List of Canadian tornadoes and tornado outbreaks

This page lists tornadoes and tornado outbreaks which have harshly touched down in Canada since 1792, this is not a complete listing of all events and range from violent to less damaging tornadoes. On average, there are around 80 confirmed and many more unconfirmed tornadoes that touch down in Canada each year, the vast majority are rated as F0 or F1, not regarded as severe and usually cause minor structural damages to barns, wood fences, down small power lines and uproot or snap tree limbs. The peak tornado season in Canada is in the summer months, as opposed to the spring season in US.

The reported increase in numbers of tornadoes in recent years may reflect better record keeping rather than an actual increase in tornado occurrence (although natural increase has not been ruled out), in addition to better detection technology ie. Doppler weather radar and satellite imagery. The upswing could also be attributed to other factors, such as improved aerial and ground damage assessment after the fact in sparsely populated areas (particularly the case in remote parts of the Canadian Prairies and Northern Ontario, for example), better trained spotter capabilities and increased population in places like the great plains/Canadian Prairies than in the past. Tornadoes in Canada are enough of a threat to public safety for a public warning system to be in place, overseen by the national weather agency, Environment Canada. For a variety of reasons, such as sturdier construction for buildings to withstand the harsher winters and Canada's lower population density, Canadian tornadoes have historically caused far fewer fatalities than tornadoes in the United States. The deadliest tornado in Canadian history, the Regina Cyclone of June 30, 1912, does not even rank in the top 25 when compared to American tornado fatalities. Six medium to large size Canadian cities were hit by significant tornadoes during the 20th century which caused large-scale damage and fatalities, in Regina (1912), Windsor twice (1946 and 1974), Sarnia (1953), Sudbury (1970), Barrie (1985) and in Edmonton (1987).

Before 1880

1792
* June 30. The first recorded tornado in Canadian history affected the Niagara Peninsula between Fonthill and Port Robinson, Ontario. The path cut by the twister through the forest becomes Hurricane Road, still in use today.1829
* June 2. Only the infancy of settlement, a large tornado hits Guelph, destroying buildings and leaving the town inactive for the next 3 years.1844
* August 7. A tornado at Galt, Ontario (Now part of the City of Cambridge) destroyed barns and fences, uprooted trees and killed one person, Canada's earliest recorded tornado death.1845
* September 20. A tornado outbreak felled thousands of trees in Ontario and Quebec and produced a tornado which tracked for 443 km across Lakes Ontario and Champlain.1855
* April 18. An area between Collingwood, Ontario and Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario in southern Ontario was affected by tornadoes, one of which lifted a saloon up into the air.1860
* May 19. Homes, fences and trees were demolished by a 500 m wide tornado near Aurora, Ontario. Hailstones up to 8 cm in diameter also fell.1870
* July 16. Montreal, Quebec. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9805E7D8103DE53BBC4F52DFB166838B669FDE] Tornado lasting 5 minutes lays a path of destruction. 1 unconfirmed death.1879
* August 6. Bouctouche, New Brunswick tornado. (5 dead, 10 injured, [http://www.pnr-rpn.ec.gc.ca/air/summersevere/ae00s02.en.html] 25 families homeless in Bouctouche, New Brunswick, easternmost "major" tornado in North America)

1880s

1880
* June 10. A 200 m wide tornado touches down at Listowel, Ontario lifting a man up into the air. He grabs on to a bridge to save himself.1884
* May 15. Elora, Ontario Tornado. A suspected F4. A tornado half a kilometre wide destroyed barns, fences and stables at Elora, Ontario, and damaged a church and cemetery in Goldstone, Ontario.1885
* June 7. Houses and orchards at Parkhill, Ontario and St. Thomas, Ontario were damaged when a tornado touched down and hail up to 10 cm in diameter fell.1888
* June 6. Southern Quebec Tornado. A tornado affected an area between Montreal, Quebec and Cornwall, Ontario killing 3 and destroying 500 farms, barns and outbuildings.
* August 16. Between Lancaster, Ontario - Saint-Zotique, Quebec Tornado, Lancaster, Ontario - Saint-Zotique, Quebec - Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec. Extensive property damage, 9 dead, 16 injured.

1890s

1892
* June 14. A tornado hits Sainte-Rose, Quebec Tornado. Six dead, 26 injured.
* June 29. A tornado in London, Ontario destroyed barns and orchards.
* September 26. A tornado at Merritton, Ontario, since amalgamated with St. Catharines, Ontario, killed 4 or 5 and injures dozens of other people.

