List of disasters in Canada by death toll
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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.
200 or more deaths
[edit]Fatalities | Year | Article | Type | Location | Comments |
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55,000+ | 1918-1919 | 1918 influenza pandemic | Pandemic | Canada | Fatalities are estimated |
53,000+ | 2020-present | COVID-19 | Pandemic | Canada | Ongoing |
26,000+ | 1981-present | HIV/AIDS | Pandemic | Canada | Ongoing |
20,000+ | 1847-1848 | Canadian typhus | Pandemic | Canada | Fatalities are estimated |
7,000 | 1957-1958 | Asian flu | Pandemic | Canada | |
6,000 | 1890-1891 | Russian flu | Pandemic | Canada | |
4,000 | 1775[1] | Newfoundland Hurricane of 1775 | Hurricane | Newfoundland | |
4,000 | 1968 | Hong Kong flu | Pandemic | Canada | |
Unknown, likely several thousand | 1700 | 1700 Cascadia earthquake | Earthquake | British Columbia coast | True figures unknown. Many coastal First Nations villages (such as Kiix-in) were completely wiped out.[2][3][4] |
2,000 | ~1700[5] | Tseax Cone eruption | Volcanic eruption | Northwestern British Columbia | |
2,000 | 1917 | Halifax Explosion | Explosion | Halifax, Nova Scotia | Estimate; 1,950 recorded names |
1,012 | 1914 | RMS Empress of Ireland | Shipwreck | St. Lawrence River, Quebec | |
890 | 1711 | Quebec expedition (1711) | Shipwreck | Quebec | Failed expedition that led to the drowning of about 890 |
676 | 2021 | 2021 Western North America heat wave | Heat wave | Alberta and British Columbia | 610 excess deaths in BC and 66 excess deaths in Alberta during the week[6][7][8] |
500+ | 1953 | Polio | Epidemic | Canada | |
562 | 1873 | RMS Atlantic | Shipwreck | Mars Island, Nova Scotia | |
428 | 2009-2010 | Swine flu | Pandemic | Canada | out of 3 million Canadians infected |
360 | 1758 | Duke William | Shipwreck | Atlantic Ocean near the coast of France | during the expulsion of the Acadians[9] |
353 | 1918 | SS Princess Sophia | Shipwreck | Near Juneau, Alaska | en route from Vancouver and Victoria to northern BC and Alaska |
340 | 1805 | Aeneas | Shipwreck | Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland | |
300 | 1758[10] | Violet | Shipwreck | Atlantic Ocean near the coast of England | during the expulsion of the Acadians bound for France |
316 | 1834 | Sybelle | Shipwreck | St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia | Emigrant ship wreck |
300 | 1885[11][12] | Great Labrador Gale of 1885 | Hurricane | Labrador coast | |
275 | 1875 | SS Pacific | Shipwreck | near Cape Flattery out of Victoria, 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. |
265 | 1833 | Lady of the Lake (brig) | Shipwreck | near Cape St. Francis (Newfoundland and Labrador), Newfoundland and Labrador | The brig called Lady of the Lake sank near Cape St. Francis after a collision with ice killing 265 people |
256 | 1985 | Arrow Air Flight 1285 | Plane crash | Gander, Newfoundland | As of 2024, it is the deadliest aviation accident to occur on Canadian soil.[13] |
253 | 1689 | Lachine massacre | Massacre | Lachine, New France | 1,500 Mohawk people warriors attack Lachine and kill 250 people. 3 Mohawk warriors were killed in the process |
253 | 1857 | SS Montreal | Shipwreck | St. Lawrence River, Quebec | Caught on fire near Quebec City[14] |
250 | 1913 | Great Lakes Storm of 1913 | Blizzard/Storm | Great Lakes, Ontario | Estimate is for both Canadian and U.S. fatalities |
238 | 1797 | HMS Tribune | Shipwreck | Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia | |
237 | 1863[15] | SS Anglo Saxon | Shipwreck | Cape Race, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland | Allan Line shipwreck |
229 | 1998 | Swissair Flight 111 | Plane crash | St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia | |
