List of disasters in Canada

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Script error: No such module "Unsubst". This list of disasters in Canada includes major disasters (arranged by date), either man-made or natural, that occurred in Canada as currently defined or in adjacent waters. Disasters include natural disasters (major fires and floods) and accidental human disasters such as those relating to transportation, industrial and mining activities, and health (epidemics and pandemics).

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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)
Script error: No such module "sort". Lachine massacre Massacre Lachine, District of Montreal, Canada, New France
(Lachine, Quebec) 		Central Canada 253
Script error: No such module "sort". Cascadia earthquake Earthquake British Columbia West Coast Mw 8.7 – 9.2 megathrust earthquake along the Cascadia subduction zone
Script error: No such module "sort". Eruption of Tseax Cone Volcanic eruption Tseax Cone, British Columbia West Coast 2000 One of Canada's worst known geophysical disasters
Script error: No such module "sort". HMS Feversham Shipwreck Scatarie Island, Colony of Acadia, New France
(Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia) 		Maritimes 90
Script error: No such module "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]
Script error: No such module "sort". Newfoundland hurricane Hurricane Colony of Newfoundland
(Newfoundland and Labrador) 		Atlantic Canada c. 4,000
Script error: No such module "sort". Central Atlantic hurricane Hurricane Grand Banks of Newfoundland Atlantic Canada c. 3,500
Script error: No such module "sort". Central Atlantic hurricane Hurricane Grand Banks of Newfoundland Atlantic Canada c. 3,500
Script error: No such module "sort". Boston schooner Resolution Ship capture and Massacre Haida Gwaii (formerly Queen Charlotte Islands) West Coast 11
Script error: No such module "sort". Aeneas Shipwreck Isle aux Morts, Colony of Newfoundland
(Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland and Labrador) 		Atlantic Canada 340
Script error: No such module "sort". HMS Penelope Shipwreck Cap-des-Rosiers, Lower Canada, British North America
(Cap-des-Rosiers, Quebec) 		Central Canada 40+
Script error: No such module "sort". Miramichi Fire Fire Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America
(Miramichi, New Brunswick) 		Maritimes
Script error: No such module "sort". HMS Acorn Shipwreck Halifax, Nova Scotia Maritimes 115
Script error: No such module "sort". Despatch Shipwreck Isle aux Morts, Colony of Newfoundland
(Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland and Labrador) 		Atlantic Canada 59
Script error: No such module "sort". Sybelle Shipwreck St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia Maritimes 316
Script error: No such module "sort". Jeannette's Creek train wreck Train wreck Jeannettes Creek, Canada West, Province of Canada, British North America
(Jeannettes Creek, Ontario) 		Central Canada 52
Script error: No such module "sort". Desjardins Canal disaster Train wreck Hamilton, Canada West, Province of Canada, British North America
(Hamilton, Ontario) 		Central Canada 59
Script error: No such module "sort". SS Montreal Shipwreck Quebec City, Canada East, Province of Canada, British North America
(Quebec City, Quebec) 		Central Canada 253
Script error: No such module "sort". SS Hungarian Shipwreck Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia Maritimes 205
Script error: No such module "sort". 1862 Pacific Northwest smallpox epidemic epidemic West Coast West Coast 20,000+
Script error: No such module "sort". SS Anglo Saxon Shipwreck Cape Race, Colony of Newfoundland
(Cape Race, Newfoundland and Labrador) 		Atlantic Canada 237
Script error: No such module "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)
Script error: No such module "sort". SS Atlantic Shipwreck Lower Prospect, Nova Scotia Maritimes 535
Script error: No such module "sort". Drummond Mine explosion Mining disaster Westville, Nova Scotia Maritimes 60–70 Considered Canada's first mining disaster
Script error: No such module "sort". Oil Cabinet Novelty Works Company fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 12 [2]
Script error: No such module "sort". Great Fire of Saint John Fire Saint John, New Brunswick Maritimes 18-19
Script error: No such module "sort". Foord Pit explosion Mining disaster Stellarton, Nova Scotia Maritimes 44
Script error: No such module "sort". Victoria steamboat disaster Shipwreck Thames River, Ontario Central Canada c. 182
Script error: No such module "sort". Vale Colliery explosion Mining disaster near Stellarton, Nova Scotia Maritimes 13
Script error: No such module "sort". Nanaimo mine explosion Mining disaster Nanaimo, British Columbia West Coast 148
Script error: No such module "sort". Québec rockslide Geologic collapse near Quebec City, Quebec Central Canada 40+
Script error: No such module "sort". Saint-Jean-de-Dieu asylum fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 86-104
Script error: No such module "sort". The Great Fire of 1892 Fire St. John's, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada
Script error: No such module "sort". Point Ellice Bridge disaster Traffic-rail accident Victoria, British Columbia West Coast 55
