List of disasters involving Canadians by death toll

List of disasters involving Canadians by death toll is a list of major disasters (including acts of war) which involved Canadians, in a definable, single day incident, where the loss of life was 200 or more.
* 1. 2,000 - Halifax Explosion, City of Halifax, Nova Scotia, 6 December 1917 '
* 2. 2,000 - Tseax Cone eruption, circa 1750 '
* 3. 1,012 - shipwreck, St. Lawrence River, 29 May 1914
* 4. 360 - Duke William shipwreck, near English coast, bound for France, December 13, 1758
* 5. 353 - shipwreck, near Juneau, Alaska, bound for Vancouver, 25 October 1918
* 6. 300 - Violet shipwreck near English coast, bound for France, December 12, 1758
* 7. 300 - Great Labrador Gale of 1885, 10 October 1885
* 8. 280 - Air India Flight 182, Atlantic Ocean out of Montréal Mirabel International Airport, '
* 9. 223 - Nova Scotia Hurricane of 1873, August 1873
* 10. 223 - Matheson Fire, Ontario, 29 July 1916 '
* 11. 213 - Ruby shipwreck near the Azores, December 16, 1758

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