Table 3. Main-track train derailments by province in April 2021

Table 3. Main track derailment accidents and incidents by province, April 2021
  April Year to date
(April)
2021 2020 2016-2020
average
2021 2020 2016-2020
average
Canada 8 3 4 31 23 28
Newfoundland 0 0 0 2 1 0
Nova Scotia 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Brunswick 0 0 0 1 0 0
Quebec 1 0 1 3 4 4
Ontario 2 1 1 4 7 6
Manitoba 0 0 0 2 1 2
Saskatchewan 0 1 1 3 2 3
Alberta 1 1 1 4 4 6
British Columbia 4 0 1 12 4 6
Northwest Territories 0 0 0 0 0 0
Canada - with dangerous goods involved 1 0 0 4 4 4
Newfoundland 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nova Scotia 0 0 0 0 0 0
New Brunswick 0 0 0 1 0 0
Quebec 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ontario 0 0 0 2 2 2
Manitoba 0 0 0 0 0 1
Saskatchewan 0 0 0 0 1 0
Alberta 0 0 0 0 0 1
British Columbia 1 0 0 1 1 1
Northwest Territories 0 0 0 0 0 0

Data extracted 2 June 2021

All 5-year averages have been rounded. The totals sometimes do not coincide to the sum of these averages.

Figure 1: Number of main-track train derailments per month [D]
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Number of main-track train derailments per month
Figure 2: Number of main track derailments per total number of car derailed [D]
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Number of main-track train derailments per total number of car derailed