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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).
List[edit] Pre-1597[edit] Pre-colonial period Date Disaster Type Location Region Notes Ref(s) 1600-1867[edit] Colonial period Date Disaster Type Location (modern name) Region Deaths Notes Ref(s) 1689 August 5 Lachine massacre Massacre Lachine, District of Montreal, Canada, New France (Lachine, Quebec) Central Canada 253 1700 January 26 Cascadia earthquake Earthquake British Columbia West Coast Mw 8.7 – 9.2 megathrust earthquake along the Cascadia subduction zone 1700 Eruption of Tseax Cone Volcanic eruption Tseax Cone, British Columbia West Coast 2000 One of Canada's worst known geophysical disasters 1711 October 7 HMS Feversham Shipwreck Scatarie Island, Colony of Acadia, New France (Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia) Maritimes 90 1732 September 16 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] 1775 September 9 Newfoundland hurricane Hurricane Colony of Newfoundland (Newfoundland and Labrador) Atlantic Canada c. 4,000 1782 September 17 Central Atlantic hurricane Hurricane Grand Banks of Newfoundland Atlantic Canada c. 3,500 1782 September 17 Central Atlantic hurricane Hurricane Grand Banks of Newfoundland Atlantic Canada c. 3,500 1794 July Boston schooner Resolution Ship capture and Massacre Haida Gwaii (formerly Queen Charlotte Islands) West Coast 11 1805 October 23 Aeneas Shipwreck Isle aux Morts, Colony of Newfoundland (Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland and Labrador) Atlantic Canada 340 1815 April 30 HMS Penelope Shipwreck Cap-des-Rosiers, Lower Canada, British North America (Cap-des-Rosiers, Quebec) Central Canada 40+ 1825 October 7 Miramichi Fire Fire Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America (Miramichi, New Brunswick) Maritimes 1828 April 14 HMS Acorn Shipwreck Halifax, Nova Scotia Maritimes 115 1828 July 10 Despatch Shipwreck Isle aux Morts, Colony of Newfoundland (Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland and Labrador) Atlantic Canada 59 1834 September 11 Sybelle Shipwreck St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia Maritimes 316 1854 October 27 Jeannette's Creek train wreck Train wreck Jeannettes Creek, Canada West, Province of Canada, British North America (Jeannettes Creek, Ontario) Central Canada 52 1857 March 12 Desjardins Canal disaster Train wreck Hamilton, Canada West, Province of Canada, British North America (Hamilton, Ontario) Central Canada 59 1857 June 26 SS Montreal Shipwreck Quebec City, Canada East, Province of Canada, British North America (Quebec City, Quebec) Central Canada 253 1860 February 19 SS Hungarian Shipwreck Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia Maritimes 205 1862 1862 Pacific Northwest smallpox epidemic epidemic West Coast West Coast 20,000+ 1863 April 27 SS Anglo Saxon Shipwreck Cape Race, Colony of Newfoundland (Cape Race, Newfoundland and Labrador) Atlantic Canada 237 1864 June 29 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[edit] Early Dominion Period Date Disaster Type Location (modern name) Region Deaths Notes Ref(s) 1873 April 1 SS Atlantic Shipwreck Lower Prospect, Nova Scotia Maritimes 535 1873 May 13 Drummond Mine explosion Mining disaster Westville, Nova Scotia Maritimes 60–70 Considered Canada's first mining disaster 1877 April 29 Oil Cabinet Novelty Works Company fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 12 [2] 1877 June 20 Great Fire of Saint John Fire Saint John, New Brunswick Maritimes 18-19 1880 November 12 Foord Pit explosion Mining disaster Stellarton, Nova Scotia Maritimes 44 1881 May 24 Victoria steamboat disaster Shipwreck Thames River, Ontario Central Canada c. 182 1885 February 10 Vale Colliery explosion Mining disaster near Stellarton, Nova Scotia Maritimes 13 1887 Nanaimo mine explosion Mining disaster Nanaimo, British Columbia West Coast 148 1889 September 19 Québec rockslide Geologic collapse near Quebec City, Quebec Central Canada 40+ 1890 May 16 Saint-Jean-de-Dieu asylum fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 86-104 1892 July 8 The Great Fire of 1892 Fire St. John's, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 1896 May 26 Point Ellice Bridge disaster Traffic-rail accident Victoria, British Columbia West Coast 55 