Script error: No such module "sort". Caledonia Mine explosion Mining disaster Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Maritimes 11
Script error: No such module "sort". Great Hull Fire Fire Ottawa-Hull, Ontario-Quebec Central Canada 7 4000 buildings destroyed in Hull (Québec) and Ottawa (Ontario)
Script error: No such module "sort". Shipwreck Sinking of British man of war HMS Condor Off Cape Flattery? West Coast 104[3]
Script error: No such module "sort". Coal Creek (BC) mine disaster Mining disaster Coal Creek, British Columbia West Coast 128
Script error: No such module "sort". Wanstead train disaster Train wreck Wanstead, Ontario
(Wanstead, Ontario) 		Central Canada 31[4]
Script error: No such module "sort". 1903 Hamilton Powder Company explosion Explosion Departure Bay, British Columbia West Coast 12 [5]
Script error: No such module "sort". Frank Slide at Turtle Mountain Geologic collapse Turtle Mountain, District of Alberta, Northwest Territories
(Turtle Mountain, Alberta) 		Prairies 70-90+
Script error: No such module "sort". Carbonada coal mine disaster Coal mine explosion Carbonada (outside Fernie) BC 14[6]
Script error: No such module "sort". Clallam (steamboat) Shipwreck Oak Bay, BC West Coast 56[7]
Script error: No such module "sort". Sternwheeler Columbian disaster Shipwreck At Eagle Rock on the Yukon River, Yukon Northern Canada 6
Script error: No such module "sort". Hochelaga Protestant School fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 17 [8]
Script error: No such module "sort". First Quebec Bridge Collapse Engineering disaster Quebec City, Quebec Central Canada 75
Script error: No such module "sort". Port Hood Mine explosion Mining disaster Port Hood, Nova Scotia Maritimes 10
Script error: No such module "sort". Fernie destroyed by fire Fire Fernie, BC BC 0 Whole town burned down in 90 minutes[9]
1909 October 5 Wellington Collieries cave-in Mining disaster Extension, BC (near Ladysmith) West Coast 32[10]
Script error: No such module "sort". Spanish River derailment Train wreck Nairn and Hyman, Ontario Central Canada 43-70
Script error: No such module "sort". Rogers Pass avalanche Avalanche Rogers Pass, British Columbia West Coast 62
Script error: No such module "sort". The Herald fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 32 [11]
Script error: No such module "sort". Bellevue mine disaster Mining disaster Bellevue, Alberta Prairies 30
1911 July Great Porcupine fire Fire Timmins, Ontario Central Canada 73 to 200
Script error: No such module "sort". Sinking of the RMS Titanic Shipwreck Atlantic Ocean, off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 1490-1635
Script error: No such module "sort". Regina Cyclone Tornado Regina, Saskatchewan Prairies 28
Script error: No such module "sort". The Great Lakes Storm of 1913 Meteorological storm Ontario Central Canada 250+
Script error: No such module "sort". Hillcrest mine disaster Mining disaster Hillcrest, Alberta Prairies 189
Script error: No such module "sort". Southern Cross disaster ship sinking (likely due to breaking up in storm) location unknown, in Newfoundland waters Maritimes 174 (or 173) episode in the "1914 Newfoundland Sealing Disaster". Largest death toll in Newfoundland and Labrador's sealing history. ship sank with no trace
Script error: No such module "sort". SS Newfoundland sealing disaster off northern coast of Newfoundland Maritimes 78 132 sealers were stranded on an ice floe, resulting in 78 deaths episode in the "1914 Newfoundland Sealing Disaster".
Script error: No such module "sort". RMS Empress of Ireland collision with Norwegian collier Storstad Shipwreck Saint Lawrence River in Quebec Central Canada 1012
Script error: No such module "sort". Britannia Landslide Geologic collapse Britannia Mine, British Columbia West Coast 50–60
Script error: No such module "sort". Burning of Parliament Buildings Fire Ottawa, Ontario Central Canada
Script error: No such module "sort". Matheson Fire Fire Northeastern Ontario Central Canada c. 223
Script error: No such module "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)
Script error: No such module "sort". Dominion No. 12 Colliery explosion Mining disaster New Waterford, Nova Scotia Maritimes 65
Script error: No such module "sort". Halifax Explosion Wartime explosion Halifax, Nova Scotia Maritimes 1782 World War I
Script error: No such module "sort". Allan Mine explosion Mining disaster Stellarton, Nova Scotia Maritimes 88
Script error: No such module "sort". Grey Nuns Motherhouse fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 53+ most of victims were children[12] [13]
Script error: No such module "sort". Sinking of the SS Florizel Shipwreck near Cappahayden, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 94
Script error: No such module "sort". Alvin Siding camp fire Fire Alvin Siding, Colchester County, Nova Scotia Maritimes 22 [14]
Script error: No such module "sort". Protection Island mining disaster Mining disaster Nanaimo, BC West Coast 16 Nanaimo elevator cable snaps
Script error: No such module "sort". Sinking of SS Princess Sophia[15] Shipwreck near Juneau, Alaska West Coast 364 [16]
Script error: No such module "sort". Spanish flu epidemic Epidemic world wide National - all regions 50,000 (Canada) Labrador hard hit - killed close to one third of Labrador's Inuit population and entirely wiped out the Inuit village of Okak [17]