223-600 | 1873 | Nova Scotia hurricane of 1873 | Hurricane | Nova Scotia | The Monthly Weather Review, published by the American Meteorological Society, set the death toll at 223 but the New York Times set the toll at 600 |
223 | 1916 | Matheson Fire | Forest fire | Black River-Matheson, Ontario | Official estimate[16] |
221 | 1834 | Astrea (1812 ship) | Shipwreck | Sank east of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia | Sank with 224 people aboard. Only 3 survived |
205 | 1860[17] | SS Hungarian | Shipwreck | Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia | Allan Line passenger ship wrecked Cape Sable, NS |
203 | 1942 | USS Pollux (AKS-2) and USS Truxtun (DD-229) | Shipwreck | Placentia Bay, Newfoundland | Wreck of the USS Pollux resulted in 93 fatalities and USS Truxtun 110; the USS Wilkes (DD-441) also grounded, but there were no fatalities. |
100 to 199 deaths
[edit]Fatalities | Year | Article | Type | Location | Comments |
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190+[18] | 1758 | Ruby | Shipwreck | Azores, Portugal | during the expulsion of the Acadians |
189 | 1914 | Hillcrest mine disaster | Explosion | Hillcrest, Crowsnest Pass, Alberta | Deadliest mining disaster in Canadian history |
182+ | 1881 | Victoria steamboat disaster | Shipwreck | London, Ontario | [19] |
174 | 1914 | SS Southern Cross | Shipwreck | Off the coast of Newfoundland | |
173 | 1918 | SS Florizel | Shipwreck | Cappahayden, Newfoundland | |
173-192 | 1927 | 1927 Nova Scotia hurricane | Hurricane | Nova Scotia and surrounding area | Approximate figure, most fatalities occurred at sea |
160 | 1825 | Miramichi fire | Forest fire | Northern New Brunswick, including the towns of Fredericton, Miramichi, and Doaktown | |
150 | 1887 | Nanaimo mine explosion | Explosion | Nanaimo, British Columbia | |
137 | 1942 | SS Caribou | Shipwreck | Sank southwest of Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador | |
136 | 1906 | SS Valencia | Shipwreck | Cape Beale, Vancouver Island, British Columbia | |
130 | 1845-1848 | Franklin's lost expedition | Failed expedition | King William Island area, Nunavut | The final expedition of John Franklin, where HMS Erebus and HMS Terror were lost in the Northwest Passage |
128 | 1902 | Coal Creek mine disaster | Explosion | Coal Creek, British Columbia | |
125 | 1891 | First Springhill mining disaster | Explosion | Springhill, Nova Scotia | |
123 | 1882 | SS Asia | Shipwreck | Georgian Bay | |
120 | 1747 | Battle of Grand Pré | Battle | Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia | |
118 | 1949 | SS Noronic | Shipwreck | Toronto, Ontario | |
118 | 1963 | Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 | Plane crash | Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec | |
115 | 1828 | HMS Acorn | Shipwreck | Halifax, Nova Scotia | |
114 | 1942 | HMS Crusader (H60) | Shipwreck | Sank east of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador | |
114 | 1761 | Auguste (1758 ship) | Shipwreck | Sank in Aspy Bay, Nova Scotia | There was 121 aboard the ship and only 7 survived |
110 | 1942 | USS Truxtun (DD-229) | Shipwreck | Lawn, Newfoundland and Labrador | Sank alongside USS Pollux (AKS-2) |
109 | 1970 | Air Canada Flight 621 | Plane crash | Brampton, Ontario | |
102 | 1711 | HMS Feversham | Shipwreck | Scatarie Island, Main-à-Dieu, Nova Scotia |
99 to 10 deaths
[edit]Fatalities | Year | Incident Name | Type | Location | Comments |
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99 | 1864 | Beloeil train disaster | Train wreck | Beloeil, Quebec | Deadliest train disaster in Canada |
99 | 1942 | Knights of Columbus Hostel fire | Fire, Suspected Arson | St. John's, Newfoundland | |
94 | 1918 | SS Florizel | Shipwreck | Sank near Renews-Cappahayden, Newfoundland | Sank after collision with rocks |
93 | 1942 | USS Pollux (AKS-2) | Shipwreck | Lawn, Newfoundland and Labrador | |
