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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.

200 or more deaths

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Fatalities Year Article Type Location Comments
55,000+ 1918-1919 1918 influenza pandemic Pandemic Canada Fatalities are estimated
53,000+ 2020-present COVID-19 Pandemic Canada Ongoing
26,000+ 1981-present HIV/AIDS Pandemic Canada Ongoing
20,000+ 1847-1848 Canadian typhus Pandemic Canada Fatalities are estimated
7,000 1957-1958 Asian flu Pandemic Canada
6,000 1890-1891 Russian flu Pandemic Canada
4,000 1775[1] Newfoundland Hurricane of 1775 Hurricane Newfoundland
4,000 1968 Hong Kong flu Pandemic Canada
Unknown, likely several thousand 1700 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
2,000 1917 Halifax Explosion Explosion Halifax, Nova Scotia Estimate; 1,950 recorded names
1,012 1914 RMS Empress of Ireland Shipwreck St. Lawrence River, Quebec
890 1711 Quebec expedition (1711) Shipwreck Quebec Failed expedition that led to the drowning of about 890
676 2021 2021 Western North America heat wave Heat wave Alberta and British Columbia 610 excess deaths in BC and 66 excess deaths in Alberta during the week[6][7][8]
500+ 1953 Polio Epidemic Canada
562 1873 RMS Atlantic Shipwreck Mars Island, Nova Scotia
428 2009-2010 Swine flu Pandemic Canada out of 3 million Canadians infected
360 1758 Duke William Shipwreck Atlantic Ocean near the coast of France during the expulsion of the Acadians[9]
353 1918 SS Princess Sophia Shipwreck Near Juneau, Alaska en route from Vancouver and Victoria to northern BC and Alaska
340 1805 Aeneas Shipwreck Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland
300 1758[10] Violet Shipwreck Atlantic Ocean near the coast of England during the expulsion of the Acadians bound for France
316 1834 Sybelle Shipwreck St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia Emigrant ship wreck
300 1885[11][12] Great Labrador Gale of 1885 Hurricane Labrador coast
275 1875 SS Pacific Shipwreck near 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.
265 1833 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
256 1985 Arrow Air Flight 1285 Plane crash Gander, Newfoundland As of 2024, it is the deadliest aviation accident to occur on Canadian soil.[13]
253 1689 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
253 1857 SS Montreal Shipwreck St. Lawrence River, Quebec Caught on fire near Quebec City[14]
250 1913 Great Lakes Storm of 1913 Blizzard/Storm Great Lakes, Ontario Estimate is for both Canadian and U.S. fatalities
238 1797 HMS Tribune Shipwreck Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia
237 1863[15] SS Anglo Saxon Shipwreck Cape Race, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland Allan Line shipwreck
229 1998 Swissair Flight 111 Plane crash St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia
223-600 1873 Nova Scotia hurricane of 1873 Hurricane Nova Scotia The 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
223 1916 Matheson Fire Forest fire Black River-Matheson, Ontario Official estimate[16]
221 1834 Astrea (1812 ship) Shipwreck Sank east of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia Sank with 224 people aboard. Only 3 survived
205 1860[17] SS Hungarian Shipwreck Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia Allan Line passenger ship wrecked Cape Sable, NS
203 1942 USS Pollux (AKS-2) and USS Truxtun (DD-229) Shipwreck Placentia Bay, Newfoundland Wreck 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

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Fatalities Year Article Type Location Comments
190+[18] 1758 Ruby Shipwreck Azores, Portugal during the expulsion of the Acadians
189 1914 Hillcrest mine disaster Explosion Hillcrest, Crowsnest Pass, Alberta Deadliest mining disaster in Canadian history
182+ 1881 Victoria steamboat disaster Shipwreck London, Ontario [19]
174 1914 SS Southern Cross Shipwreck Off the coast of Newfoundland
173 1918 SS Florizel Shipwreck Cappahayden, Newfoundland
173-192 1927 1927 Nova Scotia hurricane Hurricane Nova Scotia and surrounding area Approximate figure, most fatalities occurred at sea
160 1825 Miramichi fire Forest fire Northern New Brunswick, including the towns of Fredericton, Miramichi, and Doaktown