1899 June 16 Caledonia Mine explosion Mining disaster Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Maritimes 11 1900 April 26 Great Hull Fire Fire Ottawa-Hull, Ontario-Quebec Central Canada 7 4000 buildings destroyed in Hull (Québec) and Ottawa (Ontario) 1901 December ? Shipwreck Sinking of British man of war HMS Condor Off Cape Flattery? West Coast 104[3] 1902 May 22 Coal Creek (BC) mine disaster Mining disaster Coal Creek, British Columbia West Coast 128 1902 December 27 Wanstead train disaster Train wreck Wanstead, Ontario (Wanstead, Ontario) Central Canada 31[4] 1903 January 14 1903 Hamilton Powder Company explosion Explosion Departure Bay, British Columbia West Coast 12 [5] 1903 April 29 Frank Slide at Turtle Mountain Geologic collapse Turtle Mountain, District of Alberta, Northwest Territories (Turtle Mountain, Alberta) Prairies 70-90+ 1904 November 23 Carbonada coal mine disaster Coal mine explosion Carbonada (outside Fernie) BC 14[6] 1904 January 8 Clallam (steamboat) Shipwreck Oak Bay, BC West Coast 56[7] 1906 September 25 Sternwheeler Columbian disaster Shipwreck At Eagle Rock on the Yukon River, Yukon Northern Canada 6 1907 February 26 Hochelaga Protestant School fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 17 [8] 1907 August 29 First Quebec Bridge Collapse Engineering disaster Quebec City, Quebec Central Canada 75 1908 February 7 Port Hood Mine explosion Mining disaster Port Hood, Nova Scotia Maritimes 10 1908 August 13 Fernie destroyed by fire Fire Fernie, BC BC 0 Whole town burned down in 90 minutes[9] 1909 October 5 Wellington Collieries ce-in Mining disaster Extension, BC (near Ladysmith) West Coast 32[10] 1910 January 21 Spanish River derailment Train wreck Nairn and Hyman, Ontario Central Canada 43-70 1910 March 4 Rogers Pass alanche Avalanche Rogers Pass, British Columbia West Coast 62 1910 June 13 The Herald fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 32 [11] 1910 December 9 Bellevue mine disaster Mining disaster Bellevue, Alberta Prairies 30 1911 July Great Porcupine fire Fire Timmins, Ontario Central Canada 73 to 200 1912 April 15 Sinking of the RMS Titanic Shipwreck Atlantic Ocean, off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 1490-1635 1912 June 30 Regina Cyclone Tornado Regina, Saskatchewan Prairies 28 1913 November The Great Lakes Storm of 1913 Meteorological storm Ontario Central Canada 250+ 1914 June 19 Hillcrest mine disaster Mining disaster Hillcrest, Alberta Prairies 189 1914 late March or early April 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 1914 March 30-April 2 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". 1914 May 29 RMS Empress of Ireland collision with Norwegian collier Storstad Shipwreck Saint Lawrence River in Quebec Central Canada 1012 1915 Britannia Landslide Geologic collapse Britannia Mine, British Columbia West Coast 50–60 1916 February 3 Burning of Parliament Buildings Fire Ottawa, Ontario Central Canada 1916 July Matheson Fire Fire Northeastern Ontario Central Canada c. 223 1916 Second Quebec Bridge Collapse Engineering disaster Quebec City, Quebec Central Canada 13 1917–1969[edit] Pre-Centennial Period Date Disaster Type Location Region Deaths Notes Ref(s) 1917 July 25 Dominion No. 12 Colliery explosion Mining disaster New Waterford, Nova Scotia Maritimes 65 1917 December 6 Halifax Explosion Wartime explosion Halifax, Nova Scotia Maritimes 1782 World War I 1918 January 23 Allan Mine explosion Mining disaster Stellarton, Nova Scotia Maritimes 88 1918 February 14 Grey Nuns Motherhouse fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 53+ most of victims were children[12] [13] 1918 February 24 Sinking of the SS Florizel Shipwreck near Cappahayden, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 94 1918 March 15 Alvin Siding camp fire Fire Alvin Siding, Colchester County, Nova Scotia Maritimes 22 [14] 1918 September 10 Protection Island mining disaster Mining disaster Nanaimo, BC West Coast 16 Nanaimo elevator cable snaps 1918 October 25 Sinking of SS Princess Sophia[15] Shipwreck near Juneau, Alaska West Coast 364 [16] 1918 September - 1919 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] 1919 August 10 Dominion Park's Mystic Rill fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 8 [18] 1921 October 28 1921 Britannia Beach