List of Canadian Tornadoes and Tornado Outbreaks - 1990s

1990s

1990

• June 28 A large tornado touches down south of Saskatoon.
• August 28, Lower Great Lakes Tornado Outbreak of 1990, Southern Ontario, Three tornadoes, the strongest of which was an F3 and severe thunderstorms ove a wide area caused crop damage and the destruction of several buildings in the communities of Lobo, Komoka, Frome, Port Stanley, and Kendall; six minor injuries were reported.

1991

• March 27, An early season tornado strikes Sarnia, Ontario causing an estimated $25 million in damage.
• July 2, Prince George, British Columbia was affected by a severe thunderstorm which dumped 15.4 mm rain in 25 minutes on the Prince George Airport. In downtown hail fell, there was flooding and at Cluculz Lake, British Columbia a tornado uprooted trees.
• August 27, The Mauricie Tornado of 1991. St. Lawrence River, Quebec; the tornado affected the village of Maskinongé; the tornado crossed the St. Lawrence River and touched down in Notre-Dame-de-Pierreville where a few summer cottages were destroyed and some minor injuries occurred; it also touched down in Saint-Wenceslas where minor damage was reported; there were no deaths, 15 people injured, only one seriously; 60% of all buildings in the village of Maskinongé, Quebec were damaged, the power lines were down and telephone service stopped; no drinking water was available; estimated $13 million in damage, leaving 100 homeless. Occurred in the Maskinongé Regional County Municipality of the Mauricie Region.

1992

• June 24, Tornadoes, large hail and torrential downpours affected southern Manitoba. Tennis ball sized hail fell near Morden, Manitoba and winds gusting to 154 km/h were recorded at Pilot Mound, Manitoba. There were also five confirmed tornado touchdowns and numerous funnel clouds in Manitoba that day, including some very crisp video footage of one rope tornado tearing up farmland near Portage la Prairie. The region had been affected by severe weather the day before as well.

1993

• July 29 A series of violent thunderstorms tracked across central Alberta, spawning 3 tornadoes. The strongest of which was an F3 in Holden, Alberta, 90 km east of Edmonton. An F0 touched down in near Falun, east of Pigeon Lake and an F1 tornado was reported 60 km northeast of Lac La Biche.

1994

• July 9, One person was killed when an F2 tore through the town of Saint-Charles, Quebec. 3 other people were injured, about a dozen homes were damaged.
• August 4, An F3 tornado in Aylmer, Quebec across the river from Ottawa, Ontario, injures 15 people. The tornado path was 8 km long and caused major damage to a downtown residential subdivision including homes destroyed. A second tornado had previously touched down just across the Ottawa River in Carp. In Quebec, other tornadoes touched down near Laurel and Rawdon
• August 27, F4 tornado hits rural farmland near Turtle Mountain, Manitoba. Devastation especially visible at Mayfair Hutterite Colony, well over $1 million in damage. There were no injuries or deaths.

1995

• June 20, Thunderstorms rumbled for 7 hours over Manitoba producing 90 km/h winds which blew trees and power lines over. The storm even produced a weak tornado.
• July 15, A large progressive derecho thunderstorm produced severe winds over an expansive area of the central Great Lakes and New England overnight also contained at least six tornadoes that hit central Ontario, most centred or to the north of the Kawartha lakes. The strongest is an F2 tornado that destroys a marina at Bridgenorth, Ontario and overturns a houseboat on Chemong Lake, trapping 20 occupants for a few hours until they are rescued, just north of Peterborough, Ontario. One person is killed in Bridgenorth.
• July 26, Fredericton, New Brunswick Tornado,. A tornado in Fredericton, New Brunswick took the roof off a government building and damaged a tennis court dome.
• August 14, A tornado touches down near Barrie, Ontario.
• August 29, Several farms were destroyed when a tornado lasting a couple of minutes affected Spring Valley, near Moose Jaw in Saskatchewan.

1996

• April 20, Southern Ontario Tornadoes of 1996, Grey, Wellington and Dufferin counties. Two F3 class tornadoes touched down in Grey County (Williamsford), Wellington County and Dufferin County. Significant property damage occurred; nine people were injured by the two tornadoes.
• May 20, A strong thunderstorm damages one of the four screens of a drive-in theatre at Thorold in the Niagara Region. Coincidentally, this drive-in was planning to show the movie Twister that evening. Eyewitnesses report seeing a small funnel cloud, but the physical evidence is inconclusive. Distorted and exaggerated media reports of this event abound; most claimed that the storm blew down the screen while Twister was being shown on it. The storm actually took place before sundown. However, a small tornado did touchdown in Stoney Creek that same evening.
• July 4, An estimated nine tornadoes touch down in the Saskatoon, Maymont and Osler areas in Saskatchewan. An F3 was measured in the Maymont area destroying power lines. Homes and property were damaged in the Osler area. Wind gusts in Saskatoon reached 120 km/h and 141 km/h damaging many trees and properties on the east end of the city.

1997

• June 24, Lantz, Nova Scotia, F0 tornado touches down in local ball field at approx. 4:45pm ADT. Golf ball sized hail and intense lightning also reported with this storm.
• July 2, Southeast Michigan Tornado Outbreak F1, F2, F3 Windsor, Ontario and surrounding areas. See article for more in-depth information.
• July 4, F2 Tornado Grand Falls, New Brunswick Area, Roof torn off building. Farmers fields ripped up. The same line of storms also dropped a F2 Tornado in Matapédia (New Brunswick/Quebec border), Quebec where a couple of barns were destroyed.

1998

• June 2 Norwich, Ontario . During a wider severe weather outbreak (Derecho thunderstorm) that struck Southern Ontario in the mid-afternoon, an F1 tornado descended near Holbrook around 3:50PM and travelled southeastward to Norwich, damaging many buildings, including a church. There were also tornado reportings in Elmvale and Dunnville, and several reports of funnel clouds, hail, and high winds.
• July 10, An F2 Tornado touched down in Charleston, New Brunswick, leaving a 90 m by 7 km path of damage. Total destruction of mobile home which was thrown 30 m. Minor injuries to residents in home.
• July 19, A weak tornado hits Daysland, Alberta, about 50 km east of Camrose. The tornado damaged power lines, knocking out power to surrounding communities.
• August 11, A small F1 tornado goes through part of Saint-Émile, in the suburbs of Quebec City, it overturns a shed, damages three and causes a city-wide electricity loss when a garage is slammed into an electric pole.

1999

• May 8, A tornado over Hull, Quebec caused $2M damage and tore roofs off buildings. Was caused by the same system that produced the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak between May 3 and May 8. It was also the second significant tornado in the Hull-Gatineau area in five years.
• May 18, Three tornadoes touch down close to the western limits of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The supercell associated with the tornadoes pelted the city with quarter-sized hail, wind gusts of nearly 100 km/hr, and over 50mm of rain in 30 minutes.
• Bois-Francs Region Tornado, July 6. A tornado left 4,000 without power and 200 in need of temporary shelter in Berthierville, Yamaska and Drummondville (all in Quebec). Some Environment Canada records show one person was killed in the event.
• August 4, An F2 tornado with a twisting but narrow path causes damage in the rural north end of Burlington, Ontario, relocating a motorhome 2 kilometers from where it was parked, the tornado track was over 10 km long.
• August 18, A small tornado strikes Pugwash, Nova Scotia, causing some localized structural damage. There were no serious injuries.