1900s

1908
* July 22 An F3 tornado hits near Frobisher, Saskatchewan1909
* July 16 An F3 tornado strikes near Golden Valley, Saskatchewan

1910s

1912
* June 30. The Regina Cyclone, F4, Regina, Saskatchewan. Canada's deadliest tornado. See Article for in-depth information1913
* March 21 The area between Windsor, Ontario and Cobalt in Ontario was affected by winds gusting up to 150 km/h. 7 people were killed during the storm which also damaged buildings and uprooted trees. .

1920s

1920
* July 22. A strong tornado passes through rural Southeastern Saskatchewan, killing 4, and injuring 13 more. The Canadian Red Cross provided relief on behalf of the government to 42 affected families in Alameda, Frobisher, Lampman, Steelman, and Estevan. This was Canada's first F5 tornado since records have been kept. 1922
* Portage La Prairie, Manitoba Tornado Outbreak, June 22-23. Five dead, multiple tornadoes touched down.
* July 21. A tornado affecting Crystal Springs, Saskatchewan lifted a house and dropped it a field a little way away.
* August 15 An F3 tornado touches down near Eastend, Saskatchewan1923
* June 24. A tornado touches down near Hornby, Ontario, in present-day Halton Hills. It travels eastward almost 20km before dissipating near Cooksville, Ontario, close to centre of present-day Mississauga. Four dead, dozens injured. Many structures, mostly farm buildings damaged or destroyed.1926
* July 12. Tornadoes are rare in British Columbia but nevertheless they do occur from time to time. On this day in 1926, a tornado at Lac La Hache, British Columbia destroyed farm buildings and felled trees.1927
* June 18. A tornado picked up a house in Elfros, Saskatchewan killing one person. The tornado cut an 11 km path of damage.

1930s

1935
* Benson, Saskatchewan, July 1, 1935. A strong F4 (possibly a weak F5) strikes Benson, SK.
* July 6 An F3 tornado touches down near Smiley, Saskatchewan.1939
* St. John, Quebec Tornado, June 11. A tornado touching down at St John, Quebec topples trees and rips off roofs.

1940s

1944
* July 1 Two tornadoes strike Lebret, Saskatchewan killing four people.
* August 9 Three tornadoes hit Kamsack, Saskatchewan including one F4, wrecking seventy-five percent of homes and one hundred businesses. It killed three people.1946
* June 17. Windsor - Tecumseh, Ontario Tornado of 1946 (F4), Windsor, Ontario and Tecumseh, Ontario. . (See Article for in-depth information)
* June 24. Fort Frances, Ontario Tornado (F3), International Falls, Minnesota - Fort Frances, Ontario - Rainy River, Ontario.1949
* July 19. The small village of Cheneville, Quebec was devastated by a tornado which lasted about 3 minutes.

1950s

1950
* Regina Tornado of 1950 (November)
* Rycroft, Alberta Tornado. A tornado cut an 80 km path from Rycroft, Alberta to Eaglesham, Alberta damaging crops, farm machinery and farm buildings. September 1.1953
* Sarnia, Ontario Tornado of 1953 (seven dead, 40 injured, and 500 left homeless), May 21
* 5 were killed and 41 injured when a series of tornadoes affected Southwestern Ontario, from Sarnia to Windsor, and other cities in the area.1954
* White Point Beach, NS Tornado, January 30. A great deal of hail and lightning along the coast, touched down near Liverpool, Nova Scotia. It is a very unusual, but not unheard of mid-winter tornado. 1955
* Nanaimo, British Columbia Tornado, April 25. A tornado near Nanaimo, British Columbia caused minor damages.1958
* Watrous, Saskatchewan Tornado, April 16. A tornado at Watrous, Saskatchewan destroying a large barn and scattering pigs up to 5 km from the barn.
* Hensall, Ontario Tornado, A tornado tracking between Hensall and Dublin in Ontario killed one person. April 17.
* Amaranth, Manitoba Tornado, May 1958.1959
* Southern Manitoba Tornado, June 6. A tornado destroyed a garage in La Salle, Manitoba, yet the car inside the garage was not damaged. The tornado could be seen 15 km away in Winnipeg.

1960s

1962
* July 1. A small tornado is observed near Vancouver, British Columbia. The weather office here opened in 1929 and at that time this was the third tornado they'd seen here.1963
* June 29 An F3 tornado touches down near Spy Hill, Saskatchewan.1966
* Uclulet, British Columbia Tornado. A tornado affected Ucluelet, British Columbia. Unknown but significant damages. March 7.1967
* Huron - Perth Tornado (Southern Ontario, $1 million dollars damage)1968
* Watson, Saskatchewan Tornado A tornado hit Watson, SK destroying a car shed amongst other things. April 11.

