List of disasters in Canada
This is a list of disasters (man-made and natural) in Canada arranged by date. For a list organized by number of fatalities, see List of Canadian disasters by death toll.
- 1700 Eruption of Tseax Cone, British Columbia (one of Canada's worst known geophysical disasters)
- 1732 September 16 Montreal earthquake, Quebec
- 1825 October 7 Miramichi Fire, New Brunswick
- 1864 June 29 St-Hilaire train disaster, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec
- 1881 May 24 Queen Victoria river steamer sinking
- 1889 September 19 Québec rockslide
- 1896 May 26 Point Ellice Bridge disaster, Victoria, BC
- 1903 April 29 Frank Slide at Turtle Mountain, Alberta
- 1906 September 25 Sternwheeler Columbian disaster at Eagle Rock on the Yukon River, Yukon
- 1907 August 29 First Quebec Bridge Collapse
- 1910 March 4 Rogers Pass avalanche, BC
- 1912 April 15 Sinking of the RMS Titanic off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland
- 1912 June 30 Regina Cyclone
- 1913 November The Great Lakes Storm of 1913
- 1914 June 19 Hillcrest mine disaster, Alberta
- 1914 May 29 RMS Empress of Ireland collision Saint Lawrence River
- 1915 Britannia Mine BC – Massive landslide kills 50–60 people
- 1916 February 3 Burning of Parliament Buildings
- 1916 July Matheson Fire, Northeastern Ontario
- 1916 Second Quebec Bridge Collapse
- 1917 December 6 Halifax Explosion
- 1918 October 25 SS Princess Sophia Canadian Liner sinks near Juneau, Alaska
- 1918 September 10 Protection island mining disaster Nanaimo elevator cable snaps 16 dead
- 1921 Britannia Creek BC – Debris flood torrent kills 37 people in Britannia Beach
- 1922 October 4 and 5 The Great Fire (Timsikaming District, Ontario)
- 1925 February 2 Charlevoix–Kamouraska earthquake, Quebec
- 1927 January 9 Laurier Palace Theatre fire Montreal, Quebec
- 1929 November 18 Grand Banks earthquake and tsunami, Burin Peninsula
- 1942 December 12 Knights of Columbus Hostel fire St John's, Newfoundland
- 1946 June 23 Vancouver Island earthquake, British Columbia
- 1949 September 17 SS Noronic fire in Toronto
- 1950 1950 Red River Flood
- 1954 Hurricane Hazel
- 1956 May 15 Villa St. Louis disaster
- 1956 December 9 Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810
- 1958 June 17 Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing collapse
- 1958 October 23 Springhill Mining Disaster Springhill, Nova Scotia
- 1959 June 20 Escuminac disaster New Brunswick
- 1963 November 29 Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville, Quebec
- 1965 January 9 Hope Slide in British Columbia
- 1965 March 1 LaSalle Heights Disaster in LaSalle, Quebec
- 1966 October 7 Dorion level crossing accident
- 1970 July 5 Air Canada Flight 621
- 1971 May 4 Saint-Jean-Vianney landslide
- 1972 September 1 Blue Bird Café fire
- 1973 April–May massive flood destroys Fredericton's surrounding area
- 1977 May 23 The Victoria Day Fire, Cobalt, Ontario, 105 homes & 5 businesses gone Gallery of a few photos
- 1979 November 10 Mississauga train derailment
- 1982 February 15 Ocean Ranger, Grand Banks of Newfoundland
- 1983 June 2 Air Canada Flight 797
- 1985 May 31 1985 Barrie tornado outbreak
- 1985 June 23 Air India Flight 182
- 1985 December 12 Arrow Air Flight 1285 Gander, Newfoundland
- 1986 February 8 Hinton train collision
- 1987 July 31 Edmonton Tornado
- 1989 October 8 Cormier Village hayride accident
- 1992 May 9 Westray Mine disaster Plymouth, Nova Scotia
- 1996 July 19–20 Saguenay Flood
- 1997 April Red River Flood, 1997
- 1997 2nd Les Éboulements Bus Accident
- 1998 January 5–9, massive ice storm hits Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick
- 1998 September 2 Swissair Flight 111 Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia
- 1998 Summer Forest Fire hits Salmon Arm, British Columbia
- 1999 September 3 87-vehicle pileup on Highway 401 near Windsor, Ontario
- 2000 May Walkerton Tragedy
- 2000 July 14 Pine Lake tornado in Alberta
- 2003 April 24 2003 Etobicoke gas explosion
- 2003 September 29 Hurricane Juan Halifax, Nova Scotia
- 2005 August 2 Air France Flight 358 at Toronto Pearson International Airport (0 deaths, known as the "Miracle in Toronto")
- 2006 September 30 De la Concorde overpass collapse, Laval, Quebec
- 2008 January 12 2008 Bathurst Boys in Red accident, Bathurst, New Brunswick
- 2009 March 12 Cougar Helicopters Flight 91 off of Newfoundland.
- 2010 September 21 Hurricane Igor Cape Race, Newfoundland
- 2011 May 15 Slave Lake fire, Alberta
- 2011 August 20 First Air Flight 6560 near Resolute, Nunavut
- 2011 August 21 Goderich Tornado in Goderich, Ontario
- 2012 February 26 Burlington derailment in Burlington, Ontario
- 2013 June 20–July 12 2013 Alberta floods, centred on Calgary
- 2013 July 6 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec
- 2014 January 23 L'Isle-Verte nursing home fire in L'Isle-Verte, Quebec
- 2014 August 4 Mount Polley mine disaster near Likely, British Columbia
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