90 | 1711 | HMS Feversham (1696) | Shipwreck | Scatarie Island Nova Scotia | 90 crew members drowned while the other 45 crew members survived |
88 | 1918 | Allan mine explosion | Explosion | Stellarton, Nova Scotia | [20] |
87 | 1942 | SS Cyclops (1906) | Shipwreck | off the coast of Nova Scotia | British cargo steamship SS Cyclops was sunk in 1942 after being hit by a torpedo from a German submarine killing 87 of the men aboard it |
84 | 1982 | Ocean Ranger | Oil platform sinking | Grand Banks, Newfoundland | |
81 (Canadian fatalities only) | 1954 | Hurricane Hazel | Hurricane | Ontario | |
79 | 1957 | Maritime Central Airways Flight 315 | Plane crash | Issoudun, Quebec | |
78 | 1914 | 1914 Newfoundland Sealing Disaster | Storm | Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland | Fatalities from the SS Southern Cross are excluded |
77 | 1927 | Laurier Palace Theatre fire | Fire | Montreal, Quebec | |
75 | 1907 | First Quebec Bridge collapse | Bridge collapse | Quebec City, Quebec | |
75 | 1958 | Third Springhill mining disaster | Coal mine bump | Springhill, Nova Scotia | |
74 | 2018 | 2018 North American heat wave | Heat wave | Quebec and Ontario | [21] |
73-200 | 1911 | Great Porcupine Fire | Forest fire | Porcupine, Ontario | |
70 | 1903 | Frank Slide | Rockslide | Frank, Crowsnest Pass, North-West Territories (Modern day Alberta) | |
65 | 1917 | Dominion No. 12 Colliery explosion | Explosion | New Waterford, Nova Scotia | [22] |
64 | 1966 | Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 402 | Plane crash | Tokyo, Japan | Crashed on landing at Haneda Airport in Tokyo with 8 survivors |
64 | 1813 | HMS Tweed (1807) | Shipwreck | Shoal Bay (Newfoundland and Labrador) | |
63 (Canadian fatalities only) | 2020 | Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 | Plane shootdown | Tehran, Iran | |
62 | 1910 | Rogers Pass avalanche | Avalanche | Rogers Pass, British Columbia | |
62 | 1956 | Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810 | Plane crash | Chilliwack, British Columbia | |
60 | 1915 | Britannia Mine Jane Camp landslide | Landslide | Britannia Beach, British Columbia | |
59 | 1857 | Desjardins Canal disaster | Train wreck | Hamilton, Ontario | On March 12th 1857, A train carrying 90 passengers crashed through a bridge over the Desjardins Canal causing the train to fall onto the ice below killing 59 people and injuring 18 others.[23] [24] |
59 | 1828 | Despatch | Shipwreck | Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland | [25] |
58 | 1945 | German submarine U-548 | Shipwreck | Sank southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia | All 58 people on the submarine were lost with it |
55 | 1896 | Point Ellice Bridge disaster | Tram accident | Victoria, British Columbia | |
55-58 | 1926 | 1926 Nova Scotia hurricane | Hurricane | Nova Scotia | Approximate number, most deaths occurred at sea. |
54 | 2018 | 2018 Eastern Canada heat wave | Heat wave | Eastern Canada | [26] |
53 | 1918 | Grey Nuns Motherhouse fire | Fire | Ville-Marie, Montreal | [27] |
53 | 1943 | German submarine U-174 | Shipwreck | Sank southwest of Newfoundland | No survivors[28] |
53 | 1942 | German submarine U-520 | Shipwreck | Sank east of Newfoundland | No survivors[29] |
52 | 1854 | Jeannette's Creek train wreck | Train wreck | Jeannettes Creek, Ontario | |
52-232 | 1900 | 1900 Galveston Hurricane | Hurricane | Eastern Canada | |
52 | 1965 | Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 21 | Mass murder | near 100 Mile House, British Columbia | Crashed after a bomb exploded on board. The motive and perpetrator(s) remain unknown. |
50 - 60 | 1849 | Hannah (1849 shipwreck) | Shipwreck | Gulf of St. Lawrence | [30] |
48 | 1979 | Opémiska Community Hall fire | Fire | Chapais, Quebec | |
47 | 1942 | SS Empire Dabchick | Shipwreck | Sank southeast of Sable Island, Nova Scotia | Sank with the loss of 36 crew and 11 DEMS gunners |
