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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.
June 21 – two weak tornadoes touched down near Limerick and Avonlea, Saskatchewan. June 22 – a possible tornado destroyed a garage and ripped a roof off a house in Woodlands, Manitoba, about 60 km (37 mi) north of Winnipeg. June 23 – two confirmed tornadoes touched down near the town of Midland, Ontario.
More than 100 blazes are burning across Canada Monday, with several major wildfires prompting evacuations for hundreds of residents and threatening to swallow up communities.. In the province of ...
Deaths. At least 5; 1 indirect [1] Property damage. $2.5-7.5 billion [2] [3] [4] The 2021 Pacific Northwest floods were a series of floods that affected British Columbia, Canada, and parts of neighboring Washington state in the United States. The flooding and numerous mass wasting events were caused by a Pineapple Express, a type of atmospheric ...
2. 81+. VIA Rail train No. 74, travelling eastward on the north main track of the CNR Chatham Sub., at Thamesville, Ontario, encountered a reversed switch, crossed over to the south main track and derailed at Mile 46.7. The derailed train collided with stationary rail cars on an adjacent south yard siding.
CRL, Ontario, Canada: The NRX accident. A hydrogen explosion occurred in the reactor core due to a cascade of malfunctions and operator errors. The world's first major nuclear reactor accident. 0: See NRX accident 5: May 24, 1958: CRL, Ontario, Canada: The NRU accident. A fuel rod caught fire and broke when removed, then dispersed fission ...
The strongest of a sequence of major earthquakes 1982-01-09 Miramichi, NB 47.00 -66.60 ... Earthquakes Canada Recent earthquakes Archived 2012-08-19 at the Wayback ...