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Canada ranks as the second country in the world with the most tornadoes per year, after the United States of America. Of the average 60 confirmed tornadoes each year, Alberta and Saskatchewan both average between 14 and 18 tornadoes per season, followed by Manitoba and Ontario with normally between 8 and 14 tornadoes per season.
The tornado moved into Ontario briefly before lifting, causing 2 deaths and $60,000 (1896 USD) in damages. [3] An extremely violent F5 tornado touched down near Holly, destroying hundreds of homes and killing 47 people. [4] It is the second-deadliest tornado in Michigan history. [5]
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.
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]
Canada's tornado season once again proved to be hyperactive in 2022, with 117 tornadoes recorded for the second year in a row, equaling the country's highest number on record. While documented ...
A part of the 1985 Midwest Tornado Outbreak. Longest track tornado in Canada at over 110 km. [139] 1985, May 31 1985 Rice Lake Tornado ON: F3: 0 – Rice Lake, ON – Erin, ON: A part of the 1985 Midwest Tornado Outbreak – twin tornado with Alma Tornado. F2 according to some sources. 1985, May 31 1985 Alma-Hillsburgh Tornado ON: F3: 0 –
This page lists tornadoes and tornado outbreaks which have touched down in Canada prior to the 21st century.On average, there are around 80 confirmed and unconfirmed tornadoes that touch down in Canada each year, with most occurring in the southern Canadian Prairies, Southern Ontario and southern Quebec.
Outbreak produced the Candlestick Park tornado, which was an extremely violent F5 tornado or tornado family that killed 58 people and traveled 202.5 mi (325.9 km) across Mississippi and Alabama. It is one of the longest such paths on record and one of only four official F5 tornadoes to hit Mississippi.