150 1887 Nanaimo mine explosion Explosion Nanaimo, British Columbia
137 1942 SS Caribou Shipwreck Sank southwest of Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador
136 1906 SS Valencia Shipwreck Cape Beale, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
130 1845-1848 Franklin's lost expedition Failed expedition King William Island area, Nunavut The final expedition of John Franklin, where HMS Erebus and HMS Terror were lost in the Northwest Passage
128 1902 Coal Creek mine disaster Explosion Coal Creek, British Columbia
125 1891 First Springhill mining disaster Explosion Springhill, Nova Scotia
123 1882 SS Asia Shipwreck Georgian Bay
120 1747 Battle of Grand Pré Battle Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia
118 1949 SS Noronic Shipwreck Toronto, Ontario
118 1963 Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 Plane crash Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec
115 1828 HMS Acorn Shipwreck Halifax, Nova Scotia
114 1942 HMS Crusader (H60) Shipwreck Sank east of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
114 1761 Auguste (1758 ship) Shipwreck Sank in Aspy Bay, Nova Scotia There was 121 aboard the ship and only 7 survived
110 1942 USS Truxtun (DD-229) Shipwreck Lawn, Newfoundland and Labrador Sank alongside USS Pollux (AKS-2)
109 1970 Air Canada Flight 621 Plane crash Brampton, Ontario
102 1711 HMS Feversham Shipwreck Scatarie Island, Main-à-Dieu, Nova Scotia

99 to 10 deaths

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Fatalities Year Incident Name Type Location Comments
99 1864 Beloeil train disaster Train wreck Beloeil, Quebec Deadliest train disaster in Canada
99 1942 Knights of Columbus Hostel fire Fire, Suspected Arson St. John's, Newfoundland
94 1918 SS Florizel Shipwreck Sank near Renews-Cappahayden, Newfoundland Sank after collision with rocks
93 1942 USS Pollux (AKS-2) Shipwreck Lawn, Newfoundland and Labrador
90 1711 HMS Feversham (1696) Shipwreck Scatarie Island Nova Scotia 90 crew members drowned while the other 45 crew members survived
88 1918 Allan mine explosion Explosion Stellarton, Nova Scotia [20]
87 1942 SS Cyclops (1906) Shipwreck off 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
84 1982 Ocean Ranger Oil platform sinking Grand Banks, Newfoundland
81 (Canadian fatalities only) 1954 Hurricane Hazel Hurricane Ontario
79 1957 Maritime Central Airways Flight 315 Plane crash Issoudun, Quebec
78 1914 1914 Newfoundland Sealing Disaster Storm Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland Fatalities from the SS Southern Cross are excluded
77 1927 Laurier Palace Theatre fire Fire Montreal, Quebec
75 1907 First Quebec Bridge collapse Bridge collapse Quebec City, Quebec
75 1958 Third Springhill mining disaster Coal mine bump Springhill, Nova Scotia
74 2018 2018 North American heat wave Heat wave Quebec and Ontario [21]
73-200 1911 Great Porcupine Fire Forest fire Porcupine, Ontario
70 1903 Frank Slide Rockslide Frank, Crowsnest Pass, North-West Territories (Modern day Alberta)
65 1917 Dominion No. 12 Colliery explosion Explosion New Waterford, Nova Scotia [22]
64 1966 Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 402 Plane crash Tokyo, Japan Crashed on landing at Haneda Airport in Tokyo with 8 survivors
64 1813 HMS Tweed (1807) Shipwreck Shoal Bay (Newfoundland and Labrador)
63 (Canadian fatalities only) 2020 Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 Plane shootdown Tehran, Iran
62 1910 Rogers Pass avalanche Avalanche Rogers Pass, British Columbia
62 1956 Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810 Plane crash Chilliwack, British Columbia
60 1915 Britannia Mine Jane Camp landslide Landslide Britannia Beach, British Columbia
59 1857 Desjardins Canal disaster Train wreck Hamilton, Ontario On March 12th 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]
59 1828 Despatch Shipwreck Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland [25]
58 1945 German submarine U-548 Shipwreck Sank southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia All 58 people on the submarine were lost with it
55 1896 Point Ellice Bridge disaster Tram accident Victoria, British Columbia
55-58 1926 1926 Nova Scotia hurricane Hurricane Nova Scotia Approximate number, most deaths occurred at sea.
