Aviation accidents in Canada

133 accidents and incidents are recorded in Canada (1984–2025), with 673 people killed and 44 seriously injured. 61% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• General aviation accounts for 6% of these accidents and 4% of deaths. Airline flights account for 5% of accidents.
• Recorded accidents went from 1 in 1984 to 5 in 2024.

Deadliest accidents

1. Arrow Air Flight 1285R, Gander International Airport (Dec 12, 1985) · 256 killed
2. Swissair Flight 111, Atlantic Ocean (Sep 2, 1998) · 229 killed
3. Air Ontario Flight 1363, John Dryden (Mar 10, 1989) · 24 killed
4. MK Airlines Flight 1602, Halifax Stanfield International Airport (Oct 14, 2004) · 7 killed
5. Hawker Beechcraft Corp. A100, Quebec City, CA (Jun 23, 2010) · 7 killed
6. Mitsubishi MU 2B, Iles-de-la-Madeleine, CA (Mar 29, 2016) · 7 killed
7. Piper PA32, Kingston, CA (Nov 28, 2019) · 7 killed
8. Grumman G-21A, Port Hardy, CA (Aug 3, 2008) · 5 killed
9. Piper PA-46-350P, Wainwright, CA (Mar 28, 2008) · 5 killed
10. Swearingen SA227 - AC, Red Lake, CA (Nov 10, 2013) · 5 killed

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Other countries

• United States · 76,200 accidents
• Brazil · 327 accidents
• Australia · 203 accidents
• Mexico · 154 accidents
• Colombia · 147 accidents
• France · 127 accidents
• United Kingdom · 109 accidents
• Venezuela · 100 accidents
• Russia · 84 accidents
• Argentina · 82 accidents

These are counts of recorded accidents, not risk rates: the data has no flight hours, so a place or aircraft near the top mostly reflects how much flying happens there. Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain), plus notable international accidents from Wikidata and Wikipedia. US-heavy; the NTSB only codes phase and cause for accidents from 2008 on, so those tables leave out earlier years.