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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
SS Pacific (1850) Shipwreck. British Columbia. 268 (Canadians) 1985. Air India Flight 182. Terrorism. Atlantic Ocean near the coast of Ireland. flight out of Montréal–Mirabel International Airport, bomb exploded off the coast of Ireland. 268 out of 329 total fatalities were Canadian.
The deadliest tornadoes in Canadian history were the 1912 Regina 'Cyclone' (at least 28), 1987 Edmonton 'Black Friday' Tornado (27), and the 1946 Windsor–Tecumseh Tornado (17). This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
The Canadian Disaster Database (CDD) publicly-accessible web-based repository that tracks significant disaster events, describing (1) where and when a disaster occurred; (2) the number of injuries, evacuations, and fatalities; and (3) an estimate of the costs.
List of Canadian tornadoes and tornado outbreaks (since 2001) Canada's only confirmed F5 tornado occurred in Elie, Manitoba on June 22, 2007. This is a list of notable tornadoes, tornado outbreaks, and tornado outbreak sequences that have occurred in Canada in the 21st century (2001 through 2100). Due to increasing detection, particularly in ...
In Quebec, 6681 residences of 51 municipalities were flooded in five main zones, including the greater Montreal area, and 3458 residences were isolated due to landslides and submerged roads resulting in over 13500 disaster victims. [3] In New Brunswick, 15 communities were affected and 69 roads and 45 bridges were closed or partially closed. [4]
For a variety of reasons, such as Canada's lower population density and generally stronger housing construction due to the colder climate, Canadian tornadoes have historically caused fewer fatalities than tornadoes in the United States. The deadliest tornado in Canadian history, the Regina Cyclone of June 30, 1912, killed 28 and injured 300 ...
This page lists all the confirmed and probable tornadoes which have touched down in Canadian provinces & territories. Experts have estimated that around 230 tornadoes occur in Canada each year, though only around 60 are formally confirmed. [1] with most occurring in Southern Ontario, the southern Canadian Prairies and southern Quebec.