47 | 2013 | Lac-Mégantic rail disaster | Train wreck | Lac-Mégantic, Quebec | |
44-63 | 1910 | Spanish River derailment | Train wreck | Nairn, Ontario | |
44 | 1950 | 1950 Douglas C-54D disappearance | Suspected plane crash | Somewhere between Snag and Aishihik, Yukon Territory | 42 US military personnel and 2 civilians. No trace of the plane has ever been found. |
44 | 1997 | 1997 Les Éboulements bus accident | Bus crash | Les Éboulements, Quebec | |
44 | 1880 | Foord Pit explosion | Explosion | Stellarton, Nova Scotia | [31] |
44 | 1917 | CGS Simcoe (1909) | Shipwreck | Sank near the Magdalen Islands, Quebec | No survivors |
43 | 1922 | Great Fire of 1922 | Wildfire | Timiskaming District, Ontario | |
43 | 2003 | 2003 SARS outbreak | Outbreak | Toronto, Ontario | Out of a total of 251 cases |
43 | 1942 | German submarine U-754 | Shipwreck | Sank near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia | No survivors, all 43 aboard the submarine died |
43 | 1978 | Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314 | Plane crash | Cranbrook, British Columbia | |
40+ | 1815 | HMS Penelope | Shipwreck | near Cap des Rosiers, Quebec | Many survivors later froze to death.[32] |
40 | 1889 | Quebec rockslide | Rockslide | Quebec City, Quebec | |
40 | 1901 | SS Islander | Shipwreck | Lynn Canal, Alaska | Sunk by an iceberg south of Juneau |
40 (Canadian fatalities only) | 1912 | Titanic | Shipwreck | near Newfoundland | Canadian deaths only of 1,517 total"The Demographics of Titanic Passengers".</ref> |
40 | 1918 | HMCS Galiano | Shipwreck | Queen Charlotte Sound 20 miles (32 km) of Kunghit Island, British Columbia | |
40 | 1978 | Eastman bus crash | Bus crash | Eastman, Quebec | |
39 | 1928 | Hollinger Mining Disaster | Mine fire | Timmins, Ontario | |
39 | 1942 | Almonte train wreck | Train wreck | Almonte, Ontario | |
39 | 1956 | Second Springhill mining disaster | Explosion | Springhill, Nova Scotia | |
39 | 1946 | 1946 American Overseas Airlines Douglas DC-4 crash | Plane crash | Stephenville, Newfoundland | |
39 | 1945 | HMCS Esquimalt | Shipwreck | Sank off Chebucto Head, Nova Scotia | |
38 | 1850 | Commerce | Shipwreck | Port Maitland, Ontario | |
38 | 1969 | 1969 Notre-Dame-du-Lac Nursing Home Fire | Fire | Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Quebec | [33] |
37 | 1867 | Great Labrador Gale of 1867 | Storm | Labrador, Newfoundland | |
37+ | 1869 | 1869 Saxby Gale | Tropical cyclone | Maritime provinces | Most deaths occurred at sea |
37 | 1951 | 1951 Canadian Pacific Air Douglas DC-10 disappearance | Suspected plane crash | Pacific Ocean near Yakutat, Alaska | |
37 | 1972 | Blue Bird Café fire | Arson | Montreal, Quebec | |
37 | 1921 | Britannia Beach flood | Flood | Britannia Beach, British Columbia | |
37 | 1954 | Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 9 | Mid-air collision | Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan | |
36 | 1952 | Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 324 | Plane crash | Sandspit, British Columbia | |
36 | 1746 | Battle at Port-la-Joye | Battle | Skmaqn–Port-la-Joye–Fort Amherst, Prince Edward Island | |
35 | 1959 | 1959 Escuminac hurricane | Hurricane | Gulf of St. Lawrence, New Brunswick | |
35 | 1967 | ČSA Flight 523 | Plane crash | Gander, Newfoundland | |
32 | 2014 | L'Isle-Verte nursing home fire | Fire | L'Isle-Verte, Quebec | |
32 | 1971 | MV Meteor | Ship fire | Pacific Ocean off of Vancouver, British Columbia | |
32 | 1974 | Panarctic Oils Flight 416 | Plane crash | Melville Island, Northwest Territories | |
32 | 1909 | Wellington Collieries cave-in | Mining accident | Extension, British Columbia | [34] |
32 | 1910 | 1910 Herald fire | Fire | Montreal, Quebec | [35] |
31 | 1902 | Wanstead train disaster | Train wreck | Wanstead, Ontario | |
