Halifax Explosion Casualty Database: 1917-1918

1946 casualties from the 6 December 1917 Halifax Explosion are documented in this definitive listing. The dataset includes detailed personal information for each victim, with over 300 entries representing recently-confirmed and identified individuals. Columns suggest records of demographics, family relations, burial details, and sources of identification.

Use Cases

• Tracing family connections and victim identification using `family`, `relatives`, and `identified`.
• Analyzing demographic patterns of the disaster using `gender`, `ageDisplay`, `occupation`, and `religion`.
• Mapping victim locations and residences using `address`, `street`, `city`, `province`, and `country`.
• Researching burial and death records using `buried`, `datedeath`, and `obituary`.
• Verifying source documentation and research methods using `sources` and `foundby`.

Strengths

• Contains a definitive listing of 1946 casualties from a major historical event.
• Includes over 300 recently-confirmed and identified victims, indicating ongoing research.
• Provides a wide range of personal and demographic columns (e.g., occupation, religion, address) for detailed analysis.

Limitations

• Row counts and dataset size are not consistently reported across platforms.
• The most recent update date conflicts between sources (2025-04-29 vs. 2026-04-17).
• One platform listing lacks column information, limiting a full cross-platform understanding of the data structure.

Provenance

Source

Government of Nova Scotia | Gouvernment de la Nouvelle-Écosse

Collection Method

Compilation for the Halifax Explosion Remembrance Book, likely from archival records, obituaries, and research.

Time Range

1917-1918

Freshness

2026-04-17 15:31:18.722022

Geography

Primarily Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, with potential entries from other provinces or countries.