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Template:Multiple issues This list of disasters in Canada includes major disasters (arranged by date), either man-made or natural, that occurred on Canadian soil or in Canadian waters.

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Pre-1597

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

1600-1867

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Colonial period
Date Disaster Type Location (modern name) Region Deaths Notes Ref(s)
Template:Sort Lachine massacre Massacre Lachine, District of Montreal, Canada, New France
(Lachine, Quebec) 		Central Canada 253
Template:Sort Cascadia earthquake Earthquake British Columbia West Coast Mw 8.7 – 9.2 megathrust earthquake along the Cascadia subduction zone
Template:Sort Eruption of Tseax Cone Volcanic eruption Tseax Cone, British Columbia West Coast 2000 One of Canada's worst known geophysical disasters
Template:Sort HMS Feversham Shipwreck Scatarie Island, Colony of Acadia, New France
(Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia) 		Maritimes 90
Template:Sort Montreal earthquake Earthquake District of Montreal, Canada, New France
(Montreal-region, Quebec) 		Central Canada 300 damaged houses, as well as 185 buildings destroyed by fire following the earthquake [1]
Template:Sort Newfoundland hurricane Hurricane Colony of Newfoundland
(Newfoundland and Labrador) 		Atlantic Canada c. 4,000
Template:Sort Central Atlantic hurricane Hurricane Grand Banks of Newfoundland Atlantic Canada c. 3,500
Template:Sort HMS Tribune Shipwreck Herring Cove, Nova Scotia Maritimes 228
Template:Sort Aeneas Shipwreck Isle aux Morts, Colony of Newfoundland
(Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland and Labrador) 		Atlantic Canada 340
Template:Sort HMS Penelope Shipwreck Cap-des-Rosiers, Lower Canada, British North America
(Cap-des-Rosiers, Quebec) 		Central Canada 40+
Template:Sort Miramichi Fire Fire Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America
(Miramichi, New Brunswick) 		Maritimes
Template:Sort HMS Acorn Shipwreck Halifax, Nova Scotia Maritimes 115
Template:Sort Despatch Shipwreck Isle aux Morts, Colony of Newfoundland
(Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland and Labrador) 		Atlantic Canada 59
Template:Sort Sybelle Shipwreck St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia Maritimes 316
Template:Sort Jeannette's Creek train wreck Train wreck Jeannettes Creek, Canada West, Province of Canada, British North America
(Jeannettes Creek, Ontario) 		Central Canada 52
Template:Sort Desjardins Canal disaster Train wreck Hamilton, Canada West, Province of Canada, British North America
(Hamilton, Ontario) 		Central Canada 59
Template:Sort SS Montreal Shipwreck Quebec City, Canada East, Province of Canada, British North America
(Quebec City, Quebec) 		Central Canada 253
Template:Sort SS Hungarian Shipwreck Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia Maritimes 205
Template:Sort SS Anglo Saxon Shipwreck Cape Race, Colony of Newfoundland
(Cape Race, Newfoundland and Labrador) 		Atlantic Canada 237
Template:Sort St-Hilaire train disaster Train wreck Mont Saint Hilaire, Canada East, Province of Canada, British North America
(Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec) 		Central Canada 99

