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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.
Ottawa-Hull, Ontario-Quebec: Central Canada 7 4000 buildings destroyed in Hull (Québec) and Ottawa (Ontario) 1902 May 22: Coal Creek mine disaster: Mining disaster Coal Creek, British Columbia: West Coast 128 1902 December 27: Wanstead train disaster: Train wreck Wanstead, Ontario (Wanstead, Ontario) Central Canada 1903 January 14
The 2019 spring floods in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick were exceptional floods in eastern Ontario, southern Quebec and from the St.John River region to New Brunswick, Canada. In fact, flooding along the Ottawa River has been recognized as the most important weather event of the year 2019 in Canada, and the one along the Saint John River as ...
Pages in category "Disasters in Ottawa" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... 2013 Ottawa bus–train crash; 2018 United States–Canada ...
Natural disasters in Ontario (3 C, 35 P) O. Disasters in Ottawa (6 P) R. Railway accidents and incidents in Ontario (7 P) Pages in category "Disasters in Ontario"
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. Quebec is another recognized tornado-prone zone averaging between 4 and 8 tornadoes each yar.
Between 2003 and 2013 Canada had nine disasters with damages surpassing CAD 500 million each. Prior to that only three Canadian disasters exceeded CAD 500 million in damages. [5] The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) reports that the cost of natural disasters rose 14-fold since the 1950s. [5] [71]
Weeks before August 21 (on a Sunday) - one strong tornado or two smaller tornadoes touched down in Southwestern Ontario. The source indicates that a tornado started a few miles west of Woodstock, Ontario, and crossed through the city. The tornado caused immense damage, destroying over 740 panes of glass from the Canada Institute building ...