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.

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200 or more deaths

FatalitiesYearArticleTypeLocationComments
55,000+1918-1919 1918 influenza pandemic Pandemic CanadaFatalities are estimated
53,000+2020–present COVID-19 PandemicCanadaOngoing
26,000+1981–present HIV/AIDS PandemicCanadaOngoing
20,000+1847-1848 Canadian typhus PandemicCanadaFatalities are estimated
7,0001957-1958 Asian flu PandemicCanada
6,0001890-1891 Russian flu PandemicCanada
4,0001775 [1] Newfoundland Hurricane of 1775 Hurricane Newfoundland
4,0001968 Hong Kong flu PandemicCanada
Unknown, likely several thousand1700 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
2,0001917 Halifax Explosion Explosion Halifax, Nova ScotiaEstimate; 1,950 recorded names
1,0121914 RMS Empress of Ireland Shipwreck St. Lawrence River, Quebec
8901711 Quebec expedition (1711) Shipwreck Quebec Failed expedition that led to the drowning of about 890
6762021 2021 Western North America heat wave Heat wave Alberta and British Columbia610 excess deaths in BC and 66 excess deaths in Alberta during the week [6] [7] [8]
500+1953 Polio Epidemic Canada
5621873 RMS Atlantic ShipwreckMars Island, Nova Scotia
4282009-2010 Swine flu PandemicCanadaout of 3 million Canadians infected
3601758 Duke William Shipwreck Atlantic Ocean near the coast of France during the expulsion of the Acadians [9]
3531918 SS Princess Sophia ShipwreckNear Juneau, Alaska en route from Vancouver and Victoria to northern BC and Alaska
3401805 Aeneas Shipwreck Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland
3001758 [10] Violet ShipwreckAtlantic Ocean near the coast of England during the expulsion of the Acadians bound for France
3161834 Sybelle Shipwreck St. Paul Island, Nova ScotiaEmigrant ship wreck
3001885 [11] [12] Great Labrador Gale of 1885 Hurricane Labrador coast
2751875 SS Pacific Shipwrecknear 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.
2651833 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
2561985 Arrow Air Flight 1285 Plane crash Gander, NewfoundlandAs of 2024, it is the deadliest aviation accident to occur on Canadian soil. [13]
2531689 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
2531857 SS Montreal Shipwreck St. Lawrence River, QuebecCaught on fire near Quebec City [14]
2501913 Great Lakes Storm of 1913 Blizzard/Storm Great Lakes, OntarioEstimate is for both Canadian and U.S. fatalities
2381797 HMS Tribune Shipwreck Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia
2371863 [15] SS Anglo Saxon Shipwreck Cape Race, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland Allan Line shipwreck
2291998 Swissair Flight 111 Plane crash St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia
223-6001873 Nova Scotia hurricane of 1873 HurricaneNova ScotiaThe 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
2231916 Matheson Fire Forest fire Black River-Matheson, OntarioOfficial estimate [16]
2211834 Astrea (1812 ship) ShipwreckSank east of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia Sank with 224 people aboard. Only 3 survived
2051860 [17] SS Hungarian Shipwreck Cape Sable Island, Nova ScotiaAllan Line passenger ship wrecked Cape Sable, NS
2031942 USS Pollux (AKS-2) and USS Truxtun (DD-229) Shipwreck Placentia Bay, NewfoundlandWreck 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

FatalitiesYearArticleTypeLocationComments
190+ [18] 1758 Ruby Shipwreck Azores, Portugal during the expulsion of the Acadians
1891914 Hillcrest mine disaster Explosion Hillcrest, Crowsnest Pass, AlbertaDeadliest mining disaster in Canadian history
182+1881 Victoria steamboat disaster Shipwreck London, Ontario [19]
1741914 SS Southern Cross ShipwreckOff the coast of Newfoundland
1731918 SS Florizel Shipwreck Cappahayden, Newfoundland
173-1921927 1927 Nova Scotia hurricane Hurricane Nova Scotia and surrounding areaApproximate figure, most fatalities occurred at sea
1601825 Miramichi fire Forest fire Northern New Brunswick, including the towns of Fredericton, Miramichi, and Doaktown
1501887 Nanaimo mine explosion Explosion Nanaimo, British Columbia