1867–1916

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Early Dominion Period
Date Disaster Type Location (modern name) Region Deaths Notes Ref(s)
Template:Sort SS Atlantic Shipwreck Lower Prospect, Nova Scotia Maritimes 535
Template:Sort Drummond Mine explosion Mining disaster Westville, Nova Scotia Maritimes 60–70 Considered Canada's first mining disaster
Template:Sort Oil Cabinet Novelty Works Company fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 12 [2]
Template:Sort Great Fire of Saint John Fire Saint John, New Brunswick Maritimes 18-19
Template:Sort Foord Pit explosion Mining disaster Stellarton, Nova Scotia Maritimes 44
Template:Sort Victoria steamboat disaster Shipwreck Thames River, Ontario Central Canada c. 182
Template:Sort Vale Colliery explosion Mining disaster near Stellarton, Nova Scotia Maritimes 13
Template:Sort Nanaimo mine explosion Mining disaster Nanaimo, British Columbia West Coast 148
Template:Sort Québec rockslide Geologic collapse near Quebec City, Quebec Central Canada 40+
Template:Sort Saint-Jean-de-Dieu asylum fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 86-104
Template:Sort The Great Fire of 1892 Fire St. John's, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada
Template:Sort Point Ellice Bridge disaster Traffic-rail accident Victoria, British Columbia West Coast 55
Template:Sort Caledonia Mine explosion Mining disaster Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Maritimes 11
Template:Sort Great Hull Fire Fire Ottawa-Hull, Ontario-Quebec Central Canada 7 4000 buildings destroyed in Hull (Québec) and Ottawa (Ontario)
Template:Sort Coal Creek mine disaster Mining disaster Coal Creek, British Columbia West Coast 128
Template:Sort Wanstead train disaster Train wreck Wanstead, Ontario
(Wanstead, Ontario) 		Central Canada
Template:Sort 1903 Hamilton Powder Company explosion Explosion Departure Bay, British Columbia West Coast 12 [3]
Template:Sort Frank Slide at Turtle Mountain Geologic collapse Turtle Mountain, District of Alberta, Northwest Territories
(Turtle Mountain, Alberta) 		Prairies 70-90+
Template:Sort Carbonada coal mine disaster Coal mine explosion Carbonada (outside Fernie) BC 14[4]
Template:Sort Sternwheeler Columbian disaster Shipwreck At Eagle Rock on the Yukon River, Yukon Northern Canada 6
Template:Sort Hochelaga Protestant School fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 17 [5]
Template:Sort First Quebec Bridge Collapse Engineering disaster Quebec City, Quebec Central Canada 75
Template:Sort Port Hood Mine explosion Mining disaster Port Hood, Nova Scotia Maritimes 10
Template:Sort Fernie destroyed by fire Fire Fernie, BC BC 0 Whole town burned down in 90 minutes[6]
1909 October 5 Wellington Collieries cave-in Mining disaster Extension, BC (near Ladysmith) West Coast 32[7]
Template:Sort Spanish River derailment Train wreck Nairn and Hyman, Ontario Central Canada 43-70
Template:Sort Rogers Pass avalanche Avalanche Rogers Pass, British Columbia West Coast 62
Template:Sort The Herald fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 32 [8]
Template:Sort Bellevue mine disaster Mining disaster Bellevue, Alberta Prairies 30
1911 July Great Porcupine fire Fire Timmins, Ontario Central Canada 73 to 200
Template:Sort Sinking of the RMS Titanic Shipwreck Atlantic Ocean, off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 1490-1635
Template:Sort Regina Cyclone Tornado Regina, Saskatchewan Prairies 28
Template:Sort The Great Lakes Storm of 1913 Meteorological storm Ontario Central Canada 250+
Template:Sort Hillcrest mine disaster Mining disaster Hillcrest, Alberta Prairies 189
Template:Sort RMS Empress of Ireland collision with Norwegian collier Storstad Shipwreck Saint Lawrence River in Quebec Central Canada 1012
Template:Sort Britannia Landslide Geologic collapse Britannia Mine, British Columbia West Coast 50–60
Template:Sort Burning of Parliament Buildings Fire Ottawa, Ontario Central Canada
Template:Sort Matheson Fire Fire Northeastern Ontario Central Canada c. 223
Template:Sort Second Quebec Bridge Collapse Engineering disaster Quebec City, Quebec Central Canada 13

