UXO Locations in Canada: Overview
Over the years, many locations across Canada have been used for military operations, training and weapons testing. Wartime action along Canada's coasts and incidents involving ships, planes or vehicles carrying ammunition and explosives have also created legacy sites at which UXO may still remain today.
Several hundred UXO legacy sites are known to exist at locations spread across Canada's land mass. In addition, 1,100 sites are known to exist off Canada's east coast, with 26 more on the Pacific Coast.
A comprehensive program of historical research currently underway may identify additional sites. As information on each site becomes available, it will become part of a public database accessible from this web site.
