Fatalities | Year | Article | Type | Location | Comments |
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99 | 1864 | Beloeil train disaster | Train wreck | Beloeil, Quebec | Deadliest train disaster in Canada |
99 | 1942 | Knights of Columbus Hostel fire | Fire | St. John's, Newfoundland | |
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 | |
76 | 1907 | First Quebec Bridge collapse | Bridge collapse | Quebec City, Quebec | |
74 | 1958 | Third Springhill mining disaster | Coal mine bump | Springhill, Nova Scotia | |
74 | 2018 | 2018 North American heat wave | Heat wave | Quebec and Ontario | [20] |
73-200 | 1911 | Great Porcupine Fire | Forest fire | Porcupine, Ontario | |
70 | 1857 | Desjardins Canal disaster | Train wreck | near Hamilton, Ontario | |
70 | 1903 | Frank Slide | Rockslide | Frank, Crowsnest Pass, North-West Territories (Modern day Alberta) | |
64 | 1966 | Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 402 | Plane crash | Tokyo, Japan | Crashed on landing at Haneda Airport in Tokyo with 8 survivors |
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, 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 [1] [2] |
59 | 1828 | Despatch | Shipwreck | Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland | [21] |
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 | [22] |
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. |
48 | 1979 | Opémiska Community Hall fire | Fire | Chapais, Quebec | |
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 | |
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 |
42 | 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.[23] |
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 | |
38 | 1850 | Commerce | Shipwreck | Port Maitland, Ontario | |
38 | 1969 | 1969 Notre-Dame-du-Lac Nursing Home Fire | Fire | Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Quebec | [3] |
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 | |
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 | |
31 | 1902 | Wanstead train disaster | Train wreck | Wanstead, Ontario | |
31 | 1882 | Halifax Poor House fire | Fire | Halifax, Nova Scotia | [24] |
31 | 1947 | Dugald train disaster | Train wreck | Dugald, Manitoba | |
31 | 1910 | West Canadian Collieries No. 1 mine explosion | 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 | [25] |
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 [4] |
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 | |
27 | 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 | [5] [6] |
24 | 1989 | Air Ontario Flight 1363 | Plane crash | Dryden, 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 | [26][27] |
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 | |
22 | 1980 | Swift Current Broncos bus crash | Bus crash | near Swift Current, Saskatchewan | [28] |
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 | [7] |
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 | [8] |
20 | 1927 | Beauval Indian Residential School Fire | Fire | Beauval, Saskatchewan | |
20 | 1941 | American Airlines Flight 1 (1941) | Plane crash | West of St. Thomas, Ontario | |
19 | 1993 | La Tuque bus disaster | Bus crash | La Tuque, Quebec | |
19 | 1910 | SS Regulus | Shipwreck | Shoal Bay, Newfoundland | |
19 | 1966 | Dorion level crossing accident | School bus crash | Dorion, Quebec | |
19 | 1941 | Polio | Epidemic | New Brunswick | Out of a total of 427 cases |
19 | 1952 | McGregor Mine Explosion | Explosion | Stellarton Nova Scotia | [9] |
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 |
17 | 1960 | Lamont school bus crash | School bus crash | near the town of Lamont, Alberta | [29] |
17 | 1946[30] | Windsor-Tecumseh tornado | Tornado | Windsor, Ontairo | |
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 | |
16 | 1918 | Protection Island mining disaster | Elevator accident | Protection Island, Nanaimo, British Columbia | [31] |
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 | |
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 | |
14 | 1985 | Barrie tornado outbreak | Tornado outbreak | Barrie, Ontario | |
14 | 1989 | École Polytechnique massacre | Mass shooting | Montreal, Quebec | |
14 | 1957 | 1957 Pacific Western Airlines DC-3 crash | Plane crash | Port Hardy, British Columbia | |
13 | 1904 | Sand Point train collision | Train wreck | Sand Point, Ontario | |
13 | 1916 | Second Quebec Bridge collapse | Bridge collapse | Quebec City, Quebec | |
13 | 1981 | MS Arctic Explorer | Shipwreck | near St. Anthony, Newfoundland | |
13 | 1975 | Gargantua bar attack | Arson, Shooting | Montreal, Quebec | Richard Blass fatally shot 13 people in a bar in a shooting and arson-attack |
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 | 1989 | 1989 Cormier-Village hayride accident | Traffic collision | Cormier-Village, New Brunswick | |
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 [10] |
12 | 1943 | 1943 Aldershot train accident | Train collision | Aldershot, Ontario | a passenger train collided with a bus, splitting it in two |
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 | 1953 | 1953 Canadian Pacific Air Lines Karachi crash | Plane crash | Karachi, Pakistan | [32] |
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.[33] |
10 | 1960 | Metropolitan Store explosion | Explosion | Windsor, Ontario | [34] |
10 | 1989 | Rupert Hotel fire | Fire | Toronto, Ontario | [35] |
10 | 1985 | 1985 CFB Namao mid-air collision | Mid-air collision | CFB Namao, Edmonton, Alberta | |
10 | 1950 | Leduc Hotel explosion | Explosion | Leduc, Alberta | [36] |
10 | 1930 | McGillivray Mine explosion | Explosion | Coleman | |
10 | 1976 | 1976 Austin Airways DHC-3 crash | Plane crash | Fraserdale, Ontario | |
10 | 2022 | 2022 Saskatchewan stabbings | Stabbing | Weldon, Saskatchewan | |
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.[33] |
10 | 1899 | Thistle | Shipwreck | Johnstone Strait, British Columbia | [33] |
10 | 2010 | Glengarry Hospital Norovirus outbreak | Outbreak | Victoria, British Columbia | |
10 | 1996 | Saguenay flood | Flood | Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec | |
10 | 1919 | Port Colborne explosion | Explosion | Port Colborne Ontario | |