List of disasters in Canada explained

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

List

1597–1867

Colonial period

Date	Disaster	Type	Location (Modern Name)	Region	Deaths	Notes	Ref(s)
	Lachine massacre	Massacre	Lachine, District of Montreal, Canada, New France (Lachine, Quebec)	Central Canada	253
	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 Coast	2000		One of Canada's worst known geophysical disasters.
	HMS Feversham	Shipwreck	Scatarie Island, Colony of Acadia, New France (Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia)	Maritimes	90
	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]
	Newfoundland hurricane	Hurricane	Colony of Newfoundland (Newfoundland and Labrador)	Atlantic Canada	c. 4,000
	Central Atlantic hurricane	Hurricane	Grand Banks of Newfoundland	Atlantic Canada	c. 3,500
	HMS Tribune	Shipwreck	Herring Cove, Nova Scotia	Maritimes	228
	Aeneas	Shipwreck	Isle aux Morts, Colony of Newfoundland (Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland and Labrador)	Atlantic Canada	340
	HMS Penelope	Shipwreck	Cap-des-Rosiers, Lower Canada, British North America (Cap-des-Rosiers, Quebec)	Central Canada	40+
	Miramichi Fire	Fire	Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America (Miramichi, New Brunswick)	Maritimes
	HMS Acorn	Shipwreck	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Maritimes	115
	Despatch	Shipwreck	Isle aux Morts, Colony of Newfoundland (Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland and Labrador)	Atlantic Canada	59
	Sybelle	Shipwreck	St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia	Maritimes	316
	Jeannette's Creek train wreck	Train wreck	Jeannettes Creek, Canada West, Province of Canada, British North America (Jeannettes Creek, Ontario)	Central Canada	52
	Desjardins Canal disaster	Train wreck	Hamilton, Canada West, Province of Canada, British North America (Hamilton, Ontario)	Central Canada	59
	SS Montreal	Shipwreck	Quebec City, Canada East, Province of Canada, British North America (Quebec City, Quebec)	Central Canada	253
	SS Hungarian	Shipwreck	Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia	Maritimes	205
	SS Anglo Saxon	Shipwreck	Cape Race, Colony of Newfoundland (Cape Race, Newfoundland and Labrador)	Atlantic Canada	237
	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

Early Dominion Period

Date	Disaster	Type	Location (Modern Name)	Region	Deaths	Notes	Ref(s)
	SS Atlantic	Shipwreck	Lower Prospect, Nova Scotia	Maritimes	535
	Drummond Mine explosion	Mining disaster	Westville, Nova Scotia	Maritimes	60–70	Considered Canada's first mining disaster
	Oil Cabinet Novelty Works Company fire	Fire	Montreal, Quebec	Central Canada	12		^[2]
	Great Fire of Saint John	Fire	Saint John, New Brunswick	Maritimes	18-19
	Foord Pit explosion	Mining disaster	Stellarton, Nova Scotia	Maritimes	44
	Victoria steamboat disaster	Shipwreck	Thames River, Ontario	Central Canada	c. 182
	Vale Colliery explosion	Mining disaster	near Stellarton, Nova Scotia	Maritimes	13
	Nanaimo mine explosion	Mining disaster	Nanaimo, British Columbia	West Coast	148
	Québec rockslide	Geologic collapse	near Quebec City, Quebec	Central Canada	40+
	Saint-Jean-de-Dieu asylum fire	Fire	Montreal, Quebec	Central Canada	86-104
	The Great Fire of 1892	Fire	St. John's, Newfoundland	Atlantic Canada
	Point Ellice Bridge disaster	Traffic-rail accident	Victoria, British Columbia	West Coast	55
	Caledonia Mine explosion	Mining disaster	Glace Bay, Nova Scotia	Maritimes	11
	Great Hull Fire	Fire	Ottawa-Hull, Ontario-Quebec	Central Canada	7	4000 buildings destroyed in Hull (Québec) and Ottawa (Ontario)
	Coal Creek mine disaster	Mining disaster	Coal Creek, British Columbia	West Coast	128
	Wanstead train disaster	Train wreck	Wanstead, Ontario (Wanstead, Ontario)	Central Canada
	1903 Hamilton Powder Company explosion	Explosion	Departure Bay, British Columbia	West Coast	12		^[3]
	Frank Slide at Turtle Mountain	Geologic collapse	Turtle Mountain, District of Alberta, Northwest Territories (Turtle Mountain, Alberta)	Prairies	70-90+
		Shipwreck	At Eagle Rock on the Yukon River, Yukon	Northern Canada	6
	Hochelaga Protestant School fire	Fire	Montreal, Quebec	Central Canada	17		^[4]
	First Quebec Bridge Collapse	Engineering disaster	Quebec City, Quebec	Central Canada	75
	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]
	Spanish River derailment	Train wreck	Nairn and Hyman, Ontario	Central Canada	43-70
	Rogers Pass avalanche	Avalanche	Rogers Pass, British Columbia	West Coast	62
	The Herald fire	Fire	Montreal, Quebec	Central Canada	32		^[6]
	Bellevue Mine explosion	Mining disaster	Bellevue, Alberta	Prairies	30
1911 July	Great Porcupine fire	Fire	Timmins, Ontario	Central Canada	73 to 200
	Sinking of the RMS Titanic	Shipwreck	Atlantic Ocean, off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland	Atlantic Canada	1490-1635
	Regina Cyclone	Tornado	Regina, Saskatchewan	Prairies	28
	The Great Lakes Storm of 1913	Meteorological storm	Ontario	Central Canada	250+
	Hillcrest mine disaster	Mining disaster	Hillcrest, Alberta	Prairies	189
	RMS Empress of Ireland collision with Norwegian collier Storstad	Shipwreck	Saint Lawrence River in Quebec	Central Canada	1012
	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 Canada	c. 223
	Second Quebec Bridge Collapse	Engineering disaster	Quebec City, Quebec	Central Canada	13