1371942 SS Caribou ShipwreckSank southwest of Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador
1361906 SS Valencia Shipwreck Cape Beale, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
1301845-1848 Franklin's lost expedition Failed expedition King William Island area, NunavutThe final expedition of John Franklin, where HMS Erebus and HMS Terror were lost in the Northwest Passage
1281902Coal Creek mine disasterExplosion Coal Creek, British Columbia
1251891 First Springhill mining disaster Explosion Springhill, Nova Scotia
1231882 SS Asia Shipwreck Georgian Bay
1201747 Battle of Grand Pré Battle Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia
1181949 SS Noronic Shipwreck Toronto, Ontario
1181963 Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 Plane crash Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec
1151828 HMS Acorn Shipwreck Halifax, Nova Scotia
1141942 HMS Crusader (H60) ShipwreckSank east of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
1141761 Auguste (1758 ship) ShipwreckSank in Aspy Bay, Nova Scotia There was 121 aboard the ship and only 7 survived
1101942 USS Truxtun (DD-229) Shipwreck Lawn, Newfoundland and Labrador Sank alongside USS Pollux (AKS-2)
1091970 Air Canada Flight 621 Plane crash Brampton, Ontario
1021711 HMS Feversham Shipwreck Scatarie Island, Main-à-Dieu, Nova Scotia

99 to 10 deaths

FatalitiesYearIncident NameTypeLocationComments
991864 Beloeil train disaster Train wreck Beloeil, QuebecDeadliest train disaster in Canada
991942 Knights of Columbus Hostel fire Fire, Suspected Arson St. John's, Newfoundland
941918 SS Florizel ShipwreckSank near Renews-Cappahayden, Newfoundland Sank after collision with rocks
931942 USS Pollux (AKS-2) Shipwreck Lawn, Newfoundland and Labrador
901711 HMS Feversham (1696) Shipwreck Scatarie Island Nova Scotia 90 crew members drowned while the other 45 crew members survived
881918Allan mine explosionExplosion Stellarton, Nova Scotia [20]
871942 SS Cyclops (1906) Shipwreckoff 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
841982 Ocean Ranger Oil platform sinking Grand Banks, Newfoundland
81 (Canadian fatalities only)1954 Hurricane Hazel Hurricane Ontario
791957 Maritime Central Airways Flight 315 Plane crash Issoudun, Quebec
781914 1914 Newfoundland Sealing Disaster StormAtlantic Ocean off the coast of NewfoundlandFatalities from the SS Southern Cross are excluded
771927 Laurier Palace Theatre fire Fire Montreal, Quebec
751907 First Quebec Bridge collapse Bridge collapse Quebec City, Quebec
751958 Third Springhill mining disaster Coal mine bump Springhill, Nova Scotia
742018 2018 North American heat wave Heat wave Quebec and Ontario [21]
73-2001911 Great Porcupine Fire Forest fire Porcupine, Ontario
701903 Frank Slide Rockslide Frank, Crowsnest Pass, North-West Territories (Modern day Alberta)
651917Dominion No. 12 Colliery explosionExplosion New Waterford, Nova Scotia [22]
641966 Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 402 Plane crash Tokyo, Japan Crashed on landing at Haneda Airport in Tokyo with 8 survivors
641813 HMS Tweed (1807) Shipwreck Shoal Bay (Newfoundland and Labrador)
63 (Canadian fatalities only)2020 Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 Plane shootdown Tehran, Iran
621910 Rogers Pass avalanche Avalanche Rogers Pass, British Columbia
621956 Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810 Plane crash Chilliwack, British Columbia
601915 Britannia Mine Jane Camp landslide Landslide Britannia Beach, British Columbia
591857 Desjardins Canal disaster Train wreck Hamilton, Ontario On March 12, 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]
591828 Despatch Shipwreck Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland [25]
581945 German submarine U-548 ShipwreckSank southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia All 58 people on the submarine were lost with it
551896 Point Ellice Bridge disaster Tram accident Victoria, British Columbia
55-581926 1926 Nova Scotia hurricane HurricaneNova ScotiaApproximate number, most deaths occurred at sea.