31 | 1882 | Halifax Poor House fire | Fire | Halifax, Nova Scotia | [36] |
31 | 1947 | Dugald train disaster | Train wreck | Dugald, Manitoba | |
31 | 1910 | Bellevue mine disaster | Explosion | Bellevue, Alberta | 21 of the deaths caused by inhaling carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide |
31 | 1971 | Saint-Jean-Vianney landslide | Landslide | Saint-Jean-Vianney, Quebec | [37] |
30 | 1930 | John B. King explosion | Explosion | near Brockville, Ontario | Lightning struck a drill boat containing dynamite |
30 | 2003 | 2003 Avalanche season | Avalanche | Western Canada (Alberta and British Columbia) | Deadliest avalanche season in Canada since 1970 |
~30 | 1979 | Eastern Canadian blizzard of March 1971 | Blizzard | Quebec | |
30 | 1932 | Cymbeline explosion | Explosion | Montreal | Steamship SS Cymbeline exploded killing at least 30 men.[38] |
30 | 1942 | Saganaga | Shipwreck | Conception Bay, Newfoundland | List of shipwrecks in September 1942#5 September |
29 | 1929 | 1929 Grand Banks earthquake | Earthquake and tsunami | Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland | Mainly affecting the town of Burin |
29 | 1975 | SS Edmund Fitzgerald | Shipwreck | Northwest of Pancake Bay, Ontario in Lake Superior | |
29 | 1941 | Brazeau Collieries Mine explosion | Explosion | Rocky Mountain House, Alberta | |
28 | 1912 | Regina Cyclone | Tornado | Regina, Saskatchewan | |
28 | 1965 | LaSalle Heights disaster | Explosion | LaSalle, Quebec | |
28 (Canadian fatalities only) | 1998 | North American ice storm of 1998 | Ice storm | Ontario and Quebec | |
28 | 1931 | SS Viking | Explosion | Horse Islands, Newfoundland | |
27 | 1958 | Second Narrows Bridge collapse | Bridge collapse | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
27 | 1962 | Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 301 | Plane crash | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
27 | 1987 | Edmonton tornado | Tornado | Edmonton, Alberta | |
27 | 1946 | 1946 Sabena DC-4 crash | Plane crash | Gander, Newfoundland | |
26+ | 1804 | HMS Speedy | Shipwreck | Presqu'ile Bay, Lake Ontario | |
26-28 | 1965 | Granduc Mine avalanche | Avalanche | Stewart, British Columbia | |
26 | 1992 | Westray Mine methane explosion | Explosion | Plymouth, Nova Scotia | |
26 | 1948 | 1948 Rimouski Airlines crash | Plane crash | Anticosti Island, Quebec | |
25 | 1980 | 1980 Mississauga nursing home fire | Fire | Mississauga, Ontario | [39] |
25 | 1913 | SS Argus | Shipwreck | Lake Huron | No survivors |
25 | 1916 | James B. Colgate (ship) | Shipwreck | Sank off Long Point, Ontario | Out of the 26-man crew only sea captain Walter Grashaw survived |
24 | 1989 | Air Ontario Flight 1363 | Plane crash | Dryden, Ontario | |
24 | 1943 | 1943 Saint-Donat RCAF Liberator III crash | Plane Crash | Saint-Donat, Quebec | |
24 | 1916 | 1916 Quaker Oats explosion | Explosion, fire | Peterborough, Ontario | |
23 | 1949 | Québec Airways DC-3 bomb sabotage | Mass murder | Saint-Joachim, Quebec | Albert Guay, along with the assistance of two other people planted a bomb in a plan to kill his wife |
23 | 1983 | Air Canada Flight 797 | Aircraft fire | Cincinnati International Airport, Kentucky | |
23 | 1986 | Hinton train collision | Train wreck | Hinton, Alberta | |
23 | 2005 | Legionnaire's disease outbreak | Epidemic | Toronto, Ontario | [40][41] |
23 | 2020 | 2020 Nova Scotia attacks | Mass shooting | Portapique, Enfield, Wentworth, Debert, and Shubenacaide, Nova Scotia | |
23 | 1951 | 1957 Queen Charlotte Airlines Canto crash | Plane crash | Mount Benson, British Columbia | |
23 | 1947 | Goose Bay USAF DC-4 crash | Plane crash | CFB Goose Bay, Newfoundland | |
23 | 1953 | 1953 Random Island plane crash | Plane crash | Random Island, Nova Scotia | [42] |
22 | 1980 | Swift Current Broncos bus crash | Bus crash | near Swift Current, Saskatchewan | [43] |