1917–1969

Pre-Centennial Period

Date	Disaster	Type	Location	Region	Deaths	Notes	Ref(s)
	Dominion No. 12 Colliery explosion	Mining disaster	New Waterford, Nova Scotia	Maritimes	65
	Halifax Explosion	Wartime explosion	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Maritimes	1782	World War I
	Allan Mine explosion	Mining disaster	Stellarton, Nova Scotia	Maritimes	88
	Grey Nuns Motherhouse fire	Fire	Montreal, Quebec	Central Canada	53+		^[7]
	Sinking of the SS Florizel	Shipwreck	near Cappahayden, Newfoundland	Atlantic Canada	94
	Alvin Siding camp fire	Fire	Alvin Siding, Colchester County, Nova Scotia	Maritimes	22		^[8]
	Protection Island mining disaster	Mining disaster	Nanaimo, BC	West Coast	16	Nanaimo elevator cable snaps
	Dominion Park's Mystic Rill fire	Fire	Montreal, Quebec	Central Canada	8		^[9]
	1921 Britannia Beach flood	Flood	Britannia Creek, BC	West Coast	37	Debris flood torrent kills 37 people in Britannia Beach
	The Great Fire	Fire	Timsikaming District, Ontario	Central Canada	11
	Charlevoix–Kamouraska earthquake	Earthquake	Charlevoix-region, Quebec	Central Canada
	Laurier Palace Theatre fire	Fire	Montreal, Quebec	Central Canada	78
	Beauval Indian Residential School fire	Fire	Beauval, Saskatchewan	Prairies	20
	Grand Banks earthquake and tsunami	Tsunami and earthquake	Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland	Atlantic Canada	27-28
	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	^[10]
	Princess Pit rake disaster	Mining disaster	Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia	Maritimes	21
	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 Canada	99
	Almonte train disaster	Train wreck	Almonte, Ontario	Central Canada
	Explosion in downtown Dawson Creek	dynamite explosion	Dawson Creek, BC	West Coast	21^[11]	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 6	S.S. Green Hill Park explosion	Explosion	Vancouver, BC	West Coast	8^[12]
	Vancouver Island earthquake	Earthquake	Vancouver Island, BC	West Coast	2
	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 Canada	118+
	1950 Red River flood	Flood	Manitoba	Prairies	3
	Hospice Sainte-Cunégonde fire	Fire	Montreal, Quebec	Central Canada	35
	McGregor Mine explosion	Mining disaster	Stellarton, Nova Scotia	Maritimes	19
	No. 20 Colliery explosion	Mining disaster	Glace Bay, Nova Scotia	Maritimes	7
	Hurricane Hazel	Hurricane	Ontario	Central Canada	81
	Villa St. Louis disaster	Aircrash	Ontario	Central Canada	15
	Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810	Aircrash	British Columbia	West Coast	62
	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 Coast	18
	Springhill mining disaster	Mining disaster	Springhill, Nova Scotia	Maritimes	75
	Escuminac disaster	Hurricane	New Brunswick	Maritimes	35
	Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831	Aircrash	Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville, Quebec	Central Canada	118
	Port Alberni Tsunami	Tsunami (two waves of 2+ metre height smashed into community)	Port Alberni, BC	West Coast	0
	Hope Slide	Geologic collapse	Hope, BC	West Coast	4
1965February 18	Granduc avalanche	snow slide	Granduc, BC (copper-mining camp near Stewart)	West Coast	26^[13]
	LaSalle Heights disaster	Explosion	LaSalle, Quebec	Central Canada	28
	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 Canada	19
	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 Notre-Dame-Du-Lac Nursing Home Fire	Fire	Notre-Dame-Du-Lac, Quebec	Central Canada	38

