List of rail accidents in Canada

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This is a list of rail accidents in Canada.

List
Accident Date Location Killed Injured Description Ref.
Jeannette's Creek train wreck27 October 1854Chatham-Kent, Ontario5248A Great Western Railway passenger train en route to Windsor from London at night collided with the rear of a gravel train reversing from a siding, whose engineer believed the passenger train had already passed by.[1]
Great Western Railway disaster12 March 1857Hamilton, Ontario5918A Great Western Railway passenger train bound for Hamilton crashes into the Desjardins Canal bridge, causing its collapse. The train plunges into the icy waters of the canal.[2]
St-Hilaire train disaster29 June 1864Otterburn Park, near Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec99100A Grand Trunk train travelling from Quebec City to Montreal is driven into the Richelieu River due to the river's swing bridge being open.
1906 Nairn derailment1906near Nairn, Sudbury District, Northern Ontario1MultipleA passenger train derailed to the east of Nairn at a curve which was subsequently gentled.[3]
Spanish River derailment21 January 1910near Nairn, Sudbury District, Northern Ontario43+?A westbound Canadian Pacific express train derailed at the Spanish River bridge in Sudbury District, Ontario.[4]
Rogers Pass avalanche4 March 1910Rogers Pass, British Columbia620A maintenance of way crew clearing the Canadian Pacific transcontinental mainline is buried in an avalanche at the infamous Rogers Pass, which was later replaced by the Connaught Tunnel and abandoned.
Tignish train crash21 February 1932near Tignish, Prince Edward Island411A snow storm resulted in a train getting stuck in a snow drift. Another train collided head on with the stuck train. The incident is considered PEI's worst rail accident.[5]
Dugald rail accident1 September 1947Dugald, Manitoba3185A westbound seasonal excursion train collided head-on with the eastbound Canadian National Continental Limited.
Canoe River train crash21 November 1950near Valemount, British Columbia21A westbound troop train collided head-on with an eastbound Canadian National Continental Limited passenger train. The bulk of the casualties were suffered by the passengers of the troop train, who were travelling in wooden cars which were no longer being used for regular passenger service.
Dorion level crossing accident7 October 1966Dorion, Quebec1926A Canadian National freight train struck a school bus which was transporting students to a dance.
1979 Mississauga train derailment10 November 1979Mississauga, Ontario00A Canadian Pacific freight train hauling large quantities of explosives and dangerous chemicals derailed, exploded, and caught fire in Mississauga, Ontario. Over 200,000 people were evacuated from the area, the largest evacuation in North America until Hurricane Katrina. In the negotiations that followed, CP dropped its longstanding opposition to passenger trains on the line, resulting in the opening of GO Transit Milton line service.
Hinton train collision8 February 1986Dalehurst, Alberta2371A Canadian National freight train collided with the Via Rail Super Continental.
1995 Russell Hill subway accident11 August 1995Toronto, Ontario330+A southbound Line 1 Yonge–University subway train on the University line between St. Clair West and Dupont stations struck the rear of a stationary subway train.
Cheakamus River derailment5 August 2005Cheakamus River, British Columbia00A Canadian National freight train derailed into the Cheakamus River, leaking sodium hydroxide and killing over 500,000 fish.
2012 Burlington Via derailment26 February 2012Burlington, Ontario346An eastbound Via Rail train 92 travelling from Niagara Falls to Toronto derailed east of Aldershot station.
Lac-Mégantic rail disaster6 July 2013Lac-Mégantic, Quebec47A Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway freight train hauling 72 dangerous goods tank cars filled with petroleum crude oil derails in the centre of the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, killing dozens of people and destroying much of the downtown.
2013 Ottawa bus–train crash18 September 2013Ottawa, Ontario635Via Rail train 51 struck an OC Transpo double-decker bus en route from Ottawa to Toronto at a level crossing.
2014 Nairn derailmentApril 2014near Nairn Centre, Ontario00A Huron Central Railway freight train derailed and leaked 25,000 litres (6,600 US gal) of diesel fuel into a local creek and wetland.[6]
Spanish derailment1 November 2015near Spanish, Ontario00Poor track conditions led to the derailment of a Huron Central Railway freight train.[7]
Ponton train derailment15 September 2018Ponton, Manitoba10A Hudson Bay Railway freight train carrying petroleum products derailed while crossing the Metishto River. The train's conductor was injured and subsequently bled to death.

References
  1. "The Dreadful Accident on the Great Western". The Globe. October 31, 1854. p. 2.
  2. Smith, Edward (2007). "All My Politics Are Railroads". Dundurn Castle: Sir Allan MacNab and his Hamilton Home. James Lorimer & Company Ltd. p. 83. ISBN 978-1-55028-988-6
  3. "Nairn Centre 1896–1996: The First 100 Years" (PDF).
  4. "Railway disaster: The Spanish River train wreck". Soo Today. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  5. "Tignish Train Wreck". Island Narratives Program. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  6. "Spanish River diesel fuel spill worries Nairn Centre area residents". CBC.ca. CBC. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  7. "Poor track conditions and inadequate drainage led to November 2015 derailment of a Huron Central Railway train near Spanish, Ontario". Canada Newswire. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
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