List of disasters in Canada
This is a list of disasters (man-made and natural) in Canada arranged by date. For a list organized by number of fatalities, see List of disasters in Canada by death toll.
List
Pre–1597
Date | Disaster | Type | Location | Region | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1597–1866
Date | Disaster | Type | Location | Region | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1689 August 6 | Lachine massacre | Massacre | Lachine, District of Montreal, Canada, New France (Lachine, Quebec) |
Central Canada | ||
1700 | Eruption of Tseax Cone | Volcanic eruption | Tseax Cone, British Columbia | West Coast | One of Canada's worst known geophysical disasters | |
1732 September 16 | Montreal earthquake | Earthquake | District of Montreal, Canada, New France (Montreal-region, Quebec) |
Central Canada | ||
1825 October 7 | Miramichi Fire | Fire | Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America (Miramichi, New Brunswick) |
Maritimes | ||
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 |
1867–1916
Date | Disaster | Type | Location | Region | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1877 June 20 | Great Fire of Saint John | Fire | Saint John, New Brunswick | Maritimes | ||
1881 May 24 | Queen Victoria river steamer sinking | Shipwreck | ||||
1887 | Nanaimo mine explosion | Mining disaster | Nanaimo, British Columbia | West Coast | 148 dead | |
1889 September 19 | Québec rockslide | Geologic collapse | near Quebec City, Quebec | Central Canada | ||
1892 July 8 | The Great Fire of 1892 | Fire | St. John's, Newfoundland Island, Dominion of Newfoundland (St. John's, Newfoundland) |
Atlantic Canada | ||
1896 May 26 | Point Ellice Bridge disaster | Traffic-rail accident | Victoria, British Columbia | West Coast | ||
1900 April 26 | Great Hull Fire | Fire | Ottawa-Hull, Ontario-Quebec | Central Canada | Kills 7 people and destroys 4000 buildings in Hull (Québec) and Ottawa (Ontario) | |
1903 April 29 | Frank Slide at Turtle Mountain | Geologic collapse | Turtle Mountain, District of Alberta, Northwest Territories (Turtle Mountain, Alberta) |
Prairies | ||
1906 September 25 | Sternwheeler Columbian disaster | Shipwreck | At Eagle Rock on the Yukon River, Yukon | Northern Canada | ||
1907 August 29 | First Quebec Bridge Collapse | Engineering disaster | Quebec City, Quebec | Central Canada | ||
1910 March 4 | Rogers Pass avalanche | Avalanche | Rogers Pass, British Columbia | West Coast | ||
1912 April 15 | Sinking of the RMS Titanic | Shipwreck | Atlantic Ocean, off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland | Atlantic Canada | ||
1912 June 30 | Regina Cyclone | Tornado | Regina, Saskatchewan | Prairies | ||
1913 November | The Great Lakes Storm of 1913 | Meteorological storm | Ontario | Central Canada | ||
1914 June 19 | Hillcrest mine disaster | Mining disaster | Hillcrest, Alberta | Prairies | ||
1914 May 29 | RMS Empress of Ireland collision | Shipwreck | Saint Lawrence River in Quebec | Central Canada | ||
1915 | Britannia Landslide | Geologic collapse | Britannia Mine, British Columbia | West Coast | Massive landslide kills 50–60 people | |
1916 February 3 | Burning of Parliament Buildings | Fire | Ottawa, Ontario | Central Canada | ||
1916 July | Matheson Fire | Fire | Northeastern Ontario | Central Canada | ||
1916 | Second Quebec Bridge Collapse | Engineering disaster | Quebec City, Quebec | Central Canada |
1917–1966
Date | Disaster | Type | Location | Region | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1917 December 6 | Halifax Explosion | Wartime explosion | Halifax, Nova Scotia | Maritimes | World War I | |
1918 September 10 | Protection Island mining disaster | Mining disaster | Nanaimo elevator cable snaps, 16 dead | |||
1921 | Debris flood | Flood | Britannia Creek, British Columbia | West Coast | Debris flood torrent kills 37 people in Britannia Beach | |
1922 October 4 and 5 | The Great Fire | Fire | Timsikaming District, Ontario | Central Canada | ||
1925 February 2 | Charlevoix–Kamouraska earthquake | Earthquake | Charlevoix-region, Quebec | Central Canada | ||
1927 January 9 | Laurier Palace Theatre fire | Fire | Montreal, Quebec | Central Canada | ||
1929 November 18 | Grand Banks earthquake and tsunami | Tsunami and earthquake | Burin Peninsula | Atlantic Canada | ||