542018 2018 Eastern Canada heat wave Heat wave Eastern Canada [26]
531943 German submarine U-174 ShipwreckSank southwest of Newfoundland No survivors [27]
531942 German submarine U-520 ShipwreckSank east of Newfoundland No survivors [28]
521854 Jeannette's Creek train wreck Train wreck Jeannettes Creek, Ontario
52-2321900 1900 Galveston Hurricane HurricaneEastern Canada
521965 Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 21 Mass murdernear 100 Mile House, British ColumbiaCrashed after a bomb exploded on board. The motive and perpetrator(s) remain unknown.
50 - 601849 Hannah (1849 shipwreck) Shipwreck Gulf of St. Lawrence [29]
481979 Opémiska Community Hall fire Fire Chapais, Quebec
471942 SS Empire Dabchick ShipwreckSank southeast of Sable Island, Nova Scotia Sank with the loss of 36 crew and 11 DEMS gunners
472013 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster Train wreck Lac-Mégantic, Quebec
44-631910 Spanish River derailment Train wreck Nairn, Ontario
441950 1950 Douglas C-54D disappearance Suspected plane crashSomewhere between Snag and Aishihik, Yukon Territory 42 US military personnel and 2 civilians. No trace of the plane has ever been found.
441997 1997 Les Éboulements bus accident Bus crash Les Éboulements, Quebec
441880Foord Pit explosionExplosion Stellarton, Nova Scotia [30]
441917 CGS Simcoe (1909) ShipwreckSank near the Magdalen Islands, Quebec No survivors
431922 Great Fire of 1922 Wildfire Timiskaming District, Ontario
4320032003 SARS outbreak Outbreak Toronto, OntarioOut of a total of 251 cases
431942 German submarine U-754 ShipwreckSank near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia No survivors, all 43 aboard the submarine died
431978 Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314 Plane crash Cranbrook, British Columbia
40+1815 HMS Penelope Shipwrecknear Cap des Rosiers, QuebecMany survivors later froze to death. [31]
401889 Quebec rockslide Rockslide Quebec City, Quebec
401901 SS Islander Shipwreck Lynn Canal, Alaska Sunk by an iceberg south of Juneau
40 (Canadian fatalities only)1912 Titanic Shipwrecknear NewfoundlandCanadian deaths only of 1,517 total [32]
401918 HMCS Galiano Shipwreck Queen Charlotte Sound 20 miles (32 km) of Kunghit Island, British Columbia
401978 Eastman bus crash Bus crash Eastman, Quebec
391928 Hollinger Mining Disaster Mine fire Timmins, Ontario
391942 Almonte train wreck Train wreck Almonte, Ontario
391956 Second Springhill mining disaster Explosion Springhill, Nova Scotia
391946 1946 American Overseas Airlines Douglas DC-4 crash Plane crash Stephenville, Newfoundland
391945 HMCS Esquimalt ShipwreckSank off Chebucto Head, Nova Scotia
381850 Commerce Shipwreck Port Maitland, Ontario
3819691969 Notre-Dame-du-Lac Nursing Home FireFire Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Quebec [33]
371867Great Labrador Gale of 1867Storm Labrador, Newfoundland
37+1869 1869 Saxby Gale Tropical cyclone Maritime provinces Most deaths occurred at sea
371951 1951 Canadian Pacific Air Douglas DC-10 disappearance Suspected plane crash Pacific Ocean near Yakutat, Alaska
371972 Blue Bird Café fire Arson Montreal, Quebec
371921 Britannia Beach flood Flood Britannia Beach, British Columbia
371954 Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 9 Mid-air collision Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
361952 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 324 Plane crash Sandspit, British Columbia
361746 Battle at Port-la-Joye Battle Skmaqn–Port-la-Joye–Fort Amherst, Prince Edward Island
351959 1959 Escuminac hurricane Hurricane Gulf of St. Lawrence, New Brunswick
351967 ČSA Flight 523 Plane crash Gander, Newfoundland
322014 L'Isle-Verte nursing home fire Fire L'Isle-Verte, Quebec
321971MV MeteorShip fire Pacific Ocean off of Vancouver, British Columbia
321974 Panarctic Oils Flight 416 Plane crash Melville Island, Northwest Territories
321909Wellington Collieries cave-in Mining accident Extension, British Columbia [34]
3219101910 Herald fireFire Montreal, Quebec [35]
