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List of disasters in Canada

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

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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		M_w 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
1797 November 16	HMS Tribune	Shipwreck	Herring Cove, Nova Scotia	Maritimes	228
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
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

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)
1902 May 22	Coal Creek 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
1903 January 14	1903 Hamilton Powder Company explosion	Explosion	Departure Bay, British Columbia	West Coast	12		^[3]
1903 April 29	Frank Slide at Turtle Mountain	Geologic collapse	Turtle Mountain, District of Alberta, Northwest Territories (Turtle Mountain, Alberta)	Prairies	70-90+
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		^[4]
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
1909 October 5	Wellington Collieries cave-in	Mining disaster	Extension, BC (near Ladysmith)	West Coast	32^[5]
1910 January 21	Spanish River derailment	Train wreck	Nairn and Hyman, Ontario	Central Canada	43-70
1910 March 4	Rogers Pass avalanche	Avalanche	Rogers Pass, British Columbia	West Coast	62
1910 June 13	The Herald fire	Fire	Montreal, Quebec	Central Canada	32		^[6]
1910 December 9	Bellevue Mine explosion	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 May 29	RMS Empress of Ireland collision	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

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 Nun Motherhouse fire	Arson	Montreal, Quebec	Central Canada	53+		^[7]
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		^[8]
1918 September 10	Protection Island mining disaster	Mining disaster	Nanaimo, BC	West Coast	16	Nanaimo elevator cable snaps
1919 August 10	Dominion Park's Mystic Rill fire	Fire	Montreal, Quebec	Central Canada	8		^[9]
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	^[10]
1938 December 6	Princess Pit rake disaster	Mining disaster	Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia	Maritimes	21
1942 February 18	The Pollux-Truxtun Disaster (Sinkings of USS Pollux and USS Truxtun)	Double Shipwreck	Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland	Atlantic Canada	203
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^[11]	World War II
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^[12]
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	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 November 29	Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831	Aircrash	Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville, Quebec	Central Canada	118
1964 March 27	Port Alberni Tsunami	Tsunami (two waves of 2+ metre height smashed into community)	Port Alberni, BC	West Coast	0
1965 January 9	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^[13]
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
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.	^[14]
1969 December 2	1969 Notre-Dame-Du-Lac Nursing Home Fire	Fire	Notre-Dame-Du-Lac, Quebec	Central Canada	38

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		^[15]
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 in Saint John, New Brunswick killed seven people, all of whom were related to former hockey player Gordie Clark.	^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]
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	Webb bus accident	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.	^[21]
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		^[22]
1991 July 23	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.	^[23]^[24]
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	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	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	^[25]
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	Aircrash	off of Newfoundland	Atlantic Canada	17
2011 June	2011 Assiniboine River flood	Flood	Manitoba	Prairies	1
2011 May 15	Slave Lake fire	Wildfires	Slave Lake, Alberta	Prairies	1
2011 August 20	First Air Flight 6560	Aircrash	near Resolute, Nunavut	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	^[26]
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

Date	Disaster	Type	Location	Region	Deaths	Injures	Notes	Ref(s)
2017 January 29	Quebec City mosque shooting	Mass shooting	Quebec City, Quebec	Central Canada	6	5		^[27]
2017 April 5 – 2017 May	2017 Quebec floods	Flood	Quebec	Quebec	2	Unknown		^[28]
2017 July 6 – September 15	2017 British Columbia wildfires	Wildfires	British Columbia	West Coast	0	Unknown	Provincial state of emergency declared	^[29]
2017 September 30	2017 Edmonton attack	Terrorism	Edmonton, Alberta	Prairies	0	5		^[30]
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 wave	Heat wave	Eastern Canada	Eastern Canada	~54	Unknown		^[31]
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	^[32]
2018 July 22	2018 Toronto shooting	Mass shooting	Toronto, Ontario	Central Canada	3	0	3 deaths include 2 murders (victims) and 1 suicide (perpetrator)	^[33]
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	^[34]
2018 August 15 –	2018 British Columbia wildfires	Wildfires	British Columbia	West Coast	Unknown	Unknown	Provincial state of emergency declared	^[35]
2018 September 21	2018 United States–Canada tornado outbreak	Tornadoes	Dunrobin, Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Gatineau, Quebec	Eastern Canada	0	31	~$300 million damage	^[36]^[37]
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.	^[38]^[39]
2019 May – 2019 August	2019 Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick floods	Flood	Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick	Eastern and Central Canada	1			^[40]
2020 January 15 – present	COVID-19 pandemic	Pandemic	Canada	National	53,086 (as of 25 July 2023^[update])			^[41]^[42]
2020 April 18 – 2020 April 19	2020 Nova Scotia attacks	Mass shooting, arson	Nova Scotia	Eastern Canada	23	3		^[43]
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)	^[44]
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	^[45]
2021 June 25 – 2021 July 7	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	^[46]
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	^[47]^[48]^[49]
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	^[50]^[51]
2023 February 13	2023 East Ottawa explosion	Explosion	Ottawa, Ontario	Eastern Canada	0	12		^[52]
2023 March 1 - present	2023 Alberta wildfires	Wildfires	North and Central Alberta	Prairies	Unknown	Unknown	Series of upwards of 750 wildfires across the province of Alberta, still ongoing. Smoke could be seen from as far away as Sweden.	^[53]^[54]^[55]
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	^[56]
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)^[57]	16,000 people evacuated. Shelburne County wildfire amongst largest ever seen in the province.	^[58]
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	^[59]^[60]
2023 June 15	Carberry highway collision	Vehicle collision	Near Carberry, Manitoba	Prairies and West Coast	At least 15	TBD	Crash on the Trans-Canada Highway	^[61]
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.	^[62]^[63]

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