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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. List. Pre-1597. Pre-colonial ...
This list of Canadian disasters by death toll includes major disasters (excluding acts of war) that occurred on Canadian soil or involved Canadian citizens, in a definable incident, where the loss of life was 10 or more.
Dry conditions and lightning strikes caused several fires in Labrador. By June 14, there were seven major fires with six out of control. [59] Churchill Falls, the company town that operates the second-largest hydroelectric dam in Canada (Churchill Falls Generating Station), was evacuated on June 19. [60]
Eastern Canada, primarily Quebec and Ontario On April 5, 2023, the 2023 Canadian ice storm devastated Quebec and Ontario , knocked out electricity for more than a million people, resulted in fatalities, and severely damaged property and infrastructure.
A third of the train was totally destroyed, though there were no deaths or injuries due to a rapid evacuation. This was the last major incident for the troubled Turbo Trains, which were retired in 1982. [57] 1979 Mississauga train derailment: 10 November 1979: Mississauga, Ontario: 0: 0
Due to wildfire emissions, Canada broke its record for annual carbon emissions in late June. [158] As of late August, the wildfires had released 327–355 megatonnes of carbon into the atmosphere. [82] [159] The emissions from the fires were more than double Canada's planned emissions reductions from 2020–2030. [160]
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 the US and southern Canada, numbers of counted tornadoes have ...
Less than 5% of tornadoes that occur in Canada are rated as F3/EF3 or higher. The only officially rated F5/EF5 tornado in Canada is the 2007 Elie Tornado , however Thomas P. Grazulis of The Tornado Project has unofficially rated the 1920 Alameda-Frobisher Tornado and the 1935 Benson Tornado as F5 (neither having any official intensity ratings ...