1970–2016

Post-Centennial Period

Date	Disaster	Type	Location	Region	Deaths	Notes	Ref(s)
	Air Canada Flight 621	Aircrash	Ontario	Central Canada	109
	Saint-Jean-Vianney landslide	Geologic collapse	Saint-Jean-Vianney, Quebec	Central Canada	31
	Blue Bird Café fire	Arson	Montreal, Quebec	Central Canada	37
	Gargantua bar attack	Arson	Montreal, Quebec	Central Canada	13		^[15]
	Saint John city hall fire	Fire	Saint John, New Brunswick	Maritimes	21
	Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314	Aircrash	Cranbrook, British Columbia	West Coast	43
	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
	No. 26 Colliery explosion	Mining disaster	Glace Bay, Nova Scotia	Maritimes	12
	Mississauga train derailment	Rail disaster	Mississauga, Ontario	Central Canada	0
	Opemiska Community Hall fire	Fire	Chapais, Quebec	Central Canada	48
	Webb bus accident	Traffic accident	Webb, Saskatchewan	Prairies	22
	1980 Mississauga nursing home fire	Fire	Mississauga, Ontario	Central Canada	25
	Ocean Ranger sinking	Shipwreck	Grand Banks of Newfoundland	Atlantic Canada	84
	1985 United States–Canada tornado outbreak	Tornado outbreak	Southern Ontario	Central Canada
	Arrow Air Flight 1285	Aircrash	Gander, Newfoundland	Atlantic Canada	256
	Hinton train collision	Rail disaster	Alberta	Prairies	23
	Mindbender crash	Roller Coaster Crash	Galaxyland, West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton, Alberta	Prairies	3
	Edmonton Tornado	Tornado	Edmonton, Alberta	Prairies	27
	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]
	Cormier Village hayride accident	Traffic accident	New Brunswick	Atlantic Canada	13
	École Polytechnique massacre	School shooting	Montreal, Quebec	Central Canada	15
	Rupert Hotel fire	Arson	Toronto, Ontario	Central Canada	10		^[22]
	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]
	Westray Mine disaster	Mining disaster	Plymouth, Nova Scotia	Atlantic Canada	26
	Concordia University massacre	School shooting	Montreal, Quebec	Central Canada	4
	Saguenay flood	Flood	Saguenay-region, Quebec	Central Canada	10
	Red River flood of 1997 (Red Sea Flood)	Flood	Manitoba	Prairies	0
	2nd Les Éboulements bus accident	Traffic accident	Quebec	Central Canada	44	Deadliest traffic accident in Canadian history
	Great Ice Storm of 1998	Meteorological storm	Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick	Eastern Canada	28	Massive ice storm hits Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick
	Swissair Flight 111	Aircrash		Atlantic Canada	229
	87-vehicle pileup on Highway 401 near Windsor, Ontario	Traffic accident	Windsor, Ontario	Central Canada	8
	Walkerton Tragedy	Civic works failure	Walkerton, Ontario	Central Canada	7
	Pine Lake tornado	Tornado	Pine Lake, Alberta	Prairies	12
	2003 Etobicoke gas explosion	Explosion	Etobicoke, Ontario	Central Canada	7
	Hurricane Juan	Hurricane	Halifax-area, Nova Scotia	Atlantic Canada	8
	Shedden massacre	Massacre	Shedden, Elgin County, Ontario	Central Canada	8
	Dawson College shooting	School shooting	Montréal, Quebec	Central Canada	2
	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 Bathurst Boys in Red accident	Traffic accident	Bathurst, New Brunswick	Atlantic Canada	8
	Toronto propane explosion	Explosion	Downsview, Ontario	Ontario Canada	2
	Cougar Helicopters Flight 91	Aircrash	off of Newfoundland	Atlantic Canada	17
	2011 Assiniboine River flood	Flood	Manitoba	Prairies	1
	Slave Lake fire	Wildfires	Slave Lake, Alberta	Prairies	1
	First Air Flight 6560	Aircrash	near Resolute, Nunavut	Northern Canada	12
	Goderich Tornado	Tornado	Goderich, Ontario	Central Canada	1
	Burlington derailment	Rail accident	Burlington, Ontario	Central Canada	3
	2013 Alberta floods	Flood	southwest Alberta around Calgary Region	Prairies	5
	Lac-Mégantic rail disaster	Rail accident	Lac-Mégantic, Quebec	Central Canada	47
	Ottawa bus–train crash	Rail-traffic accident	Ottawa, Ontario	Central Canada	6
	L'Isle-Verte nursing home fire	Fire	L'Isle-Verte, Quebec	Central Canada	32
	Ottawa Parliament shooting	Terrorism	Ottawa, Ontario	Central Canada	2
	La Ronge wildfire	Wildfires	La Ronge, Saskatchewan	Prairies		13,000 people evacuated	^[26]
	La Loche shootings	Spree shooting	La Loche, Saskatchewan	Prairies	5
	2016 Magdalen Islands Mitsubishi MU-2 crash	Aircrash	Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Magdalen Islands, Quebec	Atlantic Canada	7
	2016 Fort McMurray Wildfire	Wildfires	Fort McMurray, Alberta	Prairies	2	90,000 people evacuated

