List Of Fires In Canada
This is a list of fires in Canada.
Article | Place | Year | Deaths | Damage | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Great Fire of 1852 | Montreal | 1852 | |||
1900 Hull-Ottawa fire | Hull, Quebec | 1900 | 7 | ||
The Great Fire of Saint John, New Brunswick | Saint John, New Brunswick | 1877 | 19 | $28,000,000 | |
Great Vancouver Fire | Vancouver, B.C. | 1886 | $1,300,000 | ||
Calgary Fire of 1886 | Calgary | 1886 | 0 | $103,200 | |
Great Toronto Fire | Toronto | 1904 | 0 | $10,350,000 | |
Matheson Fire | Black River-Matheson | 1916 | 223 | ||
Great Fire of 1922 | Timiskaming District, Ontario | 1922 | 43 | $2,000,000 | |
Chinchaga fire | Northern British Columbia and Alberta | 1950 | 0 | Over 1,400,000 hectares burned | |
2010 BC fires | May 2010 Quebec wildfires | La Tuque, Quebec | 2010 | ||
2011 Slave Lake wildfire | Slave Lake | 2011 | 1 (helicopter crash) | $1,800,000,000 | |
Richardson Fire | Alberta | 2011 | 0 | 700,000 hectares burned |
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