Script error: No such module "sort". Dominion Park's Mystic Rill fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 8 [18]
Script error: No such module "sort". 1921 Britannia Beach flood Flood Britannia Creek, BC West Coast 37 Debris flood torrent kills 37 people in Britannia Beach
Script error: No such module "sort". The Great Fire Fire Timsikaming District, Ontario Central Canada 11
Script error: No such module "sort". Charlevoix–Kamouraska earthquake Earthquake Charlevoix-region, Quebec Central Canada
Script error: No such module "sort". Laurier Palace Theatre fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 78
Script error: No such module "sort". Beauval Indian Residential School fire Fire Beauval, Saskatchewan Prairies 20
Script error: No such module "sort". Grand Banks earthquake and tsunami Tsunami and earthquake Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 27-28
Script error: No such module "sort". Explosion of the SS Viking Shipwreck/Explosion near Horse Islands, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 27 Worst disaster in history of the film industry.
Script error: No such module "sort". Cymbeline explosion Explosion Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 30 Oil tanker explosion [19]
Script error: No such module "sort". Coalhurst (Alberta) coal mine disaster Mining disaster Coalhurst, Alberta (about 15 kilometres north of Lethbridge) Prairies 16 coal mine explosion [20][21]
Script error: No such module "sort". Princess Pit rake disaster Mining disaster Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia Maritimes 21
Script error: No such module "sort". Pollux-Truxtun Disaster Double shipwreck Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 203 Sinkings of USS Pollux and USS Truxtun
Script error: No such module "sort". Knights of Columbus Hostel fire Arson St John's, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 99
Script error: No such module "sort". Almonte train disaster Train wreck Almonte, Ontario Central Canada
Script error: No such module "sort". Explosion in downtown Dawson Creek dynamite explosion Dawson Creek, BC West Coast 21[22] World War II Alaska Highway project
Script error: No such module "sort". FV Flora Alberta collision Shipwreck 140 kilometers southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia Maritimes 21
Script error: No such module "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[23]
Script error: No such module "sort". Vancouver Island earthquake Earthquake Vancouver Island, BC West Coast 2
Script error: No such module "sort". 1946 SABENA DC-4 crash Aircrash near Gander, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 27
Script error: No such module "sort". Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 108 Aircrash/Bombing near Sault-au-Cochon, Quebec Central Canada 23
Script error: No such module "sort". SS Noronic fire Fire/shipwreck Toronto, Ontario Central Canada 118+
Script error: No such module "sort". 1950 Red River flood Flood Manitoba Prairies 3
Script error: No such module "sort". Hospice Sainte-Cunégonde fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 35
Script error: No such module "sort". McGregor Mine explosion Mining disaster Stellarton, Nova Scotia Maritimes 19
Script error: No such module "sort". No. 20 Colliery explosion Mining disaster Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Maritimes 7
Script error: No such module "sort". Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 9 Mid-air collision Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Prairies 37 collision between Trans-Canada Airlines (TCA) Flight 9 and a RCAF Harvard trainer aircraft. Death toll included 36 flight crew and passengers, and one person on the ground
Script error: No such module "sort". Hurricane Hazel Hurricane Ontario Central Canada 81
Script error: No such module "sort". Villa St. Louis disaster Aircrash Ontario Central Canada 15
Script error: No such module "sort". Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810 Aircrash British Columbia West Coast 62
Script error: No such module "sort". Maritime Central Airways Flight 315 Aircrash near Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun, Quebec Central Canada 79
Script error: No such module "sort". Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing collapse Engineering disaster Vancouver, BC West Coast 18
Script error: No such module "sort". Springhill mining disaster Mining disaster Springhill, Nova Scotia Maritimes 75
Script error: No such module "sort". Escuminac disaster Hurricane New Brunswick Maritimes 35
Script error: No such module "sort". 1963 Hanmer explosion Explosion Hanmer, Ontario Central Canada 8
Script error: No such module "sort". Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 Aircrash Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville, Quebec Central Canada 118
Script error: No such module "sort". Port Alberni Tsunami Tsunami Port Alberni, BC West Coast 0 Two waves over 2 metres high smashed into community
Script error: No such module "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[24]
Script error: No such module "sort". LaSalle Heights disaster Explosion LaSalle, Quebec Central Canada 28
Script error: No such module "sort". Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 Aircrash/Bombing near 100 Mile House, British Columbia West Coast 52
Script error: No such module "sort". Dorion level crossing accident Rail disaster Dorion, Quebec Central Canada 19
