Archived: Landfalls in Canada

The table below shows the number of named storms, hurricanes and major hurricanes (categories 3–5) whose storm centres entered Canadian territory. It also gives the percentage of Atlantic Basin storms that entered Canadian territory at those strengths.

Atlantic Tropical Cyclones that Made Canadian Landfall from 1951 to 2008

Year	Number of Named Storms	Number of Hurricanes	Number of Major Hurricanes	Percentage of Named Storms	Percentage of Hurricanes	Percentage of Major Hurricanes
1951–1960	14	6	0	14%	10%	0%
1961–1970	11	6	0	11%	10%	0%
1971–1980	8	5	0	8%	9%	0%
1981–1990	7	1	0	7%	2%	0%
1991–2000	12	3	0	11%	5%	0%
2001–2008	14	3	0	11%	5%	0%

Counts of Canadian Landfalling Tropical Storms from 1951 to 2008

Year	Named Storms	Hurricanes	Major Hurricanes
1951	0	0	0
1952	1	0	0
1953	3	1	0
1954	3	3	0
1955	1	0	0
1956	0	0	0
1957	1	0	0
1958	1	1	0
1959	2	1	0
1960	2	0	0
1961	2	0	0
1962	2	1	0
1963	1	1	0
1964	2	0	0
1965	0	0	0
1966	1	1	0
1967	0	0	0
1968	1	1	0
1969	1	1	0
1970	1	1	0
1971	2	1	0
1972	1	0	0
1973	1	0	0
1974	0	0	0
1975	1	1	0
1976	0	0	0
1977	1	1	0
1978	0	0	0
1979	2	2	0
1980	0	0	0
1981	0	0	0
1982	0	0	0
1983	0	0	0
1984	0	0	0
1985	2	0	0
1986	0	0	0
1987	0	0	0
1988	1	0	0
1989	2	0	0
1990	2	1	0
1991	2	0	0
1992	0	0	0
1993	0	0	0
1994	0	0	0
1995	3	1	0
1996	3	1	0
1997	0	0	0
1998	1	0	0
1999	1	0	0
2000	2	1	0
2001	1	0	0
2002	2	1	0
2003	2	1	0
2004	0	0	0
2005	1	0	0
2006	3	0	0
2007	2	0	0
2008	3	1	0