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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 [ edit ] Pre-1597 [ edit ]
flight out of Montréal–Mirabel International Airport, bomb exploded off the coast of Ireland. 268 out of 329 total fatalities were Canadian. 256. 1985. Arrow Air Flight 1285. Plane crash. Gander, Newfoundland. As of 2024, it is the deadliest aviation accident to occur on Canadian soil.
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 ...
List of confirmed Canadian tornadoes in 2023 [nb 1] Start Coord. / 50.42; -113.85 ( Cayley (May 11, EF0)) A brief landspout tornado was videoed; no damage was observed. [6] This was the first landspout classified as a tornado by the NTP following a change in operations in June 2023. [7] / 50.3553; -104.5535 ( Regina (May 27, EF1)) A ...
In all, Hazel killed nearly 100 people and caused almost $630 million (2005 CAD) in damages (on top of over 500 other deaths and billions in damage in the US and Caribbean). No other recent natural disaster on Canadian soil has been so deadly. Floods killed 35 people on a single street in Toronto.
The most famous hurricane in Canadian history struck on October 15, 1954, causing catastrophic flooding. Hurricane Hazel submerged low-lying land from Etobicoke to the Holland Marsh and left 81 people dead. No natural disaster since has led to such a high death toll in Canada. Over 4,000 families were left homeless. : 13
Disasters of the Century is a documentary television series that airs on History Television.The program is produced by Regina, Saskatchewan-based Partners in Motion.. Each episode documents two different disasters from Canada and around the world, using a mixture of re-enactments, photographs, and interviews with survivors and family members of victims.
List of Canadian tornadoes in 2023. Categories: Natural disasters by country. Geography of Canada. Disasters in Canada. Natural disasters in North America by country. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.