Канададағы апаттар тізімі: Құрбандықтар саны бойынша реттелген

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a list organized by the number of fatalities

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

+ 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

+ 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 Maritimes101909 October 5Wellington Collieries cave inMining disasterExtension, BC
(near Ladysmith)West Coast32 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 Prairies301911 JulyGreat Porcupine fireFireTimmins, OntarioCentral Canada73 to 200 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 with Norwegian collier Storstad 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

+ 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 Explosion in downtown Dawson Creek dynamite explosion Dawson Creek, BC West Coast 21 World War II 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 1945 March 6S. S. Green Hill Park explosionExplosionVancouver, BCWest Coast8 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 (two waves of 2+ metre height smashed into community) Port Alberni, BC West Coast0 Hope Slide Geologic collapse Hope, BC West Coast4 1965
February 18Granduc avalanchesnow slideGranduc, BC (copper mining camp near Stewart)West Coast26 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

+ 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 bar attack 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 420 km/h to 510 km/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

+ 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 9 and 10 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 (as of 2023) 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 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 bus crashVehicle 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.