Shedden massacre Massacre Shedden, Elgin County, Ontario Central Canada8   Dawson College shooting School shooting Montréal, Quebec Central Canada2   De la Concorde overpass collapse Engineering disaster Laval, Quebec Central Canada5 2007 June 222007 Elie tornadoTornadoElie, ManitobaPrairies0The only recorded F5/EF5 tornado in the history of Canada, costing around $50 million and having a maximum windspeed between 420km/h to 510km/h  2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident Traffic accident Bathurst, New Brunswick Atlantic Canada8 Toronto propane explosion Explosion Downsview, Ontario Ontario Canada2   Cougar Helicopters Flight 91 Aircrash off of Newfoundland Atlantic Canada17   2011 Assiniboine River flood Flood Manitoba Prairies1   Slave Lake fire Wildfires Slave Lake, Alberta Prairies1   First Air Flight 6560 Aircrash near Resolute, Nunavut Northern Canada12   Goderich Tornado Tornado Goderich, Ontario Central Canada1   Burlington derailment Rail accident Burlington, Ontario Central Canada3   2013 Alberta floods Flood southwest Alberta around Calgary Region Prairies5   Lac-Mégantic rail disaster Rail accident Lac-Mégantic, Quebec Central Canada47   Ottawa bus–train crash Rail-traffic accident Ottawa, Ontario Central Canada6   L'Isle-Verte nursing home fire Fire L'Isle-Verte, Quebec Central Canada32   Ottawa Parliament shooting Terrorism Ottawa, Ontario Central Canada2   La Ronge wildfire Wildfires La Ronge, Saskatchewan Prairies 13,000 people evacuated   La Loche shootings Spree shooting La Loche, Saskatchewan Prairies5   2016 Magdalen Islands Mitsubishi MU-2 crash Aircrash Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Magdalen Islands, Quebec Atlantic Canada7   2016 Fort McMurray Wildfire Wildfires Fort McMurray, Alberta Prairies2 90,000 people evacuated

2017–present
+ Pre-Bicentennial Period Date Disaster Type Location Region Deaths Injures Notes Ref(s)  Quebec City mosque shooting Mass shooting Quebec City, Quebec Central Canada 6 5   2017 Quebec floods Flood Quebec Quebec 2 Unknown   2017 British Columbia wildfires Wildfires British Columbia West Coast0Unknown Provincial state of emergency declared   2017 Edmonton attack Terrorism Edmonton, Alberta Prairies 0 5  Humboldt Broncos bus crash Bus crash near Tisdale, Saskatchewan Prairies 16 13  Toronto van attack Vehicle-ramming attack North York City Centre, North York, Toronto, Ontario Central Canada 10 16  – July 5 2018 Eastern Canada heat wave Heat wave Eastern Canada Eastern Canada ~54 Unknown2018 July 9-102018 Saskatchewan Tornado OutbreakTornado OutbreakSouthern SaskatchewanPrairies0Unknown11 confirmed tornadoes touched down between July 9th and 10th in Southern Saskatchewan, the highest of which being rated EF2  2018 Toronto shooting Mass shooting Toronto, Ontario Central Canada 3 0 3 deaths include 2 murders (victims) and 1 suicide (perpetrator)2018 August 32018 Alonsa EF4 TornadoTornadoAlonsa, ManitobaPrairies1Between both Canada and the United States, the Alonsa tornado was the only EF4+ rated tornado for the year of 2018  2018 British Columbia wildfires Wildfires British Columbia West CoastUnknownUnknown Provincial state of emergency declared   2018 United States–Canada tornado outbreak Tornadoes Dunrobin, Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Gatineau, Quebec Eastern Canada 0 31 ~$300 million damage2019 March 1 - 2019 December 232019 Alberta wildfiresWildfiresNorth and Central AlbertaPrairies0UnknownA series of around 1,000 wildfires took place mostly across Northern Alberta burning over 883,000 hectares of forest. The most prominent of the fires being the ones affecting High Level.  2019 Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick floods Flood Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick Eastern and Central Canada1   present COVID-19 pandemic Pandemic Canada National 53,086                 ()   2020 Nova Scotia attacks Mass shooting, arson Nova Scotia Eastern Canada 23 3  2020 May 17 Canadian Forces Snowbirds jet crash Aircrash Kamloops, British Columbia West Coast 1 1 1 injured, 1 casualty (Capt. Jenn Casey from Nova Scotia)2021 June 15 - 2021 August 162021 British Columbia wildfiresWildfiresInterior British ColumbiaWest Coast2UnknownSeries of upwards of 1,500 wildfires across the province of British Columbia, was worsened by the heatwave happening at the same timeWestern Canada HeatwaveHeatwaveWestern CanadaPrairies and West Coast685Deadliest weather event in the history of Canada 2021 June 30 Lytton wildfire Wildfire Lytton, British Columbia West Coast 2 Several Over 90% of Lytton destroyed  2021 November 14 British Columbia Floods Floods lower half of British Columbia West Coast 4 at least 10 Provincial state of emergency declared 2022 January 13 2022 Ottawa Eastway tank explosion Fire Ottawa, Ontario Eastern and Central Canada 6 2 Industrial explosion Eastway explosion: A timeline of a disaster and the days that followed, Ottawa Citizen, January 21, 2022Emergency dispatches offer new perspective on Eastway Tank explosion response, Cbc.ca, July 4, 2022 2022 September 23-24 Hurricane Fiona Hurricane Atlantic Canada Eastern Canada 3 $660 million in insured damage making Fiona the most costly storm to hit Canada 2023 February 132023 East Ottawa explosionExplosionOttawa, OntarioEastern Canada0122023 March 1 - present2023 Alberta wildfiresWildfiresNorth and Central AlbertaPrairiesUnknownUnknownSeries of upwards of 750 wildfires across the province of Alberta, still ongoing. Smoke could be seen from as far away as Sweden.2023 March 302023 St. Lawrence River River boat disasterCapsizingAkwesasne, QuebecEastern Canada81 person still missing. Victims believed to have been attempting to illegally cross the Canada-US border2023 May 28 - presentNova Scotia wildfiresWildfires Tantallon, Shelburne, Barrington and Bedford, Nova Scotia Eastern Canada02 (indirect; firefighters treated for heat exhaustion while fighting fires)16,000 people evacuated. Shelburne County wildfire amongst largest ever seen in the province. 2023 June 14Southern Alberta June 2023 Tornado OutbreakTornado OutbreakNear Lethbridge and BrooksPrairies00At least 10 tornadoes were reported in the afternoon and early evening hours of June 14, 2023 all across the southeastern portion of Alberta2023 June 15Carberry highway collisionVehicle collisionNear Carberry, ManitobaPrairies and West CoastAt least 15TBDCrash on the Trans-Canada Highway2023 July 21-July 222023 Nova Scotia floodsFloodNova ScotiaEastern Canada4Prolonged record rainfall. Estimated $140 million in damages2023 July 282023 Alberta plane crashPlane crashNear Kananaskis Village, AlbertaPrairies60All persons aboard the plane, one pilot and 5 passengers, were killed.

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 External links 

Canadian Disasters: an historical survey by Robert L. Jones