List of disasters in Canada
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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.
- 1775 Eruption of the Tseax Cone, British Columbia (one of Canada's worst known geophysical disasters)
- 1825 October 7 Miramichi Fire, New Brunswick
- 1864 Train Bridge accident, Quebec
- 1881 May 24 Queen Victoria river steamer sinking
- 1889 September 19 Québec rockslide
- 1896 May 26 Point Ellice Bridge Disaster, Victoria, BC
- 1903 Frank Slide at Turtle Mountain, Alberta
- 1907 August 29 First Quebec Bridge Collapse
- 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
- 1916 February 3 Burning of Parliament Buildings
- 1916 July Matheson Fire, Northeastern Ontario
- 1916 Princess Sophia Canadian Liner sinks near BC
- 1916 Second Quebec Bridge Collapse
- 1917 December 6 Halifax Explosion
- 1927 January 9 Laurier Palace Theatre Fire Montreal, Quebec
- 1929 Grand Banks earthquake and tsunami, Burin Peninsula, 18 November 1929
- 1950 1950 Red River Flood
- 1954 Hurricane Hazel
- 1956 May 15 Villa St. Louis Disaster
- 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 Ste-Thérèse-de-Blainville, Quebec
- 1965 January 9 Hope Slide in British Columbia
- 1966 October 7 Dorion level crossing accident
- 1973 April-May massive flood destroys Fredericton's surrounding area
- 1982 February 15 Ocean Ranger, Grand Banks of Newfoundland
- 1983 June 2 Air Canada Flight 797
- 1985 June 23 Air India Flight 182
- 1985 December 12 Arrow Air Flight 1285 Gander, Newfoundland
- 1986 February 8 Hinton Train Disaster
- 1987 July 31 Edmonton, Alberta tornado
- 1989 Cormier Village hayride disaster
- 1992 May 9 Westray Mine Disaster Plymouth, Nova Scotia
- 1996 Massive inundations hit Saguenay, Quebec
- 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
- 2000 May Walkerton Tragedy
- 2000 July 14 Pine Lake, Alberta Tornado
- 2003 September 29 Hurricane Juan Halifax, Nova Scotia
- 2005 August 2 Air France Flight 358, Toronto, Ontario
- 2006 September 30 De la Concorde overpass collapse, Laval, Quebec
- 2008 January 12 Bathurst van collision, Bathurst, New Brunswick
