Canadian Disaster Database

The Canadian Disaster Database contains historical information on disasters which have directly affected Canadians, at home and abroad, over the past century. References to all types of Canadian disasters, including those triggered by natural hazards, technological hazards or conflict (not including war) can be found here. The database describes where and when a disaster occurred, who was affected, and provides a rough estimate of the direct costs.

You can search the disaster database by using criteria such as the type of disaster, and/or the location or time period of occurrence. Please select one or more disaster type, one or more province and one or more time period from the lists below. You are given several options in a drop down box at the bottom of the form that will help you organize the results in an easy-to-search manner. Your search will be displayed on the screen and can be downloaded as a plain text or tab-delimited file to your computer.