1970s

1970
* Sudbury, Ontario Tornado, August 20, 1970 - 6 dead, 200 injured.1973
* A funnel cloud was sighted on Upper Garry Lake, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut), the most northerly funnel cloud on record in Canada. August 10.1974
* Super Outbreak (F3), Windsor, Ontario, April 3, 1974. 9 dead, 30 injured, $500,000 in damages. See article for in-depth information.1975
* Saint Bonaventure, Quebec Tornado, Saint Bonaventure, Quebec; 40 injured, 300 homeless, $2.5 to $3 million in damages.
* June 23 A tornado touches down west of Regina, Saskatchewan as well as unleashing torrential downpours on the city causing flooding.1977
* Rosa-St. Malo, Manitoba. Date unknown, killed 3. Rated F4 in strength. [http://www.ec.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=714D9AAE-1&news=4B3DE57E-4967-4B09-98D6-EF974B32D6B5 Elie Tornado Upgraded to Highest Level on Damage Scale Canada's First Official F5 Tornado] ] 1978
* Yellowknife Tornado. A tornado touches down near Yellowknife, Northwest Territories toppling a tower and destroying a transmission tower at Rae-Edzo. It is the third tornado in 16 years there.
* Masson & Buckingham, Quebec. An F1/F2 tore through the former cities of Buckingham and Masson (now Gatineau) on June 27, 1978. 35 injuries and 100 homes sustained significant damage. Damage amount $3 million.1979
* Woodstock, Ontario Tornado of August 1979 (2-F4's), Burgessville, Ontario - Woodstock, Ontario, August 7, 1979. Killed 3 and injured 150. An additional F3 spawned by the same storm struck the nearby city of Stratford, Ontario just before the twin F4s struck Woodstock.
* May 21 A tornado tore part of a roof off of a Wheat Pool elevator in Regina, Saskatchewan. It also destroyed a farmhouse and barn and sent a truck flying across the yard.

1980s

1980
* Altona, Alberta Tornado, April 6. A minor tornado touches down near Altona, Alberta.1982
* Montreal - Sainte-Rose Tornado, Near Montréal, Quebec (Sainte-Rose), Quebec; five fatalities, 26 injured, and extensive damage; hundreds of homes and barns flattened. June 14.1983
* Reeces Corners Tornado, Reeces Corners, Ontario (around 20 km east of Sarnia, Ontario). Millions of dollars in damages.1984
* Blue Sea, Quebec, July 15, 1984, one person was killed by a tornado near Maniwaki, Quebec
* Southwest Ontario Tornado Outbreak of 1984, September 2. Tornadoes touch down all over southwest Ontario, from Windsor to London, injuring 30.1985
* The "Barrie" Tornado Outbreak of 1985, F4, Barrie, Ontario, May 31. 13 confirmed tornado touchdowns. 12 killed, 8 in Barrie alone with hundreds injured; 800 homeless, more than 100 buildings were damaged at a cost of over $100 million, complete destruction of 300 houses. Four were killed by a tornado that struck or struck close to Grand Valley, Orangeville and Tottenham, that tornado had touchdown path length of over 100km (60 miles). See article for in-depth information.
* May 31, F0 ornado strikes the Leamington, Ontario area, as part of the Barrie tornado outbreak, above.
* Mississauga Tornado, July 7. A tornado in the Meadowvale area of Mississauga, Ontario injures 10 and caused $400,000 damage.1986
* Lampman, Saskatchewan Tornado, May 6. Minor tornado touches down near Lampman, Saskatchewan.
* Northern Saskatchewan Tornadoes, June 1. Three tornadoes touched down in Saskatoon. Roofs and windows in the area were damaged by high winds and hailstones.1987
* Winnipeg, Manitoba Tornado, Winnipeg, Manitoba; a thunderstorm caused at least two tornadoes in Winnipeg; strong winds and 40 millimetres of rain in two and a half hours caused flash flooding and resulted in considerable property damage.
* Edmonton Tornado, July 31. Strong F4, possibly F5, along with a few other weaker tornadoes. Edmonton, Alberta and surrounding areas. 27 dead, 253 injured. See article for in-depth information. One of Canada's strongest tornadoes, and the second deadliest tornado (after the 1912 Regina Cyclone).
* Montreal Tornado of 1987, Montréal, Quebec July 14; a tornado caused by a severe thunderstorm dropped 100 millimetres of rain in an hour which resulted in severe flooding across the city; the storm also caused intense winds which uprooted large trees and toppled hydro lines.1988
* Vancouver Tornado, May 1. Weak tornado grazes eastern Metro Vancouver.
* Medicine Hat, Alberta Tornado, Medicine Hat, Alberta; tornado caused an estimated $50 million in damage.1989
* Saskatchewan Tornado Outbreak of 1989, June 19. Eight tornadoes touched down over central Saskatchewan. Winds gusted up to 130 km/h and hail shredded crops at Blaine Lake, Saskatchewan.
* July 8 An F3 tornado touches down in Peebles, Saskatchewan. The general store and the skating/curling rink were blown into the bush about 3 km from where they had originally stood.
* New Brunswick Tornado Outbreak, August 14. Three tornadoes touch down in New Brunswick. One of the tornadoes affects Carlisle where trees are uprooted and a barn is destroyed, but amazingly 22 out of 24 glass storm windows stored inside are left undamaged.
* Mont-Saint-Hilaire tornado, November 16. An F2 tornado caused 2 million dollars in damage in the community east of Montreal. This is the latest in the year tornado recorded in the province of Quebec. It also occurred during the same tornado outbreak as the Huntsville, Alabama Tornado.