311902Wanstead train disasterTrain wreck Wanstead, Ontario
311882Halifax Poor House fireFire Halifax, Nova Scotia [36]
311947 Dugald train disaster Train wreck Dugald, Manitoba
311910 Bellevue mine disaster Explosion Bellevue, Alberta21 of the deaths caused by inhaling carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide
311971 Saint-Jean-Vianney landslide Landslide Saint-Jean-Vianney, Quebec [37]
301930 John B. King explosion Explosionnear Brockville, OntarioLightning struck a drill boat containing dynamite
3020032003 Avalanche seasonAvalancheWestern Canada (Alberta and British Columbia)Deadliest avalanche season in Canada since 1970
~301979 Eastern Canadian blizzard of March 1971 Blizzard Quebec
301932Cymbeline explosionExplosion Montreal Steamship SS Cymbeline exploded killing at least 30 men. [38]
301942SaganagaShipwreck Conception Bay, Newfoundland List of shipwrecks in September 1942#5 September
291929 1929 Grand Banks earthquake Earthquake and tsunami Burin Peninsula, NewfoundlandMainly affecting the town of Burin
291975 SS Edmund Fitzgerald ShipwreckNorthwest of Pancake Bay, Ontario in Lake Superior
291941Brazeau Collieries Mine explosionExplosion Rocky Mountain House, Alberta
281912 Regina Cyclone Tornado Regina, Saskatchewan
281965 LaSalle Heights disaster Explosion LaSalle, Quebec
28 (Canadian fatalities only)1998 North American ice storm of 1998 Ice storm Ontario and Quebec
281931 SS Viking Explosion Horse Islands, Newfoundland
271958 Second Narrows Bridge collapse Bridge collapse Vancouver, British Columbia
271962 Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 301 Plane crash Honolulu, Hawaii
271987 Edmonton tornado Tornado Edmonton, Alberta
271946 1946 Sabena DC-4 crash Plane crash Gander, Newfoundland
26+1804 HMS Speedy Shipwreck Presqu'ile Bay, Lake Ontario
26-281965 Granduc Mine avalanche Avalanche Stewart, British Columbia
261992 Westray Mine methane explosion Explosion Plymouth, Nova Scotia
2619481948 Rimouski Airlines crashPlane crash Anticosti Island, Quebec
2519801980 Mississauga nursing home fireFire Mississauga, Ontario [39]
251913 SS Argus Shipwreck Lake Huron No survivors
251916 James B. Colgate (ship) ShipwreckSank off Long Point, Ontario Out of the 26-man crew only sea captain Walter Grashaw survived
241989 Air Ontario Flight 1363 Plane crash Dryden, Ontario
241943 1943 Saint-Donat RCAF Liberator III crash Plane Crash Saint-Donat, Quebec
2419161916 Quaker Oats explosionExplosion, fire Peterborough, Ontario
231949 Québec Airways DC-3 bomb sabotage Mass murder Saint-Joachim, QuebecAlbert Guay, along with the assistance of two other people planted a bomb in a plan to kill his wife
231983 Air Canada Flight 797 Aircraft fire Cincinnati International Airport, Kentucky
231986 Hinton train collision Train wreck Hinton, Alberta
232005 Legionnaire's disease outbreak Epidemic Toronto, Ontario [40] [41]
232020 2020 Nova Scotia attacks Mass shooting Portapique, Enfield, Wentworth, Debert, and Shubenacaide, Nova Scotia
2319511957 Queen Charlotte Airlines Canto crashPlane crash Mount Benson, British Columbia
231947 Goose Bay USAF DC-4 crash Plane crash CFB Goose Bay, Newfoundland
2319531953 Random Island plane crashPlane crash Random Island, Nova Scotia [42]
221980 Swift Current Broncos bus crash Bus crashnear Swift Current, Saskatchewan [43]
2219581958 Lockheed Constellation crashPlane crash Argentia, Newfoundland
222008 2008 Canada listeriosis outbreak Outbreak Toronto, OntarioOut of 57 total cases
221980 CP Rail crew bus crash Bus Crash Webb, Saskatchewan
211977 Saint John City Hall fire Arson Saint John, New Brunswick [44]
211950 Canoe River train crash Train wreck Valemount, British Columbia
211943 FV Flora Alberta Ship collision Atlantic Ocean off of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
211998 MV Flare Shipwreck Cabot Strait, Newfoundland
2119491949 RCAF Canso crashPlane crashBigstone Lake, Manitoba
211946 1946 RCAF Estevan C-47 Dakota crash Plane crash Estevan, Saskatchewan