54 2018 2018 Eastern Canada heat wave Heat wave Eastern Canada [26]
53 1918 Grey Nuns Motherhouse fire Fire Ville-Marie, Montreal [27]
53 1943 German submarine U-174 Shipwreck Sank southwest of Newfoundland No survivors[28]
53 1942 German submarine U-520 Shipwreck Sank east of Newfoundland No survivors[29]
52 1854 Jeannette's Creek train wreck Train wreck Jeannettes Creek, Ontario
52-232 1900 1900 Galveston Hurricane Hurricane Eastern Canada
52 1965 Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 21 Mass murder near 100 Mile House, British Columbia Crashed after a bomb exploded on board. The motive and perpetrator(s) remain unknown.
50 - 60 1849 Hannah (1849 shipwreck) Shipwreck Gulf of St. Lawrence [30]
48 1979 Opémiska Community Hall fire Fire, Accidental Arson Chapais, Quebec
47 1942 SS Empire Dabchick Shipwreck Sank southeast of Sable Island, Nova Scotia Sank with the loss of 36 crew and 11 DEMS gunners
47 2013 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster Train wreck Lac-Mégantic, Quebec
44-63 1910 Spanish River derailment Train wreck Nairn, Ontario
44 1950 1950 Douglas C-54D disappearance Suspected plane crash Somewhere between Snag and Aishihik, Yukon Territory 42 US military personnel and 2 civilians. No trace of the plane has ever been found.
44 1997 1997 Les Éboulements bus accident Bus crash Les Éboulements, Quebec
44 1880 Foord Pit explosion Explosion Stellarton, Nova Scotia [31]
44 1917 CGS Simcoe (1909) Shipwreck Sank near the Magdalen Islands, Quebec No survivors
43 1922 Great Fire of 1922 Wildfire Timiskaming District, Ontario
43 2003 2003 SARS outbreak Outbreak Toronto, Ontario Out of a total of 251 cases
43 1942 German submarine U-754 Shipwreck Sank near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia No survivors, all 43 aboard the submarine died
43 1978 Pacific Western Airlines Flight 314 Plane crash Cranbrook, British Columbia
40+ 1815 HMS Penelope Shipwreck near Cap des Rosiers, Quebec Many survivors later froze to death.[32]
40 1889 Quebec rockslide Rockslide Quebec City, Quebec
40 1901 SS Islander Shipwreck Lynn Canal, Alaska Sunk by an iceberg south of Juneau
40 (Canadian fatalities only) 1912 Titanic Shipwreck near Newfoundland Canadian deaths only of 1,517 total"The Demographics of Titanic Passengers".</ref>
40 1918 HMCS Galiano Shipwreck Queen Charlotte Sound 20 miles (32 km) of Kunghit Island, British Columbia
40 1978 Eastman bus crash Bus crash Eastman, Quebec
39 1928 Hollinger Mining Disaster Mine fire Timmins, Ontario
39 1942 Almonte train wreck Train wreck Almonte, Ontario
39 1956 Second Springhill mining disaster Explosion Springhill, Nova Scotia
39 1946 1946 American Overseas Airlines Douglas DC-4 crash Plane crash Stephenville, Newfoundland
39 1945 HMCS Esquimalt Shipwreck Sank off Chebucto Head, Nova Scotia
38 1850 Commerce Shipwreck Port Maitland, Ontario
38 1969 1969 Notre-Dame-du-Lac Nursing Home Fire Fire Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Quebec [33]
37 1867 Great Labrador Gale of 1867 Storm Labrador, Newfoundland
37+ 1869 1869 Saxby Gale Tropical cyclone Maritime provinces Most deaths occurred at sea