1942 December 12 | Knights of Columbus Hostel fire | Fire | St John's, Newfoundland | Atlantic Canada | ||
1946 June 23 | Vancouver Island earthquake | Earthquake | Vancouver Island, British Columbia | West Coast | ||
1949 September 17 | SS Noronic fire | Fire/shipwreck | Toronto, Ontario | Central Canada | ||
1950 | 1950 Red River flood | Flood | Manitoba | Prairies | ||
1954 | Hurricane Hazel | Hurricane | Ontario | Central Canada | ||
1956 May 15 | Villa St. Louis disaster | Aircrash | Ontario | Central Canada | ||
1956 December 9 | Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810 | Aircrash | British Columbia | West Coast | ||
1958 June 17 | Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing collapse | Engineering disaster | Vancouver, B.C. | West Coast | ||
1958 October 23 | Springhill mining disaster | Mining disaster | Springhill, Nova Scotia | Maritimes | ||
1959 June 20} | Escuminac disaster | Hurricane | New Brunswick | Maritimes | ||
1963 November 29 | Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 | Aircrash | Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville, Quebec | Central Canada | ||
1964 March 27 | Port Alberni Tsunami | Tsunami | Port Alberni, British Columbia | West Coast | ||
1965 January 9 | Hope Slide | Geologic collapse | Hope, British Columbia | West Coast | ||
1965 March 1 | LaSalle Heights disaster | Explosion | LaSalle, Quebec | Central Canada | ||
1966 October 7 | Dorion level crossing accident | Rail disaster | Dorion, Quebec | Central Canada |
1967–2016
Date | Disaster | Type | Location | Region | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1970 July 5 | Air Canada Flight 621 | Aircrash | Ontario | Central Canada | ||
1971 May 4 | Saint-Jean-Vianney landslide | Geologic collapse | Saint-Jean-Vianney, Quebec | Central Canada | ||
1972 September 1 | Blue Bird Café fire | Fire | Montreal, Quebec | Central Canada | ||
1977 June 21 | Saint John city hall fire | Fire | Saint John, New Brunswick | Atlantic Canada | ||
1979 November 10 | Mississauga train derailment | Rail disaster | Missassauga, Ontario | Central Canada | ||
1982 February 15 | Ocean Ranger sinking | Shipwreck | Grand Banks of Newfoundland | Atlantic Canada | ||
1985 May 31 | 1985 Barrie tornado outbreak | Tornadoes | Barrie, Ontario | Central Canada | ||
1985 December 12 | Arrow Air Flight 1285 | Aircrash | Gander, Newfoundland | Atlantic Canada | ||
1986 February 8 | Hinton train collision | Rail disaster | Alberta | Prairies | ||
1986 June 14 | Mindbender crash | Roller Coaster Crash | Galaxyland, West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton, Alberta | Prairies | ||
1987 July 31 | Edmonton Tornado | Tornado | Edmonton, Alberta | Prairies | ||
1989 October 8 | Cormier Village hayride accident | Traffic accident | New Brunswick | Atlantic Canada | ||
1989 December 6 | École Polytechnique massacre | School shooting | Montreal, Quebec | Central Canada | ||
1992 May 9 | Westray Mine disaster | Mining disaster | Plymouth, Nova Scotia | Atlantic Canada | ||
1992 August 24 | Concordia University massacre | School shooting | Montreal, Quebec | Central Canada | ||
1996 July 19–20 | Saguenay flood | Flood | Saguenay-region, Quebec | Central Canada | ||
1997 April | Red River flood of 1997 (Red Sea Flood) |
Flood | Manitoba | Prairies | ||
1997 | 2nd Les Éboulements bus accident | Traffic accident | Quebec | Central Canada | ||
1998 January 5–9 | Great Ice Storm of 1998 | Meteorological storm | Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick | Eastern Canada | Massive ice storm hits Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick | |
1998 September 2 | Swissair Flight 111 | Aircrash | Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia | Atlantic Canada | ||
1999 September 3 | 87-vehicle pileup on Highway 401 near Windsor, Ontario | Traffic accident | Windsor, Ontario | Central Canada | ||
2000 May | Walkerton Tragedy | Civic works failure | Walkerton, Ontario | Central Canada | ||
2000 July 14 | Pine Lake tornado | Tornado | Pine Lake, Alberta | Prairies | ||
2003 April 24 | 2003 Etobicoke gas explosion | Explosion | Etobicoke, Ontario | Central Canada | ||
2003 September 29 | Hurricane Juan | Hurricane | Halifax-area, Nova Scotia | Atlantic Canada | ||