2017–present

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		^[27]
	2017 Quebec floods	Flood	Quebec	Quebec	2	Unknown		^[28]
	2017 British Columbia wildfires	Wildfires	British Columbia	West Coast	0	Unknown	Provincial state of emergency declared	^[29]
	2017 Edmonton attack	Terrorism	Edmonton, Alberta	Prairies	0	5		^[30]
	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	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 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 British Columbia wildfires	Wildfires	British Columbia	West Coast	Unknown	Unknown	Provincial state of emergency declared	^[35]
	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 Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick floods	Flood	Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick	Eastern and Central Canada	1			^[40]
present	COVID-19 pandemic	Pandemic	Canada	National	53,086			^[41] ^[42]
	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]
	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		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]
2023 June 15	Carberry bus crash	Vehicle collision	Near Carberry, Manitoba	Prairies and West Coast	At least 15	TBD	Crash on the Trans-Canada Highway	^[60]
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.	^[61] ^[62]

See also

• List of disasters in Canada by death toll
• List of pipeline accidents in Canada
• List of fires in Canada
• List of shipwrecks of Canada

External links

• Canadian Disasters: an historical survey by Robert L. Jones

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2008-09-17 . The Western Quebec Seismic Zone . 2023-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080917095124/http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/historic_eq/15-19th/1732_e.php . 2008-09-17 .
2. Web site: Incendie sur la rue St-Urbain . 2023-05-29 . Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal . fr.
3. Web site: Government of Canada . Public Safety Canada . 2018-12-21 . Canadian Disaster Database . 2023-05-29 . cdd.publicsafety.gc.ca.
4. Web site: Sarah Maxwell et l'incendie à l'école Hochelaga . 2023-05-29 . Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal . fr.
5. Book: Paterson . Disaster . 7-15.
6. Web site: Incendie au journal The Herald . 2023-05-29 . Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal . fr.
7. Web site: Baron-Goodman . Sara . 2014-10-28 . Grey Nun ghosts and a murderer's grave . 2023-05-29 . The Concordian . en-CA.
8. Web site: Disaster in the woods SaltWire . 2023-05-29 . www.saltwire.com . en.
9. Web site: From the archives: Bodies piled up after blaze . 2023-05-29 . montrealgazette . en-CA.
10. Web site: 2023-05-29 . PressReader.
11. John Schmidt, This Was No [?] Picnic. 2.4 Years of Wild and Woolly Mayhem in Dawson Creek, p. 11
12. Book: Paterson . Disaster . 23-30.
13. Book: Paterson . Disaster . 56-62.
14. News: Montreal Fire Kills Mother And Six Children . da.tj.news . The Daily Gleaner . January 2, 1969 . 1.
15. Web site: Incendie au bar Gargantua . 2023-05-29 . Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal . fr.
16. Web site: Opinion Rangers' Clark knows pain of tragedy . thestar.com . en . 15 October 2008.
17. News: Seven Die In Saint John Fire - Family Vacation Turns Into Tragedy . da.tj.news . Evening Times Globe . July 17, 1978.
18. News: Fire deaths shock Saint John . da.tj.news . Times Transcript . July 17, 1978 . 1.
