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For a list organized by the number of fatalities, see List of disasters in Canada by death toll.

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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Pre-1597

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Pre-colonial period
Date Disaster Type Location Region Notes Ref(s)

1597–1867

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Colonial period
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 Mw 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

1867–1916

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Early Dominion Period
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 with Norwegian collier Storstad 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

1917–1969

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Pre-Centennial Period
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 Nuns Motherhouse fire Fire 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 Pollux-Truxtun Disaster Double shipwreck Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland Atlantic Canada 203 Sinkings of USS Pollux and USS Truxtun
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 Port Alberni, BC West Coast 0 Two waves over 2 metres high smashed into community
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

1970–2016

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Post-Centennial Period
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 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 Air crash Off 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

2017–present

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Pre-Bicentennial Period
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 – 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) [41][42]
2020 April 18 – 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]
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 [55]
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)[56] 16,000 people evacuated. Shelburne County wildfire amongst largest ever seen in the province. [57]
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 [58][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]

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