1990s

1990
* Southern Ontario Tornado Outbreak of 1990, Southern Ontario, August 28; tornadoes, the strongest of which was an F3 and severe thunderstorms 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
* Sarnia, Ontario Tornado of 1991, Sarnia, Ontario; tornado caused an estimated $25 million in damage.
* Mauricie Tornado of 1991, August 27. 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 Maskinonge, 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, Quebec of the Mauricie Region.
* Prince George, British Columbia Tornado, 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 Clucluz Lake, British Columbia a tornado uprooted trees.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. The region had been affected by severe weather the day before as well.1994
* Saint-Charles, Quebec, July 9, One person was killed when an F2 tore through the town located east of Montreal. 3 other person were injured, about a dozen homes were damaged.
* Aylmer, Quebec Tornado, August 4 F3. The 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 [http://www.criacc.qc.ca/climat/suivi/tornade_f.html]
* Birtle, Manitoba. F4 tornado hits rural farmland. Date unknown, 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.
* Fredericton, New Brunswick Tornado, July 26. A tornado in Fredericton, New Brunswick took the roof off a government building and damaged a tennis court dome.
* 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 around the Kawartha lakes area. 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.
* 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
* Southern Ontario Tornadoes of 1996, Grey, Wellington and Dufferin counties, Ontario, on April 20, 1996. 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 120km/h and 141km/h damaging many trees and properties on the east end of the city.1997
* Southeast Michigan Tornado Outbreak F1, F2, F3 Windsor, Ontario and surrounding areas, July 2. See article for more in-depth information.1998
*Norwich, Ontario June 2. During a severe weather outbreak in Southern Ontario in the mid-afternoon, an F1 tornado dropped 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.
*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. [http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/14/14412.htm] 1999
* Hull, Quebec of 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.
* Saskatoon Tornadoes of 1999, May 22. Three tornadoes touch down close to the western limits of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
* 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).
* Burlington, Ontario Tornado, August 4. An F2 tornado with a twisting but narrow path strikes Burlington, Ontario, causing damage, and relocating a motorhome 2 kilometers from where it was parked in the rural section in the north end of Burlington.
* Pugwash, Nova Scotia, August 18. A small tornado strikes causing some localized structural damage. There were no serious injuries.