22 | 1958 | 1958 Lockheed Constellation crash | Plane crash | Argentia, Newfoundland | |
22 | 2008 | 2008 Canada listeriosis outbreak | Outbreak | Toronto, Ontario | Out of 57 total cases |
22 | 1980 | CP Rail crew bus crash | Bus Crash | Webb, Saskatchewan | |
21 | 1977 | Saint John City Hall fire | Arson | Saint John, New Brunswick | [44] |
21 | 1950 | Canoe River train crash | Train wreck | Valemount, British Columbia | |
21 | 1943 | FV Flora Alberta | Ship collision | Atlantic Ocean off of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia | |
21 | 1998 | MV Flare | Shipwreck | Cabot Strait, Newfoundland | |
21 | 1949 | 1949 RCAF Canso crash | Plane crash | Bigstone Lake, Manitoba | |
21 | 1946 | 1946 RCAF Estevan C-47 Dakota crash | Plane crash | Estevan, Saskatchewan | |
21 | 1938 | Princess Pit rake disaster | Mining accident | Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia | [45] |
21 | 1736 | Lake of the Woods massacre | Massacre | Massacre Island (Ontario) | 21 Frenchmen were killed by Lakota and Dakota warriors |
21 | 1966 | Dorion level crossing accident | School bus crash | Dorion, Quebec | |
20 | 1927 | Beauval Indian Residential School Fire | Fire | Beauval, Saskatchewan | |
20 | 1941 | American Airlines Flight 1 (1941) | Plane crash | West of St. Thomas, Ontario | |
20 | 1918 | Alvin Siding camp fire | Fire | Nova Scotia | [46] |
20 | 1771 | Bloody Falls massacre | Massacre | Bloody Falls, Nunavut | |
20 | 1911 | Sechelt (steamboat) | Shipwreck | near Race Rocks Light, British Columbia | 20 estimated fatalities |
20 | 1953 | Colonial Coach Lines Bus Accident | Traffic collision | Morrisburg, Ontario | A bus and a truck collided killing 20 people |
19 | 1993 | La Tuque bus disaster | Bus crash | La Tuque, Quebec | |
19 | 1910 | SS Regulus | Shipwreck | Shoal Bay, Newfoundland | |
19 | 1941 | Polio | Epidemic | New Brunswick | Out of a total of 427 cases |
19 | 1952 | McGregor Mine Explosion | Explosion | Stellarton Nova Scotia | [47] |
19 | 1993 | Accident at Lac-Bouchette | Traffic collision | Lac-Bouchette, Quebec | A minibus and a van collided causing a fire that killed 19 |
18 (Canadian fatalities only) | 2019 | Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 | Plane crash | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | |
18 | 1958 | Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing collapse | Engineering disaster | Vancouver, British Columbia | 18 workers were killed |
18 | 1944 | German submarine U-1229 | Shipwreck | Sank south of Newfoundland | 41 survivors |
17 | 1960 | Lamont school bus crash | School bus crash | near the town of Lamont, Alberta | [48] |
17 | 1946[49] | Windsor-Tecumseh tornado | Tornado | Windsor, Ontario | |
17 | 2009 | Cougar Helicopters Flight 91 | Helicopter crash | Off the coast of Newfoundland | |
17 | 1907 | Hochelaga Protestant School Fire | Fire | Montreal, Quebec | |
17 | 2023 | Carberry bus crash | Bus crash | Carberry, Manitoba | |
17 | 1979 | Quebecair Flight 255 | Plane crash | Quebec City, Quebec | |
16 | 1918 | Protection Island mining disaster | Elevator accident | Protection Island, Nanaimo, British Columbia | [50] |
16 | 2018 | Humboldt Broncos bus crash | Bus crash | Armley, Saskatchewan | |
16 | 1958 | Oldfield Apartment Fire | Fire | Montreal, Quebec | |
16 | 1935 | Galt Mine No.8 Explosion | Explosion | Coalhurst, Alberta | |
16 | 1928 | SS Manasoo | Shipwreck | Sank near Griffith Island (Georgian Bay), Ontario | Out of the 21 people on board the Manasoo only 5 survived while the other 16 died[51] |
16 | 1990 | 1990 Faucett Perú Boeing 727 disappearance | Plane disappearance | Southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland | |
15 | 1898 | Cornwall railway bridge collapse | Bridge collapse | Cornwall, Ontario | |
15 | 1956 | Orleans air disaster | Plane crash | Orleans, Ontario | |
