If you would like to find a specific disaster or categories of disasters, or would like some background details on a disaster, the links below may help.
"The Canadian Disaster Database (CDD) contains detailed disaster information on more than 1000 natural, technological and conflict events (excluding war) that have happened since 1900 at home or abroad and that have directly affected Canadians. The CDD tracks "significant disaster events" which conform to the Emergency Management Framework for Canada definition of a "disaster" and meet one or more of the following criteria:
10 or more people killed
100 or more people affected/injured/infected/evacuated or homeless
an appeal for national/international assistance
historical significance
significant damage/interruption of normal processes such that the community affected cannot recover on its own
...A geospatial mapping component has been added to the CDD."
Released January 2019: ""The windstorm that hit B.C.’s South Coast on December 20 resulted in more than 750,000 customers without power and thousands of damaged pieces of equipment. ""