flood Flood Britannia Creek, BC West Coast 37 Debris flood torrent kills 37 people in Britannia Beach 1922 October 4 and 5 The Great Fire Fire Timsikaming District, Ontario Central Canada 11 1925 February 2 Charlevoix–Kamouraska earthquake Earthquake Charlevoix-region, Quebec Central Canada 1927 January 9 Laurier Palace Theatre fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 78 1927 September 19 Beauval Indian Residential School fire Fire Beauval, Saskatchewan Prairies 20 1929 November 18 Grand Banks earthquake and tsunami Tsunami and earthquake Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 27-28 1931 March 15 Explosion of the SS Viking Shipwreck/Explosion near Horse Islands, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 27 Worst disaster in history of the film industry. 1932 June 17 Cymbeline explosion Explosion Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 30 Oil tanker explosion [19] 1935 December 9 Coalhurst (Alberta) coal mine disaster Mining disaster Coalhurst, Alberta (about 15 kilometres north of Lethbridge) Prairies 16 coal mine explosion [20][21] 1938 December 6 Princess Pit rake disaster Mining disaster Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia Maritimes 21 1942 February 18 Pollux-Truxtun Disaster Double shipwreck Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 203 Sinkings of USS Pollux and USS Truxtun 1942 December 12 Knights of Columbus Hostel fire Arson St John's, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 99 1942 December 27 Almonte train disaster Train wreck Almonte, Ontario Central Canada 1943 February 13 Explosion in downtown Dawson Creek dynamite explosion Dawson Creek, BC West Coast 21[22] World War II Alaska Highway project 1943 April 17 FV Flora Alberta collision Shipwreck 140 kilometers southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia Maritimes 21 1944 April 25 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] 1946 June 23 Vancouver Island earthquake Earthquake Vancouver Island, BC West Coast 2 1946 September 18 1946 SABENA DC-4 crash Aircrash near Gander, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 27 1949 September 9 Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 108 Aircrash/Bombing near Sault-au-Cochon, Quebec Central Canada 23 1949 September 17 SS Noronic fire Fire/shipwreck Toronto, Ontario Central Canada 118+ 1950 1950 Red River flood Flood Manitoba Prairies 3 1951 June 15 Hospice Sainte-Cunégonde fire Fire Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 35 1952 January 14 McGregor Mine explosion Mining disaster Stellarton, Nova Scotia Maritimes 19 1952 July 9 No. 20 Colliery explosion Mining disaster Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Maritimes 7 1954 April 8 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 1954 Hurricane Hazel Hurricane Ontario Central Canada 81 1956 May 15 Villa St. Louis disaster Aircrash Ontario Central Canada 15 1956 December 9 Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810 Aircrash British Columbia West Coast 62 1957 August 11 Maritime Central Airways Flight 315 Aircrash near Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun, Quebec Central Canada 79 1958 June 17 Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing collapse Engineering disaster Vancouver, BC West Coast 18 1958 October 23 Springhill mining disaster Mining disaster Springhill, Nova Scotia Maritimes 75 1959 June 20 Escuminac disaster Hurricane New Brunswick Maritimes 35 1963 August 1 1963 Hanmer explosion Explosion Hanmer, Ontario Central Canada 8 1963 November 29 Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 Aircrash Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville, Quebec Central Canada 118 1964 March 27 Port Alberni Tsunami Tsunami Port Alberni, BC West Coast 0 Two wes over 2 metres high smashed into community 1965 January 9 Hope Slide Geologic collapse Hope, BC West Coast 4 1965 February 18 Granduc alanche Snow slide Granduc, BC (copper-mining camp near Stewart) West Coast 26[24] 1965 March 1 LaSalle Heights disaster Explosion LaSalle, Quebec Central Canada 28 1965 July 8 Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 Aircrash/Bombing near 100 Mile House, British Columbia West Coast 52 1966 October 7 Dorion level crossing accident Rail disaster Dorion, Quebec Central Canada 