Script error: No such module "sort". Wegner Point disaster Military training disaster[25] Petawawa, Ontario Central Canada 7
Script error: No such module "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. [26]
Script error: No such module "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)
Script error: No such module "sort". Air Canada Flight 621 Aircrash Ontario Central Canada 109
Script error: No such module "sort". Saint-Jean-Vianney landslide Geologic collapse Saint-Jean-Vianney, Quebec Central Canada 31
Script error: No such module "sort". Blue Bird Café fire Arson Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 37
Script error: No such module "sort". Gargantua bar attack Arson Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 13
Script error: No such module "sort". SS Edmund Fitzgerald Wreck Wreck Lake Superior, Ontario Maritimes 29
[27]
Script error: No such module "sort". Chafe's Nursing Home fire Fire Goulds, Newfoundland and Labrador Maritimes 20 [28]
Script error: No such module "sort". Saint John city hall fire Fire Saint John, New Brunswick Maritimes 21
Script error: No such module "sort". Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314 Aircrash Cranbrook, British Columbia West Coast 43
Script error: No such module "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. [29][30][31][32][33]
1978 August 4 Eastman Bus Crash Traffic accident Eastman, Quebec Central Canada 40 Second deadliest traffic accident in Canadian history
Script error: No such module "sort". No. 26 Colliery explosion Mining disaster Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Maritimes 12
Script error: No such module "sort". Mississauga train derailment Rail disaster Mississauga, Ontario Central Canada 0
Script error: No such module "sort". Opemiska Community Hall fire Fire Chapais, Quebec Central Canada 48
Script error: No such module "sort". CP Rail crew bus crash Traffic accident Webb, Saskatchewan Prairies 22
Script error: No such module "sort". 1980 Mississauga nursing home fire Fire Mississauga, Ontario Central Canada 25
Script error: No such module "sort". Ocean Ranger sinking Shipwreck Grand Banks of Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 84
Script error: No such module "sort". 1985 United States–Canada tornado outbreak Tornado outbreak Southern Ontario Central Canada
Script error: No such module "sort". Arrow Air Flight 1285 Aircrash Gander, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 256
Script error: No such module "sort". Hinton train collision Rail disaster Alberta Prairies 23
Script error: No such module "sort". Mindbender crash Roller Coaster Crash Galaxyland, West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton, Alberta Prairies 3
Script error: No such module "sort". Edmonton Tornado Tornado Edmonton, Alberta Prairies 27
Script error: No such module "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. [34]
Script error: No such module "sort". Cormier Village hayride accident Traffic accident New Brunswick Atlantic Canada 13
Script error: No such module "sort". École Polytechnique massacre School shooting Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 15
Script error: No such module "sort". Rupert Hotel fire Arson Toronto, Ontario Central Canada 10 [35]
Script error: No such module "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. [36][37]
Script error: No such module "sort". Westray Mine disaster Mining disaster Plymouth, Nova Scotia Atlantic Canada 26
Script error: No such module "sort". Concordia University massacre School shooting Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 4
Script error: No such module "sort". Saguenay flood Flood Saguenay-region, Quebec Central Canada 10
Script error: No such module "sort". Red River flood of 1997
(Red Sea Flood) 		Flood Manitoba Prairies 0
Script error: No such module "sort". 2nd Les Éboulements bus accident Traffic accident Quebec Central Canada 44 Deadliest traffic accident in Canadian history
Script error: No such module "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
Script error: No such module "sort". Swissair Flight 111 Aircrash Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia Atlantic Canada 229
Script error: No such module "sort". 87-vehicle pileup on Highway 401 near Windsor, Ontario Traffic accident Windsor, Ontario Central Canada 8
Script error: No such module "sort". Walkerton Tragedy Civic works failure - e. coli outbreak in public water system Walkerton, Ontario Central Canada 7
Script error: No such module "sort". Pine Lake tornado Tornado Pine Lake, Alberta Prairies 12
Script error: No such module "sort". 2003 Etobicoke gas explosion Explosion Etobicoke, Ontario Central Canada 7
Script error: No such module "sort". Hurricane Juan Hurricane Halifax-area, Nova Scotia Atlantic Canada 8
Script error: No such module "sort". Shedden massacre Massacre Shedden, Elgin County, Ontario Central Canada 8
Script error: No such module "sort". Dawson College shooting School shooting Montréal, Quebec Central Canada 2
Script error: No such module "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 [38]
Script error: No such module "sort". 2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident Traffic accident Bathurst, New Brunswick Atlantic Canada 8
Script error: No such module "sort". Toronto propane explosion Explosion Downsview, Ontario Ontario Canada 2