1917–1969

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Pre-Centennial Period
Date Disaster Type Location Region Deaths Notes Ref(s)
Template:Sort Dominion No. 12 Colliery explosion Mining disaster New Waterford, Nova Scotia Maritimes 65
Template:Sort Halifax Explosion Wartime explosion Halifax, Nova Scotia Maritimes 1782 World War I
Template:Sort Allan Mine explosion Mining disaster Stellarton, Nova Scotia Maritimes 88
Template:Sort Grey Nuns Motherhouse fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 53+ [9]
Template:Sort Sinking of the SS Florizel Shipwreck near Cappahayden, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 94
Template:Sort Alvin Siding camp fire Fire Alvin Siding, Colchester County, Nova Scotia Maritimes 22 [10]
Template:Sort Protection Island mining disaster Mining disaster Nanaimo, BC West Coast 16 Nanaimo elevator cable snaps
Template:Sort Dominion Park's Mystic Rill fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 8 [11]
Template:Sort 1921 Britannia Beach flood Flood Britannia Creek, BC West Coast 37 Debris flood torrent kills 37 people in Britannia Beach
Template:Sort The Great Fire Fire Timsikaming District, Ontario Central Canada 11
Template:Sort Charlevoix–Kamouraska earthquake Earthquake Charlevoix-region, Quebec Central Canada
Template:Sort Laurier Palace Theatre fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 78
Template:Sort Beauval Indian Residential School fire Fire Beauval, Saskatchewan Prairies 20
Template:Sort Grand Banks earthquake and tsunami Tsunami and earthquake Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 27-28
Template:Sort Explosion of the SS Viking Shipwreck/Explosion near Horse Islands, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 27 Worst disaster in history of the film industry.
Template:Sort Cymbeline explosion Explosion Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 30 Oil tanker explosion [12]
Template:Sort Princess Pit rake disaster Mining disaster Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia Maritimes 21
Template:Sort Pollux-Truxtun Disaster Double shipwreck Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 203 Sinkings of USS Pollux and USS Truxtun
Template:Sort Knights of Columbus Hostel fire Arson St John's, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 99
Template:Sort Almonte train disaster Train wreck Almonte, Ontario Central Canada
Template:Sort Explosion in downtown Dawson Creek dynamite explosion Dawson Creek, BC West Coast 21[13] World War II
Template:Sort FV Flora Alberta collision Shipwreck 140 kilometers southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia Maritimes 21
Template:Sort 1944 Montreal RAF Liberator VI crash Aircrash Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 15
1945 March 6 S.S. Green Hill Park explosion Explosion Vancouver, BC West Coast 8[14]
Template:Sort Vancouver Island earthquake Earthquake Vancouver Island, BC West Coast 2
Template:Sort 1946 SABENA DC-4 crash Aircrash near Gander, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 27
Template:Sort Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 108 Aircrash/Bombing near Sault-au-Cochon, Quebec Central Canada 23
Template:Sort SS Noronic fire Fire/shipwreck Toronto, Ontario Central Canada 118+
Template:Sort 1950 Red River flood Flood Manitoba Prairies 3
Template:Sort Hospice Sainte-Cunégonde fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 35
Template:Sort McGregor Mine explosion Mining disaster Stellarton, Nova Scotia Maritimes 19
Template:Sort No. 20 Colliery explosion Mining disaster Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Maritimes 7
Template:Sort Hurricane Hazel Hurricane Ontario Central Canada 81
Template:Sort Villa St. Louis disaster Aircrash Ontario Central Canada 15
Template:Sort Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810 Aircrash British Columbia West Coast 62
Template:Sort Maritime Central Airways Flight 315 Aircrash near Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun, Quebec Central Canada 79
Template:Sort Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing collapse Engineering disaster Vancouver, BC West Coast 18
Template:Sort Springhill mining disaster Mining disaster Springhill, Nova Scotia Maritimes 75
Template:Sort Escuminac disaster Hurricane New Brunswick Maritimes 35
Template:Sort Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 Aircrash Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville, Quebec Central Canada 118
Template:Sort Port Alberni Tsunami Tsunami Port Alberni, BC West Coast 0 Two waves over 2 metres high smashed into community
Template:Sort Hope Slide Geologic collapse Hope, BC West Coast 4
1965 February 18 Granduc avalanche Snow slide Granduc, BC (copper-mining camp near Stewart) West Coast 26[15]
Template:Sort LaSalle Heights disaster Explosion LaSalle, Quebec Central Canada 28
Template:Sort Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 Aircrash/Bombing near 100 Mile House, British Columbia West Coast 52
Template:Sort Dorion level crossing accident Rail disaster Dorion, Quebec Central Canada 19
Template:Sort Wegner Point disaster Military training disaster[16] Petawawa, Ontario Central Canada 7
Template:Sort 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. [17]
Template:Sort 1969 Notre-Dame-Du-Lac Nursing Home Fire Fire Notre-Dame-Du-Lac, Quebec Central Canada 38