19 1968 May 8 Wegner Point disaster Military training disaster[25] Petawawa, Ontario Central Canada 7 1969 January 2 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] 1969 December 2 1969 Notre-Dame-Du-Lac Nursing Home Fire Fire Notre-Dame-Du-Lac, Quebec Central Canada 38 1970–2016[edit] Post-Centennial Period Date Disaster Type Location Region Deaths Notes Ref(s) 1970 July 5 Air Canada Flight 621 Aircrash Ontario Central Canada 109 1971 May 4 Saint-Jean-Vianney landslide Geologic collapse Saint-Jean-Vianney, Quebec Central Canada 31 1972 September 1 Blue Bird Café fire Arson Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 37 1975 January 21 Gargantua bar attack Arson Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 13 1975 November 10 SS Edmund Fitzgerald Wreck Wreck Lake Superior, Ontario Maritimes 29 [27] 1976 December 26 Chafe's Nursing Home fire Fire Goulds, Newfoundland and Labrador Maritimes 20 [28] 1977 June 21 Saint John city hall fire Fire Saint John, New Brunswick Maritimes 21 1978 February 11 Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314 Aircrash Cranbrook, British Columbia West Coast 43 1978 July 15 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 1979 February 24 No. 26 Colliery explosion Mining disaster Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Maritimes 12 1979 November 10 Mississauga train derailment Rail disaster Mississauga, Ontario Central Canada 0 1980 January 1 Opemiska Community Hall fire Fire Chapais, Quebec Central Canada 48 1980 May 28 CP Rail crew bus crash Traffic accident Webb, Saskatchewan Prairies 22 1980 July 14 1980 Mississauga nursing home fire Fire Mississauga, Ontario Central Canada 25 1982 February 15 Ocean Ranger sinking Shipwreck Grand Banks of Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 84 1985 May 31 1985 United States–Canada tornado outbreak Tornado outbreak Southern Ontario Central Canada 1985 December 12 Arrow Air Flight 1285 Aircrash Gander, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 256 1986 February 8 Hinton train collision Rail disaster Alberta Prairies 23 1986 June 14 Mindbender crash Roller Coaster Crash Galaxyland, West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton, Alberta Prairies 3 1987 July 31 Edmonton Tornado Tornado Edmonton, Alberta Prairies 27 1988 April 22 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] 1989 October 8 Cormier Village hayride accident Traffic accident New Brunswick Atlantic Canada 13 1989 December 6 École Polytechnique massacre School shooting Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 15 1989 December 23 Rupert Hotel fire Arson Toronto, Ontario Central Canada 10 [35] 1991 July 23 Nunut canoe disaster Capsizing Hall Beach, Nunut Northern Canada 7(?) On July 23, 1991, a canoe capsized near Hall Beach, Northwest Territories (now Nunut). One person survived, and seven others were left missing, presumably drowned. [36][37] 1992 May 9 Westray Mine disaster Mining disaster Plymouth, Nova Scotia Atlantic Canada 26 1992 August 24 Concordia University massacre School shooting Montreal, Quebec Central Canada 4 1996 July 19–20 Saguenay flood Flood Saguenay-region, Quebec Central Canada 10 1997 April Red River flood of 1997 (Red Sea Flood) Flood Manitoba Prairies 0 1997 2nd Les Éboulements bus accident Traffic accident Quebec Central Canada 44 Deadliest traffic accident in Canadian history 1998 January 5–9 Great Ice Storm of 1998 Meteorological storm Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick Eastern Canada 28 Massive ice storm hits Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick 1998 September 2 Swissair Flight 111 Aircrash Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia Atlantic Canada 229 1999 September 3 87-vehicle pileup on Highway 401 near Windsor, Ontario Traffic accident Windsor, Ontario Central Canada 8 2000 May Walkerton Tragedy Civic works failure - e. coli outbreak in public water system Walkerton, Ontario Central Canada 7 2000 July 14 Pine Lake tornado Tornado Pine Lake, Alberta Prairies 12 2003 April 24 2003 Etobicoke gas explosion Explosion Etobicoke, Ontario Central Canada 7 2003 September 29 Hurricane Juan Hurricane Halifax-area, Nova Scotia Atlantic Canada 8 2006 April 8 Shedden massacre Massacre Shedden, Elgin County, Ontario Central Canada 8 2006 September 