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Spill Occurance Date Spill Region Location Location Description Product Spilled Quantity Measurement Spill Cause Lead Agency
spill-2025137 March 25, 2025 Kivalliq Rankin Inlet, Community, Nunavut Rankin Inlet Petroleum - lubricating oil (lube, hydraulic) 7.00 Liters Pipe Leaks GN - Government of Nunavut
spill-2025136 March 25, 2025 North Slave Ekati, Mine, Oil Field, etc Point Lake Laydown Area, 64.5890625 -110.1564375 Petroleum - lubricating oil (lube, hydraulic) 150.00 Liters Breakage GNWT - Department of Environment and Climate Change
spill-2025135 March 25, 2025 Kivalliq Meadowbank Mine – Whale Tale, Mine, Oil Field, etc Kivalliq Region Petroleum - lubricating oil (lube, hydraulic) 200.00 Liters Other CIRNAC - Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
spill-2025134 March 15, 2025 South Slave Highway 5 - Fort Smith Highway Blackwater Creek Petroleum - fuel oil (jet A, diesel, turbo A, heat) 200.00 Liters Vehicle Overturns GNWT - Department of Environment and Climate Change
spill-2025132 March 22, 2025 Beaufort Delta Aklavik, Community, Northwest Territories Aklavik Sewage 20.00 Liters Pipe Leaks CCG/TCMSS - Canadian Coast Guard/Transport Canada, Marine Safety and Security
spill-2025131 March 22, 2025 Kitikmeot Doris-Madrid Project, Mine, Oil Field, etc Hope Bay Drilling Muds Unknown Quantity Tank Leak CIRNAC - Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
spill-2025130 March 21, 2025 Beaufort Delta Inuvik, Community, Northwest Territories 5 Berger Street Sewage Unknown Quantity Damage due to weather GNWT - Department of Environment and Climate Change
spill-2025129 Iqaluit, Community, Nunavut Kinngait Petroleum - lubricating oil (lube, hydraulic) 20.00 Liters Other CIRNAC - Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
spill-2025128 March 17, 2025 North Slave Diavik, Mine, Oil Field, etc Top of A418 pit along PKMW line. Mine Tailings 1590.00 Liters Fitting Leak GNWT - Department of Environment and Climate Change
spill-2025127 March 17, 2025 North Slave Highway 3 - Yellowknife Highway, Highway Highway 3 Quarry, outside Yellowknife Petroleum - lubricating oil (lube, hydraulic) 160.00 Liters Breakage GNWT - Department of Environment and Climate Change

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