Meteorite falls in Canada
Canada has 16 observed falls in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013), the 16th-highest count of 107 countries. The heaviest is Bruderheim (303 kg, 1960). The earliest is De Cewsville in 1887. The most recent is Grimsby in 2009.
- Median recovered mass
- 12 kg
- Different class labels
- 9
- Falls with their own page
- 6
Dot size grows with recovered mass; the three heaviest are named.
Year by year
Of the 16, two are dated before 1900 and 11 are from 1950 or later. The busiest decade there is the 1960s, with four falls. The median distance from a fall in Canada to its nearest recorded neighbour, in any country, is 101 km. The closest fall recorded across the border is Worden in the United States, 112 km from Dresden (Ontario).
What fell in Canada
The most common class is H5 (three falls), followed by L6 (3). Together the falls recorded in Canada recovered 621 kg.
- L chondrites 6
- H chondrites 6
- LL chondrites 1
- Carbonaceous chondrites 2
- Enstatite chondrites 1
Every fall in Canada
| Year | Fall | Class | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1887 | De Cewsville | H6 | 340 g |
| 1893 | Beaver Creek | H5 | 14 kg |
| 1904 | Shelburne | L5 | 19 kg |
| 1939 | Dresden (Ontario) | H6 | 48 kg |
| 1949 | Benton | LL6 | 2.8 kg |
| 1952 | Abee | EH4 | 107 kg |
| 1960 | Bruderheim | L6 | 303 kg |
| 1963 | Peace River | L6 | 46 kg |
| 1965 | Revelstoke | CI1 | 1 g |
| 1967 | Vilna | L5 | 0.1 g |
| 1977 | Innisfree | L5 | 4.6 kg |
| 1994 | St-Robert | H5 | 25 kg |
| 1998 | Kitchener | L6 | 203 g |
| 2000 | Tagish Lake | C2-ung | 10 kg |
| 2008 | Buzzard Coulee | H4 | 41 kg |
| 2009 | Grimsby | H5 | 215 g |