37 1951 1951 Canadian Pacific Air Douglas DC-10 disappearance Suspected plane crash Pacific Ocean near Yakutat, Alaska
37 1972 Blue Bird Café fire Arson Montreal, Quebec
37 1921 Britannia Beach flood Flood Britannia Beach, British Columbia
37 1954 Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 9 Mid-air collision Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
36 1952 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 324 Plane crash Sandspit, British Columbia
36 1746 Battle at Port-la-Joye Battle Skmaqn–Port-la-Joye–Fort Amherst, Prince Edward Island
35 1959 1959 Escuminac hurricane Hurricane Gulf of St. Lawrence, New Brunswick
35 1967 ČSA Flight 523 Plane crash Gander, Newfoundland
32 2014 L'Isle-Verte nursing home fire Fire L'Isle-Verte, Quebec
32 1971 MV Meteor Ship fire Pacific Ocean off of Vancouver, British Columbia
32 1974 Panarctic Oils Flight 416 Plane crash Melville Island, Northwest Territories
32 1909 Wellington Collieries cave-in Mining accident Extension, British Columbia [34]
32 1910 1910 Herald fire Fire Montreal, Quebec [35]
31 1902 Wanstead train disaster Train wreck Wanstead, Ontario
31 1882 Halifax Poor House fire Fire Halifax, Nova Scotia [36]
31 1947 Dugald train disaster Train wreck Dugald, Manitoba
31 1910 Bellevue mine disaster Explosion Bellevue, Alberta 21 of the deaths caused by inhaling carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide
31 1971 Saint-Jean-Vianney landslide Landslide Saint-Jean-Vianney, Quebec [37]
30 1930 John B. King explosion Explosion near Brockville, Ontario Lightning struck a drill boat containing dynamite
30 2003 2003 Avalanche season Avalanche Western Canada (Alberta and British Columbia) Deadliest avalanche season in Canada since 1970
~30 1979 Eastern Canadian blizzard of March 1971 Blizzard Quebec
30 1932 Cymbeline explosion Explosion Montreal the ship SS Cymbeline exploded killing at least 30 men [38]
30 1942 Saganaga Shipwreck Conception Bay, Newfoundland List of shipwrecks in September 1942#5 September
29 1929 1929 Grand Banks earthquake Earthquake and tsunami Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland Mainly affecting the town of Burin
29 1975 SS Edmund Fitzgerald Shipwreck Northwest of Pancake Bay, Ontario in Lake Superior
29 1941 Brazeau Collieries Mine explosion Explosion Rocky Mountain House, Alberta
28 1912 Regina Cyclone Tornado Regina, Saskatchewan
28 1965 LaSalle Heights disaster Explosion LaSalle, Quebec
28 (Canadian fatalities only) 1998 North American ice storm of 1998 Ice storm Ontario and Quebec
28 1931 SS Viking Explosion Horse Islands, Newfoundland
27 1958 Second Narrows Bridge collapse Bridge collapse Vancouver, British Columbia
27 1962 Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 301 Plane crash Honolulu, Hawaii
27 1987 Edmonton tornado Tornado Edmonton, Alberta
27 1946 1946 Sabena DC-4 crash Plane crash Gander, Newfoundland
26+ 1804 HMS Speedy Shipwreck Presqu'ile Bay, Lake Ontario
26-28 1965 Granduc Mine avalanche Avalanche Stewart, British Columbia
26 1992 Westray Mine methane explosion Explosion Plymouth, Nova Scotia
26 1948 1948 Rimouski Airlines crash Plane crash Anticosti Island, Quebec
25 1980 1980 Mississauga nursing home fire Fire Mississauga, Ontario [39] List of disasters in Canada
