Lightning strikes in Canada
The detection network has located 348,129 lightning strikes in Canada since the archive began, including 148,059 in the last 7 days. That is 3.76% of all detected strikes worldwide, ranking Canada #5 of 143 countries with recorded lightning. Canada is counted under North America in the continent totals.
Daily strikes, last 14 days
| Day (UTC) | Detected strikes |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | 1,340 |
| 2026-08-13 | 10,245 |
| 2026-08-12 | 10,223 |
| 2026-08-11 | 11,084 |
| 2026-08-10 | 31,740 |
| 2026-08-09 | 18,823 |
| 2026-08-08 | 64,604 |
| 2026-08-07 | 950 |
| 2026-08-06 | 2,157 |
| 2026-08-05 | 1,531 |
| 2026-08-04 | 14,035 |
| 2026-08-03 | 17,655 |
| 2026-08-02 | 18,443 |
| 2026-08-01 | 13,130 |
Strikes by state or province
Regions follow Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries. "Unassigned" counts strikes inside Canada's territory but outside every region polygon, mostly coastal water and lakes.
| # | State / province | Strikes | Last 7 days | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ontario | 132,812 | 71,958 | 38.2% |
| 2 | Quebec | 97,335 | 49,340 | 28.0% |
| 3 | Manitoba | 37,816 | 245 | 10.9% |
| 4 | Unassigned | 36,861 | 6,046 | 10.6% |
| 5 | Alberta | 18,279 | 10,043 | 5.3% |
| 6 | Saskatchewan | 10,152 | 569 | 2.9% |
| 7 | New Brunswick | 6,037 | 5,925 | 1.7% |
| 8 | Nova Scotia | 2,255 | 1,663 | 0.6% |
| 9 | British Columbia | 2,078 | 1,286 | 0.6% |
| 10 | Nunavut | 2,028 | 134 | 0.6% |
| 11 | Newfoundland and Labrador | 1,227 | 483 | 0.4% |
| 12 | Northwest Territories | 528 | 16 | 0.2% |
| 13 | New York | 137 | 88 | 0.0% |
| 14 | Minnesota | 135 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 15 | Prince Edward Island | 135 | 69 | 0.0% |
| 16 | Maine | 115 | 80 | 0.0% |
| 17 | Ohio | 81 | 58 | 0.0% |
| 18 | Pennsylvania | 66 | 39 | 0.0% |
| 19 | Michigan | 40 | 7 | 0.0% |
| 20 | Yukon | 6 | 5 | 0.0% |
| 21 | Vermont | 3 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 22 | Washington | 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 23 | Montana | 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 24 | North Dakota | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
These are detected strikes, and detection coverage differs by region; the data hub explains the method and its limits. For the climatological picture, see which countries get the most lightning.
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