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Heat Wave and Power Outages Across Quebec, Canada

Occurred 2 Jul 2026·Detected 7 Jul 2026·
🇨🇦 Quebec province, Canada, with mentions of Montreal, Laurentians, and Prince Edward Island5 reportsEnded 10 Jul 2026
Natural CatastropheProperty

Severe thunderstorms swept southern Quebec on 2-3 July 2026, leaving more than 100,000 households without electricity and disrupting transport across Montreal, Quebec City, Shawinigan, Mauricie, and the Laurentians. Reporting references possible tornado touchdowns and flooding in Quebec, but no structural damage inventory, casualty figures, or insured loss estimates have been published. An ongoing heat wave continues to compound outage impact across Quebec and adjacent Canadian regions.

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Part of:2026 European Heatwave(112 related events)

Impact verdict

Low impact. Evidence describes household-level power outages from severe thunderstorms and an ongoing heat wave across a single Canadian province, with no quantified structural damage, commercial or industrial outage inventory, casualty figures, or insured loss estimates. Absent a stated or estimated insured loss and without a credible route to specialty market materiality on present evidence, the assessment remains LOW. The picture would change if utility damage assessments, commercial or industrial outage data, or insured loss estimates emerged indicating meaningful exposure.

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Affected countries

🇨🇦 Canada

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