13 Dawson College shooting School shooting Montréal, Quebec Central Canada 2 2006 September 30 De la Concorde overpass collapse Engineering disaster Lal, 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 hing a maximum windspeed between 420 km/h to 510 km/h [38] 2008 January 12 2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident Traffic accident Bathurst, New Brunswick Atlantic Canada 8 2008 August 10 Toronto propane explosion Explosion Downsview, Ontario Ontario Canada 2 2009 March 12 Cougar Helicopters Flight 91 Air crash Off Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 17 2011 June 2011 Assiniboine River flood Flood Manitoba Prairies 1 2011 May 15 Sle Lake fire Wildfires Sle Lake, Alberta Prairies 1 2011 August 20 First Air Flight 6560 Aircrash near Resolute, Nunut Northern Canada 12 2011 August 21 Goderich Tornado Tornado Goderich, Ontario Central Canada 1 2012 February 26 Burlington derailment Rail accident Burlington, Ontario Central Canada 3 2013 June 20 – July 12 2013 Alberta floods Flood southwest Alberta around Calgary Region Prairies 5 2013 July 6 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster Rail accident Lac-Mégantic, Quebec Central Canada 47 2013 September 18 Ottawa bus–train crash Rail-traffic accident Ottawa, Ontario Central Canada 6 2014 January 23 L'Isle-Verte nursing home fire Fire L'Isle-Verte, Quebec Central Canada 32 2014 October 22 Ottawa Parliament shooting Terrorism Ottawa, Ontario Central Canada 2 2015 July La Ronge wildfire Wildfires La Ronge, Saskatchewan Prairies 13,000 people evacuated [39] 2016 January 22 La Loche shootings Spree shooting La Loche, Saskatchewan Prairies 5 2016 March 29 2016 Magdalen Islands Mitsubishi MU-2 crash Aircrash Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Magdalen Islands, Quebec Atlantic Canada 7 2016 May 1 – June 14 2016 Fort McMurray Wildfire Wildfires Fort McMurray, Alberta Prairies 2 90,000 people evacuated 2017–2023[edit] Pre-Bicentennial Period Date Disaster Type Location Region Deaths Injured Notes Ref(s) 2017 January 29 Quebec City mosque shooting Mass shooting Quebec City, Quebec Central Canada 6 5 [40] 2017 April 5 – May 2017 Quebec floods Flood Quebec Quebec 2 Unknown [41] 2017 July 6 – September 15 2017 British Columbia wildfires Wildfires British Columbia West Coast 0 Unknown Provincial state of emergency declared [42] 2017 September 30 2017 Edmonton attack Terrorism Edmonton, Alberta Prairies 0 5 [43] 2018 April 6 Humboldt Broncos bus crash Bus crash near Tisdale, Saskatchewan Prairies 16 13 2018 April 23 Toronto van attack Vehicle-ramming attack North York City Centre, North York, Toronto, Ontario Central Canada 10 16 2018 July 1 – July 5 2018 Eastern Canada heat we Heat we 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] 2018 July 22 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] 2018 August 15 – 2018 British Columbia wildfires Wildfires British Columbia West Coast Unknown Unknown Provincial state of emergency declared [48] 2018 September 21 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] 2019 May – 2019 August 2019 Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick floods Flood Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick Eastern and Central Canada 1 [53] 2020 January 15 – present COVID-19 pandemic Pandemic Canada National 53,086 (as of 25 July 2023[update]) [54][55] 2020 April 18 – 19 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 heatwe happening at the same time [58] 2021 June 25 – 2021 July 7 Western Canada Heatwe Heatwe 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 trelled 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 he 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[edit] 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 8.78 million ha (21.7 million acres) 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[edit] Canada portal List of disasters in Canada by death toll List of pipeline accidents in Canada List of fires in Canada List of shipwrecks of Canada References[edit] ^ "The Western Quebec Seismic Zone". 2008-09-17. Archived from the original on 2008-09-17. Retrieved 2023-05-29. ^ "Incendie sur la rue St-Urbain". Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal (in French). 29 April 1877. 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