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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.
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 ...
Less than 5% of tornadoes that occur in Canada are rated as F3/EF3 or higher. The only officially rated F5/EF5 tornado in Canada is the 2007 Elie Tornado , however Thomas P. Grazulis of The Tornado Project has unofficially rated the 1920 Alameda-Frobisher Tornado and the 1935 Benson Tornado as F5 (neither having any official intensity ratings ...
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]
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.
This outbreak produced 3 F4s, the most well known being the Pampa, Texas tornado that directly hit the city. March 6, 1996, Selma, Alabama tornado: March 6: Alabama: 1: 4 fatalities, 40 injuries: Rated as an F3. Tornado outbreak sequence of April 1996: April 19–22, 1996: Texas – Arkansas – Illinois – Indiana – Ontario: 117: 6 ...