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Spill Occurance Date Spill Region Location Location Description Product Spilled Quantity Measurement Spill Cause Lead Agency
spill-2026082 April 1, 2026 North Slave Diavik, Mine, Oil Field, etc Underground Mine Chemicals (including transformer oils) 1000.00 Liters Breakage GNWT - Department of Environment and Climate Change
spill-2026081 March 31, 2026 Kitikmeot Gjoa Haven 376 Apumiuvik Wy 376 Apumiuvik Wy Gjoa Haven Sewage Unknown Quantity Liters Overflow Event GN - Government of Nunavut
spill-2026080 April 1, 2026 North Slave Nechalacho, Mine, Oil Field, etc One pump shack were located on the ice to feed water to a drill rig. In pump shack is a pump, a generator, and a coil stove. There is a tidy tank of fuel (90 gallons) in pump shack. The sizes of these shacks are (best guess) 8ft x 8ft x 8ft. Thor Lake Thor Lake 0m Unknown Quantity Liters Unknown Cause GNWT - Department of Environment and Climate Change
spill-2026079 March 31, 2026 North Slave Yellowknife 250 Old Airport Rd Yellowknife Other 45.00 Kilograms Breakage GNWT - Department of Environment and Climate Change
spill-2026078 March 31, 2026 Baffin Health Center in Pond Inlet Pond Inlet Health Center in Pond Inlet Petroleum - fuel oil (jet A, diesel, turbo A, heat) 40.00 Liters GN - Government of Nunavut
spill-2026077 March 27, 2026 Beaufort Delta Aklavik Ice Road, Schooner Ch Inuvik Petroleum - lubricating oil (lube, hydraulic) 20.00 Liters Breakage GNWT - Department of Environment and Climate Change
spill-2026076 March 28, 2026 Beaufort Delta junction of tsiigehtchic mackenzie river iceroad Tsiigehtchic Mackenzie River Petroleum - waste oil (slops, sludge) Unknown Quantity Liters Breakage GNWT - Department of Environment and Climate Change
spill-2026075 March 25, 2026 Baffin Kinngait Kinngait Harbour Sewage 35000.00 Cubic Meters Other CIRNAC - Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
spill-2026074 March 27, 2026 Kitikmeot PIN 2A - Harding River (68 50N 116 59W), Military Harding River Other 100.00 Kilograms Breakage ECCC - Environment and Climate Change Canada
spill-2026073 March 27, 2026 North Slave Gahcho Kue Kennady Lake Gahcho Kue Mine Petroleum - lubricating oil (lube, hydraulic) 800.00 Liters Breakage GNWT - Department of Environment and Climate Change

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