List of disasters in Canada by death toll

List of Canadian disasters by death toll is a list of major disasters (excluding acts of war) which occurred in Canada or involved Canadian citizens, in a definable incident, where the loss of life was 10 or more.

200 or more deaths

DisasterTypeLocationDeathsDateNotes
Spanish fluPandemicCanada55,000[1] (estimate)1918 to 1919
HIV/AIDSPandemicCanada24,3001981 - PresentOngoing
Canadian TyphusEpidemicCanada20,0001847
COVID-19 pandemic in CanadaPandemicCanada20,0242020 - PresentOngoing
Asian FluPandemicCanada7,0001957 to 1958
Russian FluPandemicCanada6,0001890 to 1891
Newfoundland Hurricane of 1775HurricaneNewfoundland4,0001775[2]
Hong Kong FluPandemicCanada4,0001968
1700 Cascadia earthquakeEarthquakeBritish Columbialikely several thousandJanuary 26, 1700True figures unknown. Many coastal First Nations villages (for example Kiix?in) were completely wiped out.[3][4][5]
Tseax Cone eruptionVolcanoBritish Columbia2,000~1700[6]
Halifax ExplosionExplosionNova Scotia2,0001917estimate; 1,950 recorded names
RMS Empress of IrelandShipwreckQuebec1,0121914St. Lawrence River
RMS AtlanticShipwreckNova Scotia5621873Marrs Head, Mosher Island, Meagher's Island
Swine fluPandemicCanada4282009 to 2010out of 3 million Canadians infected
Duke WilliamShipwreckNear English coast360December 13, 1758[7] during the Expulsion of the Acadians
SS Princess SophiaShipwreckNear Juneau, Alaska3531918
AeneasShipwreckNewfoundland3401805Isle aux Morts
VioletShipwreckEngland300December 13, 1758[8]During the Expulsion of the Acadians, near English coast, bound for France
SybelleShipwreckNova Scotia316September 11, 1834Emigrant ship wrecked St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia
Great Labrador Gale of 1885HurricaneNewfoundland300October 10, 1885 [9][10]
SS PacificShipwreckBritish Columbia2981875Cape Flattery out of Victoria, BC
Air India Flight 182TerrorismAtlantic Ocean268 Canadians (out of 329 total fatalities)1985Flight out of Montréal Mirabel International Airport, bomb exploded off the coast of Ireland.
Arrow Air Flight 1285AircrashNewfoundland2561985Gander, NL. Worst air crash on Canadian soil.
SS MontrealShipwreckQuebec2531857Burned near Québec on 26 June 1857.[11]
Great Lakes Storm of 1913StormOntario2501913Great Lakes Basin, estimate for Canada and U.S. fatalities
HMS TribuneShipwreckNova Scotia2381797Wrecked at Halifax
SS Anglo SaxonShipwreckNewfoundland2371863[12]Allan Line shipwreck; Cape Race, Avalon Peninsula,
Swissair Flight 111AircrashNova Scotia2291998St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Hurricane of 1873HurricaneNova Scotia223 (disputed)1873The 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
Matheson FireFireOntario2231916[Official estimate][13]
SS HungarianShipwreckNova Scotia2051860[14]Allan Line passenger ship wrecked Cape Sable, Nova Scotia
USS Pollux (AKS-2) and USS Truxtun (DD-229)ShipwreckNewfoundland2031942Wreck of the USS Pollux resulted in 93 fatalities and USS Truxtun 110; the USS Wilkes (DD-441) also grounded, but there were no fatalities, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland.

100 to 199 deaths

10 to 99 deaths

Note: The list below does not include aeronautical disasters in Saskatchewan or deaths to First Nations Peoples, Settlers & Military personal during the Rebellions of 1885 on The Prairies.

See also

References

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