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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 30 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.
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 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 ...
For a variety of reasons, such as Canada's lower population density and generally stronger housing construction due to the colder climate, Canadian tornadoes have historically caused far fewer fatalities than tornadoes in the United States. The deadliest tornado in Canadian history, the Regina Cyclone of June 30, 1912, does not even rank in the ...
The tornado was at its maximum width of 1,200 yd (1,100 m) at this point, but the damage path was over a mile wide. It is believed that several smaller circulations were rotating around the tornado, making it seem larger than it actually was. A brief EF1 satellite tornado occurred near Sanger around this time as well. [85]
List of Canadian tornadoes and tornado outbreaks (since 2001) Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title List of Canadian tornadoes and tornado outbreaks .
Between both Canada and the United States, the Alonsa tornado was the only EF4+ rated tornado for the year of 2018 [35] 2018 August 15 – 2018 British Columbia wildfires: Wildfires British Columbia: West Coast Unknown Unknown Provincial state of emergency declared [36] 2018 September 21: 2018 United States–Canada tornado outbreak: Tornadoes