Insured losses from severe weather events

RecordSTO-01M2KJ7XC8-QWZRT4Z8E3-V71M8K

6 billionCAD

Canada · 2016

Insured losses from severe weather events in Canada were 6 billion CAD in 2016 (IBC).

Original source

Insured losses from severe weather events: every country and year, and how it is measured

Publisher
IBC
Authority tier
T2 Official
Locator
2024 shatters record for costliest year for severe weather-related losses in Canadian history at $8.5 billion
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

The tally shattered the previous record of $6 billion from 2016, following the Fort McMurray wildfires.

Checked: the figure 6 billion CADis stated in this passage. If it does not match, the extraction is wrong and we want to know.

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APA

Insurance Bureau of Canada. (2016). Insurance Bureau of Canada Deploys On-the-Ground Support for BC Wildfire Evacuees and Affected Residents. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.ibc.ca/news-insights/news/insurance-bureau-of-canada-deploys-on-the-ground-support-for-bc-wildfire-evacuees-and-affected-residents. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC8QWZRT4Z8E3V71M8K

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MLA
Insurance Bureau of Canada. "Insurance Bureau of Canada Deploys On-the-Ground Support for BC Wildfire Evacuees and Affected Residents." 2016, https://www.ibc.ca/news-insights/news/insurance-bureau-of-canada-deploys-on-the-ground-support-for-bc-wildfire-evacuees-and-affected-residents. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC8QWZRT4Z8E3V71M8K.
Chicago
Insurance Bureau of Canada. "Insurance Bureau of Canada Deploys On-the-Ground Support for BC Wildfire Evacuees and Affected Residents." 2016. https://www.ibc.ca/news-insights/news/insurance-bureau-of-canada-deploys-on-the-ground-support-for-bc-wildfire-evacuees-and-affected-residents. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC8QWZRT4Z8E3V71M8K.
BibTeX
@misc{ibc2016insuredv71m8k, author = {{Insurance Bureau of Canada}}, title = {Insurance Bureau of Canada Deploys On-the-Ground Support for BC Wildfire Evacuees and Affected Residents}, year = {2016}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC8QWZRT4Z8E3V71M8K}, note = {Original source: https://www.ibc.ca/news-insights/news/insurance-bureau-of-canada-deploys-on-the-ground-support-for-bc-wildfire-evacuees-and-affected-residents. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Record: STO-01M2KJ7XC8-QWZRT4Z8E3-V71M8K T2 Official

Primary source

Publisher
Insurance Bureau of Canada · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 2 · National and industry official
Report
Insurance Bureau of Canada Deploys On-the-Ground Support for BC Wildfire Evacuees and Affected Residents
Type
Press release
Published
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Locator
2024 shatters record for costliest year for severe weather-related losses in Canadian history at $8.5 billion
Retrieved
15 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
See source

Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
Editorial review
Checked on
15 September 2026
Last revision
15 September 2026
Permanent URL
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