Script error: No such module "sort". Cougar Helicopters Flight 91 Air crash Off Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 17
Script error: No such module "sort". 2011 Assiniboine River flood Flood Manitoba Prairies 1
Script error: No such module "sort". Slave Lake fire Wildfires Slave Lake, Alberta Prairies 1
Script error: No such module "sort". First Air Flight 6560 Aircrash near Resolute, Nunavut Northern Canada 12
Script error: No such module "sort". Goderich Tornado Tornado Goderich, Ontario Central Canada 1
Script error: No such module "sort". Burlington derailment Rail accident Burlington, Ontario Central Canada 3
Script error: No such module "sort". 2013 Alberta floods Flood southwest Alberta around Calgary Region Prairies 5
Script error: No such module "sort". Lac-Mégantic rail disaster Rail accident Lac-Mégantic, Quebec Central Canada 47
Script error: No such module "sort". Ottawa bus–train crash Rail-traffic accident Ottawa, Ontario Central Canada 6
Script error: No such module "sort". L'Isle-Verte nursing home fire Fire L'Isle-Verte, Quebec Central Canada 32
Script error: No such module "sort". Ottawa Parliament shooting Terrorism Ottawa, Ontario Central Canada 2
Script error: No such module "sort". La Ronge wildfire Wildfires La Ronge, Saskatchewan Prairies 13,000 people evacuated [39]
Script error: No such module "sort". La Loche shootings Spree shooting La Loche, Saskatchewan Prairies 5
Script error: No such module "sort". 2016 Magdalen Islands Mitsubishi MU-2 crash Aircrash Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Magdalen Islands, Quebec Atlantic Canada 7
Script error: No such module "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)
Script error: No such module "sort". Quebec City mosque shooting Mass shooting Quebec City, Quebec Central Canada 6 5 [40]
Script error: No such module "sort". 2017 Quebec floods Flood Quebec Quebec 2 Unknown [41]
Script error: No such module "sort". 2017 British Columbia wildfires Wildfires British Columbia West Coast 0 Unknown Provincial state of emergency declared [42]
Script error: No such module "sort". 2017 Edmonton attack Terrorism Edmonton, Alberta Prairies 0 5 [43]
Script error: No such module "sort". Humboldt Broncos bus crash Bus crash near Tisdale, Saskatchewan Prairies 16 13
Script error: No such module "sort". Toronto van attack Vehicle-ramming attack North York City Centre, North York, Toronto, Ontario Central Canada 10 16
Script error: No such module "sort". – July 5 2018 Eastern Canada heat wave Heat wave Eastern Canada Eastern Canada ~54 Unknown [44]
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 [45]
Script error: No such module "sort". 2018 Toronto shooting Mass shooting Toronto, Ontario Central Canada 3 0 3 deaths include 2 murders (victims) and 1 suicide (perpetrator) [46]
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 [47]
Script error: No such module "sort". 2018 British Columbia wildfires Wildfires British Columbia West Coast Unknown Unknown Provincial state of emergency declared [48]
Script error: No such module "sort". 2018 United States–Canada tornado outbreak Tornadoes Dunrobin, Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Gatineau, Quebec Eastern Canada 0 31 ~$300 million damage [49][50]
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. [51][52]
Script error: No such module "sort". 2019 Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick floods Flood Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick Eastern and Central Canada 1 [53]
Script error: No such module "sort". present COVID-19 pandemic Pandemic Canada National 53,086 (since 25 July 2023Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) [54][55]
Script error: No such module "sort". 2020 Nova Scotia attacks Mass shooting, arson Nova Scotia Eastern Canada 23 3 [56]
2020 May 17 Canadian Forces Snowbirds jet crash Aircrash Kamloops, British Columbia West Coast 1 1 Canadian Forces Snowbirds jet crashed due to engine trouble. Crew ejected in mid-air. Passenger Capt. Jenn Casey, from Nova Scotia, killed. Pilot injured. [57]
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 [58]
Script error: No such module "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 [59]
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 [60][61][62]
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 [63][64]
2023 February 13 2023 East Ottawa explosion Explosion (due to construction site gas leak) Ottawa, Ontario Eastern Canada 0 12 [65]
2023 March 1 - October 6 2023 Canadian wildfires Wildfires Alberta, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec National - all regions 8[66] 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. [67][68]
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 [69]
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)[70] 16,000 people evacuated. Shelburne County wildfire amongst largest ever seen in the province. [71]
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 [72][73]
2023 June 15 Carberry bus crash Vehicle collision Near Carberry, Manitoba Prairies 17 8 [74]
2023 July 21-22 2023 Nova Scotia floods Flood Nova Scotia Eastern Canada 4 Estimated $200 million in damages.
2023 July 28 2023 Alberta Piper PA-32R crash Aircraft accident Near Kananaskis Village, Alberta Prairies 6 0 Nobody on board the aircraft survived. [75][76]

