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May 31 – North Bay, Ontario, was struck by two weak tornadoes. June 23 – a weak tornado touched down in Ottawa between Kanata and Barrhaven.; July 28 – severe thunderstorms over Northern Ontario produced a tornado over Halfway Lake Provincial Park (70 km (43 mi) north of Sudbury) where 800 people were camping at the time, fallen trees injure 4 campers.
Quebec is another recognized tornado-prone zone averaging between 4 and 8 tornadoes each yar. Atlantic Canada and Interior British Columbia are also recognized tornado zones averaging between 0 and 4 tornadoes each year. The Canadian Territories are not typically seen as tornado-prone regions, however tornadoes can occur in tsecondhe region ...
This page documents all tornadoes confirmed by Environment Canada and the University of Western Ontario's Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) in Canada throughout 2023. Based on statistical modelling by Sills et al. (2012), an average of 230 tornadoes likely occur across the country each year; however, only 61 of these are actually documented annually based on 1980–2009 averages. [1]
April 21 - an unrated tornado struck Bluevale, Ontario. The tornado tore up trees, damaged barns, and shifted a house. [107] May 27 - an F1 tornado passed through Haldimand County, Ontario, striking the community of Canborough, Ontario. [108] July 1 - two F0 tornadoes touched down in Ontario. The first tornado struck Prescott, Ontario.
An example of a tornado warning polygon issued by the National Weather Service. A tornado warning (SAME code: TOR) is a public warning that is issued by weather forecasting agencies to an area in the direct path of a tornado, or a severe thunderstorm capable of producing one, and advises individuals in that area to take cover.
1953 Sarnia tornado; Sudbury tornado; List of tornadoes in the 1974 Super Outbreak; 1974 Super Outbreak; 1979 Woodstock, Ontario, tornado; 1985 United States–Canada tornado outbreak; 1985 Barrie tornado; 1996 Southern Ontario tornadoes; Tornado outbreak sequence of April 1996; Tornado outbreak of July 1–3, 1997; Late-May 1998 tornado ...
However, Croskery has noted that many tornado shelters don't open until there is an active tornado warning. "Thirteen minutes is the average lead time for a tornado.
The 2011 Goderich, Ontario tornado was an F3 tornado generated by an isolated supercell which unexpectedly tore across Huron County, Ontario, Canada on the afternoon of Sunday, August 21, 2011. Beginning as a tornadic waterspout over Lake Huron , the tornado ripped through the lakeside town of Goderich severely damaging the historic downtown ...