2000s

2000
* July 14. Pine Lake, Alberta Tornado F3 Pine Lake, Alberta (Near Red Deer, Alberta). See Article for in-depth information.
* July 17 Guelph, Ontario Tornado. An F2 tornado struck the city of Guelph, Ontario causing around $2M damage and destroyed roofs, trees and fences. The same storm then produced a second tornado in Waterdown, Ontario.
* August 1 Egg-sized hail and a tornado struck Viking, Alberta.
* August 6. As people were gathering in Pine Lake, Alberta for a memorial service for those who died in a killer tornado just a few weeks earlier, a second, however weaker tornado hit the area.2001
* June 19 Saguenay Tornado. Alma in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean area was struck by an F2 tornado which lasted about half a minute and destroyed two houses, a barn and a garage as well as uprooting trees and damaging roofs. A second funnel cloud was observed the same region just 3 weeks later.
* July 4. Quebec and Southeastern Ontario had some severe weather. There was heavy rain, strong winds and 2 cm hail. Tornadoes touched down in Ayr, Argyle, Campbellville and Fenelon Falls (all in Ontario), the strongest of them rated an F2. At least 5 tornadoes are confirmed in southern Ontario on the 4th.
* July 13 A tornado is spotted near Caroline, Alberta north of Calgary.2002
* May 31, North Bay, Ontario was struck by two weak tornadoes.
* June 23, A weak tornado touched down in Ottawa between Kanata and Barrhaven.
* July 28, Severe thunderstorms over northern Ontario produced a tornado over Halfway Lake Provincial Park (70 km north of Sudbury, Ontario) where 800 people were camping at the time and up to 150 mm rain falls in just 3 hours at Stratford and Tavistock in Ontario.2003
* June 11 Laval, Quebec was struck by an F1 Tornado that damaged trees, and many warehouses in the industrial park just north of Autoroute 440. It also caused some vehicles to go off the road as it crossed west to east both lanes of Autoroute 15 during rush hour.
* July 2 A tornado touches down on an area of Narrow Hills Provincial Park northwest of Nipawin, Saskatchewan. It destroyed several residential trailers, turned over a tractor-trailer unit, and caused a number of injuries; the storm also dropped baseball-sized hail that is typical of tornado-producing thunderstorms. 2004
* May 22 - May 2004 Tornado Outbreak Sequence, two, strong F2 intensity tornadoes struck at 6pm, one near Mitchell, Ontario and the other in nearby Gad's Hill causing extensive property and infrastructure damage.
* July 8, an F0-F1 tornado touched down in Grande Prairie, Alberta, causing damage to homes and businesses outlets and flipping over vehicles.
* July 31, 4 tornadoes touched down in southern Quebec, with an F1 in Chateauguay on Montreal's south shore, another F1 in Durham-Sud, an F1 in St-Albert, which cut a path of 6 km long, and also an F0 in Chesterville.
* August 10, two tornadoes touched down in the Ottawa region, one in Burnstown and another in Thurso. Both were rated F1's2005
* June 21st, Lethbridge, Southern Alberta.Tuesday a severe thunderstorm spawned several funnel clouds and golf ball size hail from Lethbridge to Taber Alberta.
* July 2 A tornado touches down about 25km west of Estevan, Saskatchewan.
* August 19th, Southern Ontario Tornado Outbreak of 2005. Numerous tornadoes touched down (strongest were F2s and F3s), damaging homes in Kitchener, Ontario, Guelph, Ontario, and an unusual tornado possibly touching down within the Toronto, Ontario city limits although never officially confirmed by Environment Canada. These storms caused extensive damage in a path from Stratford, Ontario (20 km west of Kitchener), to Peterborough, Ontario, and along Georgian Bay near Collingwood. A storm cell just to the north of Fergus, Ontario spawned two F2 strength tornadoes that were particularly damaging, tearing apart trees, farms and overturning automobiles driving on a highway. The same storm cell later triggered a tornado warning in Toronto (from the previously-mentioned unconfirmed tornado) and caused extensive flooding in the Greater Toronto Area washing out many roads as well as damaging infrastructure such as storm sewers and electrical systems.
* November 9 in Hamilton, Ontario, a late-season tornado tears off part of the roof of a school and damages businesses and homes in the area. See Hamilton, Ontario Tornado of 2005.2006
* July 4 Glassville, New Brunswick Tornado Of 2006. An F1 strikes Glassville, NB, 40 km (25 miles) south of Perth Andover, New Brunswick. A great deal of forest and structural damage, but no injuries or deaths. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2006/07/04/tornado.html Tornado hits New Brunswick - CBC.ca] ]
* July 17, an F1 tornado struck Newmarket, Ontario at night, packing winds of 120 to 170 kilometres an hour, cut a swath of damage 10 km long and 100 metres wide in the Woodbine Avenue/Davis Drive area around 10:15 p.m. At about the same time, an F0, with winds up to 115 km/h, was wreaking havoc in a small section of the Stonehaven subdivision, off Leslie Street south of Mulock Drive.