19. News: Vacation Turns To Tragedy, Saint John Fire Kills Seven . da.tj.news . Daily Gleaner . July 17, 1978 . 3.
20. News: FIRE VICTIMS BURIED . da.tj.news . Moncton Transcript . July 19, 1978 . 16.
21. News: Local Unsolved Crime . 4 August 2023 . N.B. Crime Stoppers . April 10, 1989.
22. Web site: 2019-12-16 . The Rupert Hotel fire killed 10 people. Thirty years later, many Toronto rooming houses operate without scrutiny . 2023-05-29 . thestar.com . en.
23. Web site: Canada's Missing . www.services.rcmp-grc.gc.ca . 13 August 2012.
24. News: Seven missing in boat sinking . Canadian Press . July 25, 1991.
25. Web site: Government of Canada . Environment and Climate Change Canada . 2009-12-30 . Environment and Climate Change Canada - Weather and Meteorology - Canada's Top Ten Weather Stories for 2007 - Canada's First F5 Tornado . 2023-07-01 . ec.gc.ca.
26. News: 'Unprecedented' wildfires force out 13,000 Sask. evacuees. January 6, 2018. CBC News Saskatchewan. 2018 CBC/Radio-Canada. https://web.archive.org/web/20180106213218/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/unprecedented-wildfires-force-out-13-000-sask-evacuees-1.3139554. January 6, 2018. English. July 6, 2015.
27. News: Dienst. Jonathan. Schecter. Anna R.. Blankstein. Andrew. Saliba. Emmanuelle. Connor. Tracy. Quebec 'Terrorist Attack': College Student Alexandre Bissonnette Charged. January 6, 2018. NBC News. Comcast Corporation. January 31, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20180106194238/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/multiple-deaths-injuries-mosque-shooting-quebec-city-canada-n713976. January 6, 2018. English.
28. Web site: After 2017's devastating floods, Quebec communities face tough questions about building on flood plains. Cbc.ca. November 6, 2021.
29. Web site: Provincial state of emergency declared. News Gov BC. Government of British Columbia. January 6, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180106191231/https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2017TRAN0196-001286. January 6, 2018. English. July 7, 2017.
30. Web site: Male suspect arrested in connection with vicious knife attack on EPS officer and subsequent vehicle-pedestrian collisions. Edmonton Police. Edmonton Police Service. January 6, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180106190814/http://www.edmontonpolice.ca/News/MediaReleases/officerstabbedpedestriansstruck.aspx. January 6, 2018. English. October 1, 2017.
31. News: 50 people now dead due to sweltering Quebec heat wave. Global News. 2018-07-06. en.
32. Web site: Sask. records second highest tornado count in over a decade Globalnews.ca . 2023-07-01 . Global News . en-US.
33. News: Toronto shooting: Gunman kills woman and child in Greektown . July 23, 2018 . BBC . July 23, 2018.
34. Web site: Tornado season spins out 29 twisters across Prairies, with killer Alonsa winds topping the scale .
35. Web site: Provincial state of emergency declared | BC Gov News . August 15, 2018 . News.gov.bc.ca.
36. Web site: 6 tornadoes hit Ottawa-Gatineau region, Environment Canada says. Cbc.ca. November 6, 2021.
37. Web site: Ottawa-Gatineau tornadoes cause nearly $300 million in insured damage. Lyle. Adriano. Insurancebusinessmag.com.
38. Web site: 2019-05-30 . 14 homes lost near hamlet of Paddle Prairie . 2023-07-01 . Edmonton . en.
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