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Pipeline transportation safety investigation report
TSB deploys investigator following a pipeline rupture and subsequent fire of natural gas from a NOVA Gas Transmission Limited…
TSB is deploying a team of investigators following the release and ignition of natural gas from a NOVA Gas Transmission Limited…
TSB deploys an investigator to a crude oil spill at a pump station near Abbotsford, British Columbia
Pipeline transportation occurrences in 2023
Executive summary
The TSB received 68 reports of pipeline transportation occurrences in 2023, which is unchanged from 2022 and 33% below the average of 101 for the previous 10 years. All the occurrences were incidents, and none were accidents. While there were no pipeline accidents in 2023, the average number of accidents in the prior 10 years was 2 per year. There were no fatalities arising directly from the operation of any federally regulated pipeline, as has been the case since the TSB’s inception in 1990.
Pipeline transportation occurrences in 2022
This document covers federally regulated pipelines only. Any non-federally regulated pipeline data reported to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) are not included in this report.
The TSB gathers and uses transportation occurrence data (for both accidents and incidents)Footnote 1 during the course of its investigations to analyze safety deficiencies and identify risks in the Canadian pipeline transportation system.
Pipeline transportation occurrences in 2021
This document covers federally regulated pipelines only. Any non-federally regulated pipeline data reported to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) are not included in this report.
The TSB gathers and uses these data during the course of its investigations to analyze safety deficiencies and identify risks in the Canadian pipeline transportation system.
Pipeline transportation occurrences in 2020
This document covers federally regulated pipelines only. Any non-federally regulated pipeline data reported to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) are not included in this report.
The TSB gathers and uses these data during the course of its investigations to analyze safety deficiencies and identify risks in the Canadian pipeline transportation system.
Pipeline transportation occurrences in 2019
This document covers federally regulated pipelines only. Any non-federally regulated pipeline data reported to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) are not included in this report.
The TSB gathers and uses these data during the course of its investigations to analyze safety deficiencies and identify risks in the Canadian pipeline transportation system.