2006 April 8 | Shedden massacre | Massacre | Shedden, Elgin County, Ontario | Central Canada | ||
2006 September 30 | De la Concorde overpass collapse | Engineering disaster | Laval, Quebec | Central Canada | ||
2008 January 12 | 2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident | Traffic accident | Bathurst, New Brunswick | Atlantic Canada | ||
2009 March 12 | Cougar Helicopters Flight 91 | Aircrash | off of Newfoundland | Atlantic Canada | ||
2011 June | 2011 Assiniboine River flood | Flood | Manitoba | Prairies | ||
2011 May 15 | Slave Lake fire | Wildfires | Slave Lake, Alberta | Prairies | ||
2011 August 20 | First Air Flight 6560 | Aircrash | near Resolute, Nunavut | Northern Canada | ||
2011 August 21 | Goderich Tornado | Tornado | Goderich, Ontario | Central Canada | ||
2012 February 26 | Burlington derailment | Rail accident | Burlington, Ontario | Central Canada | ||
2013 June 20 – July 12 | 2013 Alberta floods | Flood | southwest Alberta around Calgary Region | Prairies | ||
2013 July 6 | Lac-Mégantic rail disaster | Rail accident | Lac-Mégantic, Quebec | Central Canada | ||
2013 September 18 | Ottawa bus-train crash | Rail-traffic accident | Ottawa, Ontario | Central Canada | ||
2014 January 23 | L'Isle-Verte nursing home fire | Fire | L'Isle-Verte, Quebec | Central Canada | ||
2014 August 4 | Mount Polley mine disaster | Mining disaster | near Likely, British Columbia | West Coast | ||
2014 October 22 | Ottawa Parliament shooting | Terrorism | Ottawa, Ontario | Central Canada | ||
2015 July | La Ronge wildfire | Wildfires | La Ronge, Saskatchewan | Prairies | 13,000 people evacuated | [1] |
2016 January 22 | La Loche shootings | Spree shooting | La Loche, Saskatchewan | Prairies | ||
2016 March 29 | 2016 Magdalen Islands Mitsubishi MU-2 crash | Aircrash | Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Magdalen Islands, Quebec | Atlantic Canada | ||
2016 May 1 – June 14 | 2016 Fort McMurray Wildfire | Wildfires | Fort McMurray, Alberta | Prairies |
2017–
Date | Disaster | Type | Location | Region | Notes | Ref(s) |
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2017 January 29 | Quebec City mosque shooting | Mass shooting | Quebec City, Quebec | Central Canada | [2] | |
2017 July 6 – September 15 | 2017 British Columbia wildfires | Wildfires | British Columbia | West Coast | Provincial state of emergency declared | [3] |
2017 September 30 | 2017 Edmonton attack | Terrorism | Edmonton, Alberta | Prairies | [4] | |
2018 April 6 | Humboldt Broncos bus crash | Bus crash | near Tisdale, Saskatchewan | Prairies | ||
2018 April 23 | Toronto van attack | Vehicle-ramming attack | North York City Centre, North York, Toronto, Ontario | Central Canada | ||
2018 July 1 – July 5 | 2018 Eastern Canada heat wave | Heat wave | Eastern Canada | Eastern Canada | 54 people killed in Quebec | [5] |
2018 August 15 – Still in Effect | 2018 British Columbia wildfires | Wildfires | British Columbia | West Coast | Provincial state of emergency declared | [6] |
References
- ↑ "'Unprecedented' wildfires force out 13,000 Sask. evacuees". 2018 CBC/Radio-Canada. CBC News Saskatchewan. July 6, 2015. Archived from the original on January 6, 2018. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
- ↑ Dienst, Jonathan; Schecter, Anna R.; Blankstein, Andrew; Saliba, Emmanuelle; Connor, Tracy (January 31, 2017). "Quebec 'Terrorist Attack': College Student Alexandre Bissonnette Charged". Comcast Corporation. NBC News. Archived from the original on January 6, 2018. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
- ↑ "Provincial state of emergency declared". News Gov BC. Government of British Columbia. July 7, 2017. Archived from the original on January 6, 2018. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
- ↑ "Male suspect arrested in connection with vicious knife attack on EPS officer and subsequent vehicle-pedestrian collisions". Edmonton Police. Edmonton Police Service. October 1, 2017. Archived from the original on January 6, 2018. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
- ↑ "50 people now dead due to sweltering Quebec heat wave". Global News. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
- ↑ https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2018PSSG0061-001584
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