* July 17 An F1 ( possibly a weak F2?) hit a La Baie du Diable campground in Ferme-Neuve, Quebec moving RV's and breaking trees.
* July 25 An F0 tornado destroyed a barn in Hebertville, Lac St-Jean, Quebec. The same storm produced hail that reached 5-6cm (2 in) in diameter and caused 2 million Canadian dollars damage in the agricultural community.
* August 1, An F2 tornado struck the community of Lac Drolet in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, destroying a house.
* August 2, a number of homes and cottages damaged or completely destroyed by a tornado in Combemere, Ontario located in the Upper Ottawa Valley. The same storm system spawned an outbreak of at least ten confimred tornadoes north of Peterborough, Ontario in the Haliburton and Kawartha Highlands, which damaged cottages in the area, some severely. It was the most tornadoes recorded in Ontario in a single 24-hour span day since 1985. The strongest were two F2s that struck near Bancroft, Ontario, and one made a direct hit on the town of Combermere, Ontario. [ [http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1155204174260&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154&t=TS_Home Toronto Star] ]
* August 4, in Gull Lake, Manitoba an F2 tornado killed a woman at a campground north of Winnipeg.
* August 20, An F2 tornado hit the community of La Broquerie in southern Manitoba, destroying a house.
* August 24 Two tornadoes touch down near Unity and Yorkton, Saskatchewan2007
* May 15, 2007. Mitchell, Ontario Tornado. An F1 tornado struck the Mitchell, Ontario area around 60 km northeast of London, Ontario, causing minor damage. It was the third significant tornado to hit the Mitchell area in a three-year span. The same storm system that caused this tornado also produced a couple other tornadoes (an F0 and an F1) in The Thumb area of Michigan, northern Indiana, and Ohio before crossing Lake Huron into Ontario.
* June 22 - June 23, 2007. Eastern Prairie Outbreak. A rare combination of weather systems converged on a June weekend causing severe thunderstorms which spawned at least 8 tornadoes across Southeast Saskatchewan and Southern Manitoba. The most significant, and the first "confirmed" F5 tornado in Canada was an F5 which touched down near Elie, Manitoba [ [http://www.oilweek.com/news.asp?ID=9802 Environment Canada confirms violent F4 tornado hit southwestern Manitoba tornado (WEA-Mba-Tornado) - http://www.oilweek.com] ] destroying 4 homes, flipping one home-owner's Chrysler Fifth Avenue onto a neighbour's roof, and heavily damaging a flour mill. Because the tornado crossed directly over one of the most travelled portions of the Trans-Canada Highway, a large number of photos and videos were taken. The F5 Elie tornado was described "as bad as they ever get here in Canada" by meteorologist Dave Carlsen of Environment Canada, while he told Canwest Global affiliate CKND-TV [Reported on page B1 in the Windsor Star, Windsor, Ontario, June 23, 2007.] [ [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070918/manitoba_tornado_070918/20070918?hub=Canada CTV.ca | Manitoba tornado was strongest ever ] ] . A large F3 wedge tornado also touched down near Pipestone, Manitoba and Baldur, Manitoba [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2007/06/25/weather.html 'Moderate' risk of more tornadoes in Manitoba - CBC.ca] ] . Surprisingly there were a minimal amount of reported injuries resulting from all of the tornadoes. There were also sightings of 3 small tornadoes becoming one [ [http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_story.php?wfo=bis&storyid=8958&source=0 Tornado Touches Down in McHenry County (June 22, 2007) ] ] . One of the tornadoes in this outbreak also traveled 15 km (9 miles) south of Baldur, Manitoba and was rated an F3 on the Fujita scale. [http://twister.sbs.ohio-state.edu/text/canada/AWCN11.CWWG] [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/06/24/manitoba-tornadoes.html?ref=rss More tornadoes hit southern Manitoba - CBC.ca] ] .
* July 8, Mayerthorpe, Alberta. A tornado hit 20 km south of Mayerthorpe. There were reports of tornadoes in the area at approx. 5:15 PM (EST). Tornado and Severe Thunderstorm watches and warnings were scattered through central Alberta.
* On the same date in Southern Ontario, there were two reported tornadoes by storm chasers/reporters near the Walkerton area in Bruce County. Hail to the size of tennis balls were also reported from the same supercell that travelled from the Bruce Peninsula to the Kitchener-Waterloo area between 6 PM and 8 PM EDT. [ [http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_12679.aspx Toronto Dodges Severe Weather As Storm Warning Ends] ] . One of these tornadoes was reported near Mildmay, Ontario (in Bruce County) and confirmed as an F1. The tornado destroyed a large implementation shed. Debris reported 1.5 km away (nearly a mile), 50 kg drums moved. Another tornado is sighted in the area but unconfirmed touchdown. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reICCNXazyM&mode=related&search= YouTube - Mildmay Ontario Tornado July 08 2007, www.stormchasing.ca ] ]