1970–2016

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Post-Centennial Period
Date Disaster Type Location Region Deaths Notes Ref(s)
Template:Sort Air Canada Flight 621 Aircrash Ontario Central Canada 109
Template:Sort Saint-Jean-Vianney landslide Geologic collapse Saint-Jean-Vianney, Quebec Central Canada 31
Template:Sort Blue Bird Café fire Arson Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 37
Template:Sort Gargantua bar attack Arson Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 13 [18]
Template:Sort Saint John city hall fire Fire Saint John, New Brunswick Maritimes 21
Template:Sort Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314 Aircrash Cranbrook, British Columbia West Coast 43
Template:Sort Saint John house fire Fire Saint John, New Brunswick Maritimes 7 A fire in a brick home killed seven people, all of whom were related to former hockey player Gordie Clark. [19][20][21][22][23]
1978 August 4 Eastman Bus Crash Traffic accident Eastman, Quebec Central Canada 40 Second deadliest traffic accident in Canadian history
Template:Sort No. 26 Colliery explosion Mining disaster Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Maritimes 12
Template:Sort Mississauga train derailment Rail disaster Mississauga, Ontario Central Canada 0
Template:Sort Opemiska Community Hall fire Fire Chapais, Quebec Central Canada 48
Template:Sort Webb bus accident Traffic accident Webb, Saskatchewan Prairies 22
Template:Sort 1980 Mississauga nursing home fire Fire Mississauga, Ontario Central Canada 25
Template:Sort Ocean Ranger sinking Shipwreck Grand Banks of Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 84
Template:Sort 1985 United States–Canada tornado outbreak Tornado outbreak Southern Ontario Central Canada
Template:Sort Arrow Air Flight 1285 Aircrash Gander, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 256
Template:Sort Hinton train collision Rail disaster Alberta Prairies 23
Template:Sort Mindbender crash Roller Coaster Crash Galaxyland, West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton, Alberta Prairies 3
Template:Sort Edmonton Tornado Tornado Edmonton, Alberta Prairies 27
Template:Sort 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. [24]
Template:Sort Cormier Village hayride accident Traffic accident New Brunswick Atlantic Canada 13
Template:Sort École Polytechnique massacre School shooting Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 15
Template:Sort Rupert Hotel fire Arson Toronto, Ontario Central Canada 10 [25]
Template:Sort 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. [26][27]
Template:Sort Westray Mine disaster Mining disaster Plymouth, Nova Scotia Atlantic Canada 26
Template:Sort Concordia University massacre School shooting Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 4
Template:Sort Saguenay flood Flood Saguenay-region, Quebec Central Canada 10
Template:Sort Red River flood of 1997
(Red Sea Flood) 		Flood Manitoba Prairies 0
