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Canadians who have experienced major emergencies or disasters, by type of event, Canada, 2014 Table 1
Canadians who have experienced major emergencies or disasters, by type of event, Canada, 2014

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Canadians who have experienced major emergencies or disasters, by type of event, Canada, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Canadians who have experienced major emergencies or disasters. The information is grouped by Type of event (appearing as row headers), number (thousands) and percent (appearing as column headers).
Type of event	number (thousands)	percent
Blizzards, winter storms or ice storms	4,183	46
Extended power outages	3,223	36
Floods	1,054	12
Tornadoes	459	5
Hurricanes	336	4
Wildfires or forest fires	298	3
Industrial or transportation accidents	184	2
Fires (non-industrial, e.g., house, apartment)	134	1^{Note E: Use with caution}
Earthquakes	125	1^{Note E: Use with caution}
Contamination or shortage of water or food	92	1^{Note E: Use with caution}
Outbreak of serious or life-threatening disease	84	0.9^{Note E: Use with caution}
Rioting or civil unrest	55	0.6^{Note E: Use with caution}
Landslides or avalanches	41	0.5^{Note E: Use with caution}
Extreme cold	36	0.4^{Note E: Use with caution}
Heat waves	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Storm surges or tsunamis	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Droughts	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Wind storms	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Acts of terrorism or terrorist threats	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Other	163	2
^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note: Responses of 'don't know/not stated' are included in the percentage calculation but are not shown when representing 5% or less of respondents. Respondents were asked to indicate which events they had personally experienced, and to include only events that took place in Canada, in a community where they were living at the time of the event and that resulted in a severe disruption to their daily activities. Respondents could provide as many responses as were applicable. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Emergency Preparedness and Resilience in Canada, 2014.

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Canadians who have experienced major emergencies or disasters, by type of event, Canada, 2014 Table 1
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Canadians who have experienced major emergencies or disasters, by type of event, Canada, 2014 Table 1
Canadians who have experienced major emergencies or disasters, by type of event, Canada, 2014