211938Princess Pit rake disaster Mining accident Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia [45]
211736 Lake of the Woods massacre Massacre Massacre Island (Ontario) 21 Frenchmen were killed by Lakota and Dakota warriors
211966 Dorion level crossing accident School bus crash Dorion, Quebec
201927 Beauval Indian Residential School Fire Fire Beauval, Saskatchewan
201941 American Airlines Flight 1 (1941) Plane crashWest of St. Thomas, Ontario
201918Alvin Siding camp fireFire Nova Scotia [46]
201771 Bloody Falls massacre Massacre Bloody Falls, Nunavut
201911 Sechelt (steamboat) Shipwrecknear Race Rocks Light, British Columbia 20 estimated fatalities
201953 Colonial Coach Lines Bus Accident Traffic collision Morrisburg, Ontario A bus and a truck collided killing 20 people
191993La Tuque bus disasterBus crash La Tuque, Quebec
191910 SS Regulus Shipwreck Shoal Bay, Newfoundland
191941 Polio EpidemicNew BrunswickOut of a total of 427 cases
191952McGregor Mine ExplosionExplosion Stellarton Nova Scotia [47]
191993 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
181958 Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing collapse Engineering disaster Vancouver, British Columbia 18 workers were killed
181944 German submarine U-1229 ShipwreckSank south of Newfoundland 41 survivors
171960 Lamont school bus crash School bus crashnear the town of Lamont, Alberta [48]
171946 [49] Windsor-Tecumseh tornado Tornado Windsor, Ontario
172009 Cougar Helicopters Flight 91 Helicopter crash Off the coast of Newfoundland
171907Hochelaga Protestant School FireFire Montreal, Quebec
172023 Carberry bus crash Bus crash Carberry, Manitoba
171979 Quebecair Flight 255 Plane crash Quebec City, Quebec
161918 Protection Island mining disaster Elevator accident Protection Island, Nanaimo, British Columbia [50]
162018 Humboldt Broncos bus crash Bus crash Armley, Saskatchewan
161958Oldfield Apartment FireFire Montreal, Quebec
161935Galt Mine No.8 ExplosionExplosion Coalhurst, Alberta
161928 SS Manasoo ShipwreckSank near Griffith Island (Georgian Bay), Ontario Out of the 21 people on board the Manasoo only 5 survived while the other 16 died [51]
161990 1990 Faucett Perú Boeing 727 disappearance Plane disappearanceSoutheast of Cape Race, Newfoundland
151898 Cornwall railway bridge collapse Bridge collapse Cornwall, Ontario
151956 Orleans air disaster Plane crash Orleans, Ontario
151956 Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 307 Plane crash Cold Bay, Alaska
151944 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
1519341934 Dundas Station train collisionTrain wreck Hamilton, OntarioTwo passenger trains collide
151974 1974 Les Éboulements bus accident Bus crash Les Éboulements, Quebec
151989 École Polytechnique massacre Mass shooting Montreal, Quebec
151943 Bristol City (1919) Shipwreck Newfoundland
151967Balmer Mine DisasterExplosion Crowsnest Pass An explosion in the Balmer north mine killed 15 miners. [52]
151947 Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 3 Plane Crash Mount Elsay, Vancouver, British Columbia
141985 Barrie tornado outbreak Tornado outbreak Barrie, Ontario
1419571957 Pacific Western Airlines DC-3 crashPlane crash Port Hardy, British Columbia
141954Yamachiche bus collision Traffic Collision Yamachiche, Quebec [53]
131904 Sand Point train collision Train wreck Sand Point, Ontario
131916 Second Quebec Bridge collapse Bridge collapse Quebec City, Quebec
131975 Gargantua bar attack Arson, shooting Montreal, Quebec Richard Blass killed 13 people inside a bar in a shooting and arson attack
131885Vale Colliery explosionExplosionnear Stellarton [54]
131981 MS Arctic Explorer ShipwreckSank off St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador
131989 1989 Cormier-Village hayride accident Hayride accident Cormier-Village, New Brunswick
1319421942 Mount Cheam plane crashPlane crash Mount Cheam, British Columbia [55]
121954 Lake of Two Mountains boating accidentBoat accident L'Île-Bizard, QuebecTwelve NCC (Negro Community Centre) children drown.