25 1913 SS Argus Shipwreck Lake Huron No survivors
25 1916 James B. Colgate (ship) Shipwreck Sank off Long Point, Ontario Out of the 26-man crew only sea captain Walter Grashaw survived
24 1989 Air Ontario Flight 1363 Plane crash Dryden, Ontario
24 1943 1943 Saint-Donat RCAF Liberator III crash Plane Crash Saint-Donat, Quebec
24 1916 1916 Quaker Oats explosion Explosion, Fire Peterborough, Ontario
23 1949 Québec Airways DC-3 bomb sabotage Mass murder Saint-Joachim, Quebec Albert Guay, along with the assistance of two other people planted a bomb in a plan to kill his wife
23 1983 Air Canada Flight 797 Aircraft fire Cincinnati International Airport, Kentucky
23 1986 Hinton train collision Train wreck Hinton, Alberta
23 2005 Legionnaire's disease outbreak Epidemic Toronto, Ontario [40][41]
23 2020 2020 Nova Scotia attacks Mass shooting Portapique, Enfield, Wentworth, Debert, and Shubenacaide, Nova Scotia
23 1951 1957 Queen Charlotte Airlines Canto crash Plane crash Mount Benson, British Columbia
23 1947 Goose Bay USAF DC-4 crash Plane crash CFB Goose Bay, Newfoundland
23 1953 1953 Random Island plane crash Plane crash Random Island, Nova Scotia [42]
22 1980 Swift Current Broncos bus crash Bus crash near Swift Current, Saskatchewan [43]
22 1958 1958 Lockheed Constellation crash Plane crash Argentia, Newfoundland
22 2008 2008 Canada listeriosis outbreak Outbreak Toronto, Ontario Out of 57 total cases
22 1980 CP Rail crew bus crash Bus Crash Webb, Saskatchewan
21 1977 Saint John City Hall fire Arson Saint John, New Brunswick [44]
21 1950 Canoe River train crash Train wreck Valemount, British Columbia
21 1943 FV Flora Alberta Ship collision Atlantic Ocean off of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
21 1998 MV Flare Shipwreck Cabot Strait, Newfoundland
21 1949 1949 RCAF Canso crash Plane crash Bigstone Lake, Manitoba
21 1946 1946 RCAF Estevan C-47 Dakota crash Plane crash Estevan, Saskatchewan
21 1938 Princess Pit rake disaster Mining accident Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia [45]
21 1736 Lake of the Woods massacre Massacre Massacre Island (Ontario) 21 Frenchmen were killed by Lakota and Dakota warriors on massacre island
21 1966 Dorion level crossing accident School bus crash Dorion, Quebec
20 1927 Beauval Indian Residential School Fire Fire Beauval, Saskatchewan
20 1941 American Airlines Flight 1 (1941) Plane crash West of St. Thomas, Ontario
20 1918 Alvin Siding camp fire Fire Nova Scotia [46]
20 1771 Bloody Falls massacre Massacre Bloody Falls, Nunavut
20 1911 Sechelt (steamboat) Shipwreck near Race Rocks Light, British Columbia 20 estimated fatalities
20 1953 Colonial Coach Lines Bus Accident Traffic collision Morrisburg, Ontario A bus and a truck collided killing 20 people
19 1993 La Tuque bus disaster Bus crash La Tuque, Quebec
19 1910 SS Regulus Shipwreck Shoal Bay, Newfoundland
19 1941 Polio Epidemic New Brunswick Out of a total of 427 cases
19 1952 McGregor Mine Explosion Explosion Stellarton Nova Scotia [47]
19 1993 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
18 1958 Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing collapse Engineering disaster Vancouver, British Columbia 18 workers were killed
