There were a peak of 173 incidents at Canadian onshore oil and gas pipelines in 2017. As of December 2022, there were 141 incidents, such as 54 fire incidents and 28 serious injury incidents. The regions affected by pipeline incidents during this period were British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, and Quebec.
Number of incidents at onshore pipelines in Canada from 2010 to 2022
The source classifies incidents in seven categories: - Adverse environmental effects, explosion, fatality, fire, operation beyond design limits, release of substance and serious injury. Further details can be found at Canada Energy Regulator, Incident Data: Methodology, page 4. The most common incident type is release of substance.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Incidents at CER-Regulated pipelines and facilities, 2010 to 2022. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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