Template:Sort 2nd Les Éboulements bus accident Traffic accident Quebec Central Canada 44 Deadliest traffic accident in Canadian history
Template:Sort Great Ice Storm of 1998 Meteorological storm Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick Eastern Canada 28 Massive ice storm hits Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick
Template:Sort Swissair Flight 111 Aircrash Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia Atlantic Canada 229
Template:Sort 87-vehicle pileup on Highway 401 near Windsor, Ontario Traffic accident Windsor, Ontario Central Canada 8
Template:Sort Walkerton Tragedy Civic works failure Walkerton, Ontario Central Canada 7
Template:Sort Pine Lake tornado Tornado Pine Lake, Alberta Prairies 12
Template:Sort 2003 Etobicoke gas explosion Explosion Etobicoke, Ontario Central Canada 7
Template:Sort Hurricane Juan Hurricane Halifax-area, Nova Scotia Atlantic Canada 8
Template:Sort Shedden massacre Massacre Shedden, Elgin County, Ontario Central Canada 8
Template:Sort Dawson College shooting School shooting Montréal, Quebec Central Canada 2
Template:Sort De la Concorde overpass collapse Engineering disaster Laval, Quebec Central Canada 5
2007 June 22 2007 Elie tornado Tornado Elie, Manitoba Prairies 0 The only recorded F5/EF5 tornado in the history of Canada, costing around $50 million and having a maximum windspeed between 420 km/h to 510 km/h [28]
Template:Sort 2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident Traffic accident Bathurst, New Brunswick Atlantic Canada 8
Template:Sort Toronto propane explosion Explosion Downsview, Ontario Ontario Canada 2
Template:Sort Cougar Helicopters Flight 91 Air crash Off Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 17
Template:Sort 2011 Assiniboine River flood Flood Manitoba Prairies 1
Template:Sort Slave Lake fire Wildfires Slave Lake, Alberta Prairies 1
Template:Sort First Air Flight 6560 Aircrash near Resolute, Nunavut Northern Canada 12
Template:Sort Goderich Tornado Tornado Goderich, Ontario Central Canada 1
Template:Sort Burlington derailment Rail accident Burlington, Ontario Central Canada 3
Template:Sort 2013 Alberta floods Flood southwest Alberta around Calgary Region Prairies 5
Template:Sort Lac-Mégantic rail disaster Rail accident Lac-Mégantic, Quebec Central Canada 47
Template:Sort Ottawa bus–train crash Rail-traffic accident Ottawa, Ontario Central Canada 6
Template:Sort L'Isle-Verte nursing home fire Fire L'Isle-Verte, Quebec Central Canada 32
Template:Sort Ottawa Parliament shooting Terrorism Ottawa, Ontario Central Canada 2
Template:Sort La Ronge wildfire Wildfires La Ronge, Saskatchewan Prairies 13,000 people evacuated [29]
Template:Sort La Loche shootings Spree shooting La Loche, Saskatchewan Prairies 5
Template:Sort 2016 Magdalen Islands Mitsubishi MU-2 crash Aircrash Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Magdalen Islands, Quebec Atlantic Canada 7
Template:Sort 2016 Fort McMurray Wildfire Wildfires Fort McMurray, Alberta Prairies 2 90,000 people evacuated