18 1944 German submarine U-1229 Shipwreck Sank south of Newfoundland 41 survivors
17 1960 Lamont school bus crash School bus crash near the town of Lamont, Alberta [48]
17 1946[49] Windsor-Tecumseh tornado Tornado Windsor, Ontario
17 2009 Cougar Helicopters Flight 91 Helicopter crash Off the coast of Newfoundland
17 1907 Hochelaga Protestant School Fire Fire Montreal, Quebec
17 2023 Carberry bus crash Bus crash Carberry, Manitoba
17 1979 Quebecair Flight 255 Plane crash Quebec City, Quebec
16 1918 Protection Island mining disaster Elevator accident Protection Island, Nanaimo, British Columbia [50]
16 2018 Humboldt Broncos bus crash Bus crash Armley, Saskatchewan
16 1958 Oldfield Apartment Fire Fire Montreal, Quebec
16 1935 Galt Mine No.8 Explosion Explosion Coalhurst, Alberta
16 1928 SS Manasoo Shipwreck Sank near Griffith Island (Georgian Bay), Ontario Out of the 21 people on board the Manasoo only 5 survived while the other 16 died[51]
16 1990 1990 Faucett Perú Boeing 727 disappearance Plane disappearance Southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland
15 1898 Cornwall railway bridge collapse Bridge collapse Cornwall, Ontario
15 1956 Orleans air disaster Plane crash Orleans, Ontario
15 1956 Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 307 Plane crash Cold Bay, Alaska
15 1944 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
15 1934 1934 Dundas Station train collision Train wreck Hamilton, Ontario Two passenger trains collide
15 1974 1974 Les Éboulements bus accident Bus crash Les Éboulements, Quebec
15 1989 École Polytechnique massacre Mass shooting Montreal, Quebec
15 1943 Bristol City (1919) Shipwreck Newfoundland
15 1967 Balmer Mine Disaster Explosion Crowsnest Pass An explosion in the Balmer north mine killed 15 miners.[52]
15 1947 Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 3 Plane Crash Mount Elsay, Vancouver, British Columbia
14 1985 Barrie tornado outbreak Tornado outbreak Barrie, Ontario
14 1957 1957 Pacific Western Airlines DC-3 crash Plane crash Port Hardy, British Columbia
14 1954 Yamachiche bus collision Traffic Collision Yamachiche, Quebec [53]
13 1904 Sand Point train collision Train wreck Sand Point, Ontario
13 1916 Second Quebec Bridge collapse Bridge collapse Quebec City, Quebec
13 1975 Gargantua bar attack Arson, Shooting Montreal, Quebec Richard Blass fatally shot 13 people in a bar in a shooting and arson-attack
13 1885 Vale Colliery explosion Explosion near Stellarton [54]
13 1981 MS Arctic Explorer Shipwreck Sank off St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador
13 1989 1989 Cormier-Village hayride accident Hayride accident Cormier-Village, New Brunswick
13 1942 1942 Mount Cheam plane crash Plane crash Mount Cheam, British Columbia [55]
12 1954 Lake of Two Mountains boating accident Boat accident L'Île-Bizard, Quebec Twelve NCC (Negro Community Centre) children drown.
12 1970 M.F.V. Enterprise and MV Patrick Morris Shipwrecks off Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia The MV Patrick Morris was responding to the mayday call of the M.F.V. Enterprise when it sank as well.