15 | 1956 | Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 307 | Plane crash | Cold Bay, Alaska | |
15 | 1944 | 1944 Montreal RAF Liberator VI crash | Plane crash | Griffintown, Montreal | 5 crew member fatalities, 10 ground fatalities |
15 (Canadian fatalities only) | 2004 | 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami | Earthquake and tsunami | Thailand, India, Sri Lanka | Seven Canadians died in Thailand, and one each in India and Sri Lanka |
15 | 1934 | 1934 Dundas Station train collision | Train wreck | Hamilton, Ontario | Two passenger trains collide |
15 | 1974 | 1974 Les Éboulements bus accident | Bus crash | Les Éboulements, Quebec | |
15 | 1989 | École Polytechnique massacre | Mass shooting | Montreal, Quebec | |
15 | 1943 | Bristol City (1919) | Shipwreck | Newfoundland | |
15 | 1967 | Balmer Mine Disaster | Explosion | Crowsnest Pass | An explosion in the Balmer north mine killed 15 miners.[52] |
15 | 1947 | Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 3 | Plane Crash | Mount Elsay, Vancouver, British Columbia | |
14 | 1985 | Barrie tornado outbreak | Tornado outbreak | Barrie, Ontario | |
14 | 1957 | 1957 Pacific Western Airlines DC-3 crash | Plane crash | Port Hardy, British Columbia | |
14 | 1954 | Yamachiche bus collision | Traffic Collision | Yamachiche, Quebec | [53] |
13 | 1904 | Sand Point train collision | Train wreck | Sand Point, Ontario | |
13 | 1916 | Second Quebec Bridge collapse | Bridge collapse | Quebec City, Quebec | |
13 | 1975 | Gargantua bar attack | Arson, shooting | Montreal, Quebec | Richard Blass killed 13 people inside a bar in a shooting and arson attack |
13 | 1885 | Vale Colliery explosion | Explosion | near Stellarton | [54] |
13 | 1981 | MS Arctic Explorer | Shipwreck | Sank off St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador | |
13 | 1989 | 1989 Cormier-Village hayride accident | Hayride accident | Cormier-Village, New Brunswick | |
13 | 1942 | 1942 Mount Cheam plane crash | Plane crash | Mount Cheam, British Columbia | [55] |
12 | 1954 | Lake of Two Mountains boating accident | Boat accident | L'Île-Bizard, Quebec | Twelve NCC (Negro Community Centre) children drown. |
12 | 1970 | M.F.V. Enterprise and MV Patrick Morris | Shipwrecks | off Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia | The MV Patrick Morris was responding to the mayday call of the M.F.V. Enterprise when it sank as well. |
12 | 2000 | Pine Lake tornado | Tornado | Pine Lake, Alberta | A tornado hit an RV park in rural Alberta |
12 | 2011 | First Air Flight 6560 | Plane crash | Resolute Bay, Nunavut | |
12 | 1958 | Alexis Creek mission hospital fire | Fire | Alexis Creek, British Columbia | |
12 | 1979 | No. 26 Colliery explosion | Explosion | Glace Bay | Mining explosion [56] |
12 | 1943 | 1943 Aldershot train accident | Train collision | Aldershot, Ontario | a passenger train collided with a bus, splitting it in two |
12 | 1877 | Oil Cabinet Novelty Works Company fire | Fire | Montreal, Quebec | List of disasters in Canada |
12 | 1903 | 1903 Hamilton Powder Company explosion | Explosion | Departure Bay, British Columbia | [57][58] |
12 | 1922 | HMS Raleigh (1919) | Shipwreck | Ran aground off Labrador | |
12 | 2022 | 2022 Saskatchewan stabbings | Stabbing | Weldon, Saskatchewan | |
12 | 1977 | 1977 Northern Thunderbird Air Flight crash | Plane crash | Near Northwest Regional Airport Terrace-Kitimat, British Columbia | [59] |
12 | 1941 | 1941 Armstrong plane crash | Plane Crash | Near Armstrong Airport Armstrong, Ontario | [60] |
11 | 2018 | 2018 Toronto van attack | Terrorism, Vehicle-ramming attack | North York, Toronto | Alek Minassian drove his Chevrolet Express into people killing 11 and injuring 15 |
11 | 2012 | Collision between a van and an eighteen-wheeler | Traffic collision | In Hampstead near Stratford and Perth, Ontario. Ten of the killed were Peruvian Migrant workers | |