* July 29, Gander Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador. An F0 tornado touched down in Wing's Point, crossed over to Main Point, and flipped a few skidoo trailers over before dissipitating. One of very few to strike Newfoundland and Labrador.
* July 31 A suspected tornado flattens fields and demolishes a farm yard near Cupar, Saskatchewan north of Regina. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2007/08/02/cupar-storm.html Cupar-area farm believed destroyed by tornado ] ] 2008
* May 25 At least two tornadoes touch down in Manitoba. One was reported near Altona. No damage was reported. [ [http://winnipeg.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080526/wpg_tornado_080526/20080526/?hub=WinnipegHome CTV Winnipeg- Two twisters touch down - CTV News, Shows and Sports - Canadian Television ] ]
* May 31 A tornado touches down in Niverville, Manitoba. No deaths,injuries or damage. [ [http://winnipeg.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080531/tornado_053108/20080531/?hub=WinnipegHome CTV Winnipeg- Tornado spotted in southeastern Manitoba - CTV News, Shows and Sports - Canadian Television ] ] [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2008/06/01/manitoba-tornado.html Tornado touches down near Manitoba town ] ]
* June 6 An F1 tornado was detected in Echo Bay in Algoma District at roughly 10:00 PM local time. A roof was torn off a warehouse and damage to a tractor dealership was caused.
* June 6 A weak tornado touches down near Heisler, Alberta southeast of Edmonton. Minor property damage was reported. [ [http://edmonton.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080606/edm_tornado_080606/20080607/?hub=EdmontonHome CTV Edmonton - Tornado touches down southeast of Edmonton - Canadian Television ] ] [ [http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=6b02a9b4-f36d-4d63-80c5-ef50f1afce84 Tornado touches near village ] ]
* June 8 A possible tornado was detected by doppler radar near Highway 402 in the Strathroy area in the late afternoon as strong storms moved through Southeastern Michigan and into Southwestern Ontario. That same evening, an F1 tornado was detected in Ruthven, near Kingsville and Leamington [ [http://ca.yahoo.com/s/650488 Yahoo! ] ] [http://ca.news.yahoo.comen.wi/s/cbc/080609/canada/canada_weather_severe] . A tornado was also spotted in Lucan, Ontario on June 8, while a suspected tornado was reported near Brantford.
* June 9 A weak tornado touches down near Morris, Manitoba. No injuries or deaths were reported. [ [http://winnipeg.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080609/wpg_tornado_watch_080609/20080609/?hub=WinnipegHome CTV Winnipeg- Twister touches down near Morris - CTV News, Shows and Sports - Canadian Television ] ]
* June 10 A tornado touches down west of Edmonton near Wabamun.
* June 22 A small rope-type tornado touches down in Bryanston, Ontario near St. Mary's, Ontario damaging trees and structures. Video taken from a car nearby captured the tornado desceding toward the ground [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9xa11KC32M YouTube - Tornado London Ontario - June 22nd 2008 ] ]
* June 22 A weak tornado touches down near Viking, Alberta. It damaged some properties including uprooted trees, a damaged fence and tore apart a shed. [ [http://edmonton.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080623/EDM_tornado_080623/20080623/?hub=EdmontonHome CTV Edmonton - Twister the talk of the town in Viking - Canadian Television ] ]
* June 27 Five tornadoes touch down in Manitoba. They were reported near Gladstone, Neepawa, Arden, Westbourne and MacGregor areas. [ [http://winnipeg.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080613/wpg_tornado_watch_080627/20080628/?hub=WinnipegHome CTV Winnipeg- Tornados, wind, rain, and hail - CTV News, Shows and Sports - Canadian Television ] ]
* July 6 A weak tornado touches down north of Airdrie, Alberta. There was no report of damage or injuries. [ [http://edmonton.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080706/EDM_tornado_080706/20080706/?hub=EdmontonHome CTV Edmonton - Tornado north of Calgary - Canadian Television ] ] [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2008/07/07/airdrie-tornado.html Severe weather lashes southern Alberta ] ] [ [http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=5616f5f4-ccea-4cb5-bff3-af6eb4f80741 Wild storms spawn several twisters ] ]
* July 7 A tornado touches down just west of Turtle Mountain Provincial Park in Manitoba, damaging docks and sinking boats. No injuries or fatalities. [ [http://winnipeg.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080707/wpg_tornado_turtle_080707/20080707/?hub=WinnipegHome CTV Winnipeg- Twister topples trees, sinks boats - CTV News, Shows and Sports - Canadian Television ] ] [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2008/07/07/tornado-warning.html Tornado touches down in Manitoba ] ]