121970M.F.V. Enterprise and MV Patrick Morris Shipwrecksoff Cape Breton Island, Nova ScotiaThe MV Patrick Morris was responding to the mayday call of the M.F.V. Enterprise when it sank as well.
122000 Pine Lake tornado Tornado Pine Lake, AlbertaA tornado hit an RV park in rural Alberta
122011 First Air Flight 6560 Plane crash Resolute Bay, Nunavut
121958Alexis Creek mission hospital fireFire Alexis Creek, British Columbia
121979No. 26 Colliery explosionExplosion Glace Bay Mining explosion [56]
1219431943 Aldershot train accidentTrain collisionAldershot, Ontarioa passenger train collided with a bus, splitting it in two
121877Oil Cabinet Novelty Works Company fireFire Montreal, Quebec List of disasters in Canada
1219031903 Hamilton Powder Company explosionExplosion Departure Bay, British Columbia [57] [58]
121922 HMS Raleigh (1919) ShipwreckRan aground off Labrador
122022 2022 Saskatchewan stabbings Stabbing Weldon, Saskatchewan
1219771977 Northern Thunderbird Air Flight crashPlane crashNear Northwest Regional Airport Terrace-Kitimat, British Columbia [59]
1219411941 Armstrong plane crashPlane CrashNear Armstrong Airport Armstrong, Ontario [60]
112018 2018 Toronto van attack Terrorism, Vehicle-ramming attack North York, Toronto Alek Minassian drove his Chevrolet Express into people killing 11 and injuring 15
112012Collision between a van and an eighteen-wheelerTraffic collisionIn Hampstead near Stratford and Perth, Ontario. Ten of the killed were Peruvian Migrant workers
111889 St. George bridge derailment Train wreck St. George, Ontario
1119081908 Medicine Hat train collisionTrain wreck Dunmore, AlbertaCollision between a locomotive and a passenger train
111998 Propair Flight 420 Plane crash Montréal–Mirabel International Airport, Mirabel, Quebec
111919Lac la Biche fireForest fireAlberta and Saskatchewan
111946Barry Hotel FireFire Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
111950 Vancouver Island Lockheed P2V-3W Neptune crash Plane crashMcCreight Mountain, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
111922 Great Fire of 1922 Wildfire Timiskaming District, Ontario
111925 Izumo launch collisionShipwreck Vancouver, British ColumbiaCrew 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]
111899Caledonia mine explosionExplosion Glace Bay, Nova Scotia [62]
1119791979 Saint-Rosalie bus crashBus crashSaint-Rosalie, Quebec A bus crashed into an overpass near Saint-Rosalie killing 11 people and injuring 20 others [63]
1119781978 Airwest Airlines crashPlane Crash Coal Harbour, Vancouver, British Columbia [64]
111942ExcaliburPlane Crash Botwood, Newfoundland [65] [66]
101960 Metropolitan Store explosion Explosion Windsor, Ontario [67]
101989Rupert Hotel fireFire Toronto, Ontario [68]
101985 1985 CFB Namao mid-air collision Mid-air collision CFB Namao, Edmonton, Alberta
101950Leduc Hotel explosionExplosion Leduc, Alberta [69]
101930McGillivray Mine explosionExplosion Coleman
101976 1976 Austin Airways DHC-3 crash Plane crash Fraserdale, Ontario
102004 2004 Georgian Express crash Plane crash Pelee, Ontario
101923M.V. OrientShipwreck Strait of Georgia, British ColumbiaSplit in two by the freighter Admiral Nulton leaving three survivors. [61]
101899ThistleShipwreck Johnstone Strait, British Columbia [61]
102010Glengarry Hospital Norovirus outbreakOutbreak Victoria, British Columbia
101996 Saguenay flood Flood Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec
101908Port Hood explosionExplosion Port Hood, Nova Scotia [70]
101996 Vernon massacre Mass shooting Vernon, British Columbia
1019771977 Lantzville bus crash Traffic Collision Lantzville, British Columbia [71]
1019751975 GO train bus collision Level crossing crash Toronto, Ontario A GO train collided with a bus killing 10 people and injuring 20 others [72]
101919 Port Colborne explosion Explosion Port Colborne Ontario
1019441944 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]

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