2017–2023

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Pre-Bicentennial Period
Date Disaster Type Location Region Deaths Injured Notes Ref(s)
Template:Sort Quebec City mosque shooting Mass shooting Quebec City, Quebec Central Canada 6 5 [30]
Template:Sort 2017 Quebec floods Flood Quebec Quebec 2 Unknown [31]
Template:Sort 2017 British Columbia wildfires Wildfires British Columbia West Coast 0 Unknown Provincial state of emergency declared [32]
Template:Sort 2017 Edmonton attack Terrorism Edmonton, Alberta Prairies 0 5 [33]
Template:Sort Humboldt Broncos bus crash Bus crash near Tisdale, Saskatchewan Prairies 16 13
Template:Sort Toronto van attack Vehicle-ramming attack North York City Centre, North York, Toronto, Ontario Central Canada 10 16
Template:Sort – July 5 2018 Eastern Canada heat wave Heat wave Eastern Canada Eastern Canada ~54 Unknown [34]
2018 July 9–10 2018 Saskatchewan Tornado Outbreak Tornado Outbreak Southern Saskatchewan Prairies 0 Unknown 11 confirmed tornadoes touched down between July 9 and 10 in Southern Saskatchewan, the highest of which being rated EF2 [35]
Template:Sort 2018 Toronto shooting Mass shooting Toronto, Ontario Central Canada 3 0 3 deaths include 2 murders (victims) and 1 suicide (perpetrator) [36]
2018 August 3 2018 Alonsa EF4 Tornado Tornado Alonsa, Manitoba Prairies 1 Between both Canada and the United States, the Alonsa tornado was the only EF4+ rated tornado for the year of 2018 [37]
Template:Sort 2018 British Columbia wildfires Wildfires British Columbia West Coast Unknown Unknown Provincial state of emergency declared [38]
Template:Sort 2018 United States–Canada tornado outbreak Tornadoes Dunrobin, Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Gatineau, Quebec Eastern Canada 0 31 ~$300 million damage [39][40]
2019 March 1–2019 December 23 2019 Alberta wildfires Wildfires North and Central Alberta Prairies 0 Unknown A 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. [41][42]
Template:Sort 2019 Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick floods Flood Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick Eastern and Central Canada 1 [43]
Template:Sort present COVID-19 pandemic Pandemic Canada National 53,086 (Template:As of) [44][45]
Template:Sort 2020 Nova Scotia attacks Mass shooting, arson Nova Scotia Eastern Canada 23 3 [46]
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) [47]
2021 June 15–2021 August 16 2021 British Columbia wildfires Wildfires Interior British Columbia West Coast 2 Unknown Series of upwards of 1,500 wildfires across the province of British Columbia, was worsened by the heatwave happening at the same time [48]
Template:Sort Western Canada Heatwave Heatwave Western Canada Prairies and West Coast 685 Deadliest 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 [49]
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 [50][51][52]
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 [53][54]
2023 February 13 2023 East Ottawa explosion Explosion Ottawa, Ontario Eastern Canada 0 12 [55]
2023 March 1 - October 6 2023 Canadian wildfires Wildfires Alberta, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec National - all regions 8[56] Unknown
2023 March 1 - present 2023 Alberta wildfires Wildfires North and Central Alberta Prairies Unknown Unknown Series of more than 750 wildfires across the province of Alberta. In that fire season, the province recorded 1088 fires that burned a total of 2,222,900 hectares (5,492,906 acres). Smoke travelled as far away as Sweden. [57][58]
2023 March 30 2023 St. Lawrence River River boat disaster Capsizing Akwesasne, Quebec Eastern Canada 8 1 person still missing. Victims believed to have been attempting to illegally cross the Canada-US border [59]
2023 May 28 - present Nova Scotia wildfires Wildfires Tantallon, Shelburne, Barrington and Bedford, Nova Scotia Eastern Canada 0 2 (indirect; firefighters treated for heat exhaustion while fighting fires)[60] 16,000 people evacuated. Shelburne County wildfire amongst largest ever seen in the province. [61]
2023 June 14 Southern Alberta June 2023 Tornado Outbreak Tornado Outbreak Near Lethbridge and Brooks Prairies 0 0 At least 10 tornadoes were reported in the afternoon and early evening hours of June 14, 2023 all across the southeastern portion of Alberta [62][63]
2023 June 15 Carberry bus crash Vehicle collision Near Carberry, Manitoba Prairies and West Coast 17 8 Crash on the Trans-Canada Highway [64]
2023 July 21-July 22 2023 Nova Scotia floods Flood Nova Scotia Eastern Canada 4 Prolonged record rainfall. Estimated $140 million in damages
2023 July 28 2023 Alberta plane crash Plane crash Near Kananaskis Village, Alberta Prairies 6 0 All persons aboard the plane, one pilot and 5 passengers, were killed. [65][66]

2024–present

Date Disaster Type Location Region Deaths Injured Notes Ref(s)
2024 January Northwestern Air Flight 738 aircraft crash NWT North 6 1
2024 July 22-September 7 2024 Jasper wildfire wildfire Alberta Prairies 1 A third of the Town of Jasper destroyed.

See also

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