12 2000 Pine Lake tornado Tornado Pine Lake, Alberta A tornado hit an RV park in rural Alberta
12 2011 First Air Flight 6560 Plane crash Resolute Bay, Nunavut
12 1958 Alexis Creek mission hospital fire Fire Alexis Creek, British Columbia
12 1979 No. 26 Colliery explosion Explosion Glace Bay Mining explosion [56]
12 1943 1943 Aldershot train accident Train collision Aldershot, Ontario a passenger train collided with a bus, splitting it in two
12 1877 Oil Cabinet Novelty Works Company fire Fire Montreal, Quebec List of disasters in Canada
12 1903 1903 Hamilton Powder Company explosion Explosion Departure Bay, British Columbia [57][58]
12 1922 HMS Raleigh (1919) Shipwreck Ran aground off Labrador
12 2022 2022 Saskatchewan stabbings Stabbing Weldon, Saskatchewan
12 1977 1977 northern thunderbird air flight crash Plane crash Near Northwest Regional Airport Terrace-Kitimat, British Columbia [59]
12 1941 1941 Armstrong plane crash Plane Crash Near Armstrong Airport Armstrong, Ontario [60]
11 2018 2018 Toronto van attack Terrorism, Vehicle-ramming attack North York, Toronto Alek Minassian drove his Chevrolet Express into people killing 11 and injuring 15
11 2012 Collision between a van and an eighteen-wheeler Traffic collision between Stratford and Perth, Ontario Ten of the killed were Peruvian migrant workers*
11 1889 St. George bridge derailment Train wreck St. George, Ontario
11 1908 1908 Medicine Hat train collision Train wreck Dunmore, Alberta Collision between a locomotive and a passenger train
11 1998 Propair Flight 420 Plane crash Montréal–Mirabel International Airport, Mirabel, Quebec
11 1919 Lac la Biche fire Forest fire Alberta and Saskatchewan
11 1946 Barry Hotel Fire Fire Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
11 1950 Vancouver Island Lockheed P2V-3W Neptune crash Plane crash McCreight Mountain, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
11 1922 Great Fire of 1922 Wildfire Timiskaming District, Ontario
11 1925 Izumo launch collision Shipwreck Vancouver, British Columbia Crew 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]
11 1899 Caledonia mine explosion Explosion Glace Bay, Nova Scotia [62]
11 1979 1979 Saint-Rosalie bus crash Bus crash Saint-Rosalie, Quebec A bus crashed into an overpass near Saint-Rosalie killing 11 people and injuring 20 others[63]
11 1978 1978 Airwest Airlines crash Plane Crash Coal Harbour, Vancouver, British Columbia [64]
11 1942 Excalibur Plane Crash Botwood, Newfoundland [65][66]
10 1960 Metropolitan Store explosion Explosion Windsor, Ontario [67]
10 1989 Rupert Hotel fire Fire Toronto, Ontario [68]
10 1985 1985 CFB Namao mid-air collision Mid-air collision CFB Namao, Edmonton, Alberta
10 1950 Leduc Hotel explosion Explosion Leduc, Alberta [69]
10 1930 McGillivray Mine explosion Explosion Coleman
10 1976 1976 Austin Airways DHC-3 crash Plane crash Fraserdale, Ontario
10 2004 2004 Georgian Express crash Plane crash Pelee, Ontario
10 1923 M.V. Orient Shipwreck Strait of Georgia, British Columbia Split in two by the freighter Admiral Nulton leaving three survivors.[61]
10 1899 Thistle Shipwreck Johnstone Strait, British Columbia [61]
10 2010 Glengarry Hospital Norovirus outbreak Outbreak Victoria, British Columbia
10 1996 Saguenay flood Flood Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec
10 1908 Port Hood explosion Explosion Port Hood, Nova Scotia [70]
10 1996 Vernon massacre Mass shooting Vernon, British Columbia
10 1977 1977 Lantzville bus crash Traffic Collision Lantzville, British Columbia [71]
10 1975 1975 GO train bus collision Bus collision Toronto, Ontario A bus and a GO train collided killing 10 people and injuring 20 others[72]
10 1919 Port Colborne explosion Explosion Port Colborne Ontario
10 1944 1944 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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