2024–present

Date Disaster Type Location Region Deaths Injured Notes Ref(s)
2024 January 23 Northwestern Air Flight 738 Aircraft accident Fort Smith,

NWT

North 6 1 Only 1 person on board the aircraft survived.
2024 July 22-September 7 2024 Jasper wildfire Wildfire Jasper National Park,

Alberta

Prairies 1 0 32% of the Town of Jasper was destroyed.

25,000 residents were evacuated.

2025 February 17 Delta Connection Flight 4819 Aircraft accident Mississauga, Ontario Central 0 21 [77]
2025 May–ongoing 2025 Canadian wildfires Wildfires Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia National - all regions 2 1 Destroyed 631 structures, caused 85,000 evacuations and destroyed over Script error: No such module "convert". of land. [78][79][80]
2025 June 19–22 Tornado outbreak and derecho of June 19–22, 2025 Tornado outbreak and derecho Saskatchewan and Ontario Southern 1 4 Caused widespread damage. [81]

See also

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References

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  3. ↑ "HMS Condor" https://rshg.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/HMS-Condor..pdf accessed July 30, 2025
  4. ↑ "Petrolia [website]. Wanstead Ontario Wanstead was the scene of a very sad and tragic..." https://www.petroliaheritage.com/wanstead.html accessed August 21, 2025
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  6. ↑ Edmonton Bulletin, Nov. 23, 1904
  7. ↑ Paterson, Shipwreck, Tragedy, Piracy and Terror in the Pacific Northwest (Solitaire publication), p. 31-38
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  12. ↑ "38 children die in Montreal fire", Edmonton Bulletin, February 15, 1918, p. 1
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