11 | 1889 | St. George bridge derailment | Train wreck | St. George, Ontario | |
11 | 1908 | 1908 Medicine Hat train collision | Train wreck | Dunmore, Alberta | Collision between a locomotive and a passenger train |
11 | 1998 | Propair Flight 420 | Plane crash | Montréal–Mirabel International Airport, Mirabel, Quebec | |
11 | 1919 | Lac la Biche fire | Forest fire | Alberta and Saskatchewan | |
11 | 1946 | Barry Hotel Fire | Fire | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | |
11 | 1950 | Vancouver Island Lockheed P2V-3W Neptune crash | Plane crash | McCreight Mountain, Vancouver Island, British Columbia | |
11 | 1922 | Great Fire of 1922 | Wildfire | Timiskaming District, Ontario | |
11 | 1925 | Izumo launch collision | Shipwreck | Vancouver, British Columbia | Crew were returning to the ship on a launch after a brief excursion when the launch was struck by the tugboat Nanoose. Only 5 of the crew on board survived.[61] |
11 | 1899 | Caledonia mine explosion | Explosion | Glace Bay, Nova Scotia | [62] |
11 | 1979 | 1979 Saint-Rosalie bus crash | Bus crash | Saint-Rosalie, Quebec | A bus crashed into an overpass near Saint-Rosalie killing 11 people and injuring 20 others[63] |
11 | 1978 | 1978 Airwest Airlines crash | Plane Crash | Coal Harbour, Vancouver, British Columbia | [64] |
11 | 1942 | Excalibur | Plane Crash | Botwood, Newfoundland | [65][66] |
10 | 1960 | Metropolitan Store explosion | Explosion | Windsor, Ontario | [67] |
10 | 1989 | Rupert Hotel fire | Fire | Toronto, Ontario | [68] |
10 | 1985 | 1985 CFB Namao mid-air collision | Mid-air collision | CFB Namao, Edmonton, Alberta | |
10 | 1950 | Leduc Hotel explosion | Explosion | Leduc, Alberta | [69] |
10 | 1930 | McGillivray Mine explosion | Explosion | Coleman | |
10 | 1976 | 1976 Austin Airways DHC-3 crash | Plane crash | Fraserdale, Ontario | |
10 | 2004 | 2004 Georgian Express crash | Plane crash | Pelee, Ontario | |
10 | 1923 | M.V. Orient | Shipwreck | Strait of Georgia, British Columbia | Split in two by the freighter Admiral Nulton leaving three survivors.[61] |
10 | 1899 | Thistle | Shipwreck | Johnstone Strait, British Columbia | [61] |
10 | 2010 | Glengarry Hospital Norovirus outbreak | Outbreak | Victoria, British Columbia | |
10 | 1996 | Saguenay flood | Flood | Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec | |
10 | 1908 | Port Hood explosion | Explosion | Port Hood, Nova Scotia | [70] |
10 | 1996 | Vernon massacre | Mass shooting | Vernon, British Columbia | |
10 | 1977 | 1977 Lantzville bus crash | Traffic Collision | Lantzville, British Columbia | [71] |
10 | 1975 | 1975 GO train bus collision | Level crossing crash | Toronto, Ontario | A GO train collided with a bus killing 10 people and injuring 20 others[72] |
10 | 1919 | Port Colborne explosion | Explosion | Port Colborne Ontario | |
10 | 1944 | 1944 Moose Hall fire | Arson | Hamilton, Ontario | On May 24, 1944, an arsonist set fire to the Moose Hall in Hamilton killing 10 people and injuring 47 others.[73] |
See also
[edit]- Index of Canada-related articles
- List of Deadliest Canadian Traffic Accidents (by death toll)
- List of disasters in Antarctica by death toll
- List of disasters in Australia by death toll
- List of disasters in Canada (by date)
- List of disasters in Croatia by death toll
- List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland by death toll
- List of disasters in New Zealand by death toll
- List of disasters in Poland by death toll
- List of disasters in the United States by death toll
- Volcanism of Canada
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External links
[edit]- Canadian Disasters: an historical survey by Robert L. Jones
- SOS! Canadian Disasters, a virtual museum exhibition at Library and Archives Canada
- Maritime Museum of the Atlantic: Marine Heritage Database