*July 10 - A F1 tornado briefly touches down in the Shipshaw area of Saguenay. [ [http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=1d32ba13-a173-424a-859a-a3c2920613ba Tornado hits Quebec's Saguenay region ] ] [ [http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/saguenay-lac/2008/07/10/003-shipshaw-tornade_n.shtml Shipshaw : Mini tornade | Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean | Radio-Canada.ca ] ]
* July 10 At least three tornadoes touch down in southeastern Saskatchewan during severe storms. They were reported near Dafoe, Kandahar, Saskatchewan and Stoughton. Damage was also reported in Carlyle where high winds triggered a gas leak at a greenhouse forcing evacuations and a Home Hardware stores roof was ripped off in a storm in Yorkton. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2008/07/11/prairie-storm.html Severe storm wallops southern Saskatchewan ] ] [ [http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/story.html?id=ccedc881-d1b5-4457-a0f2-b2bca4c964e1 South Sask. ravaged by storms ] ] [ [http://www.newstalk650.com/story/20080711/2447 Home Destroyed By Storm | News Talk 650 ] ] [ [http://www.newstalk650.com/story/20080711/2439 Carlyle Cleans Up After Storm | News Talk 650 ] ] [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUjFIuluci4 YouTube - Storm Swirls Near Carlyle ] ] [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUhsY2R3PC0&feature=related YouTube - Carlyle, Saskatchewan Summer Storm & Damage ] ]
* July 14 A possible tornado touches down west of Battleford, Saskatchewan.
* July 15 A tornado touches down east of the small town of Vulcan, Alberta ripping two graineries of their concrete base on a farm. [ [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080716/tornado_alberta_080716/20080716?hub=Canada] ]
* July 19 A waterspot touches down on Turtle Lake in Saskatchewan north of the Battlefords. Another tornado was reported near Dundurn, Saskatchewan south of Saskatoon [ [http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/local/story.html?id=2b763386-a36b-4c96-9f21-bab18ce8228f Storm spawns twisters ] ]
* July 23 Two waterspouts form over the St-Lawrence River in the Montreal, Quebec area, one in the Port of Montreal area, visible from a large area of the island. [ [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080723/montreal_waterspout_080723/20080723?hub=TopStories CTV.ca | Rare waterspout forms in Montreal during storm ] ] [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2008/07/23/qc-waterspout0723.html?ref=rss Tornado-like waterspouts seen in Montreal ] ]
* July 26 A F1 (possibly an F2) tornado touched down near the town of Coboconk, Ontario at around 2:45pm. Severe weather warnings were in effect at the time of the tornado. [ [http://www.mykawartha.com/news/article/31680 Environment Canada confirms Coboconk funnel cloud was a tornado |VIDEO - myKawartha ] ]
* July 27 At least four tornadoes touch down in Saskatchewan near Chamberlin and Girvin, Saskatchewan north of Regina and Radisson and Langham, Saskatchewan north of Saskatoon on a night where tornado warnings and watches kept popping up. [ [http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=cb4d4306-5133-4800-9b25-4a5859bb0d14 Tornado touches down ] ] [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2008/07/28/tornadoes.html 4 Sask. towns see twisters touch down ] ]
* July 29 A funnel cloud is reported overtop of Drayton Valley, Ab.
* September 1 Reports of a twister touching down near La Broquerie, Manitoba prompted several tornado warnings from Environment Canada Monday afternoon and on the ground for about three minutes.

See also

* List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
** List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
* List of tornadoes striking downtown areas
* Fujita scale
** Enhanced Fujita scale
* List of F5 and EF5 tornadoes
* Tornado myths
* Tornadoes of 2007

References

External links

* [http://archives.cbc.ca/IDT-1-70-8/disasters_tragedies/extreme_weather/ Extreme Weather at the CBC.ca Archives]
* [http://www.pnr-rpn.ec.gc.ca/air/summersevere/ae00s02.en.html Environment Canada's information page on Tornadoes] ( [http://www.mb.ec.gc.ca/air/summersevere/ae00s02.en.html Alternate Link] )
* [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/environment/naturalhazards/majortornadoes Canadian Atlas of strong tornadoes]
* [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/environment/naturalhazards/majortornadoes/tornadoes_stats_new.html List of strong tornadoes from 1879 to present]
* [http://www.dandantheweatherman.com/cantriv.html Dan, Dan, The Weather Man's webpage of Canadian Weather Events]
* [http://www.unusualweather.com Unusual Weather (Nature insolite) in Quebec (french)]
* [http://www.chasseurs-orages.org Storm Chasing association in Quebec (french)]