RECORD    HOLDERS for... CANADIAN     ROLLER       COASTERS Present Canadian Record Holders Canadian Record Holders of the Past

THE RECORD HOLDERS
For Canadian Roller Coasters
of the Present

(Asterisks ( * ) Indicate Notes.
They Appear after the Table.)

The TALLEST Steel: Leviathan Canada's Wonderland Ontario 93m Wooden: Le Monstre La Ronde, Quebec 40m	The GREATEST DROP Steel: Leviathan Canada's Wonderland Ontario 93m Wooden: Le Monstre La Ronde, Quebec 38m
The FASTEST Steel: Leviathan Canada's Wonderland Ontario 148 km/h Wooden: Le Monstre La Ronde, Quebec 98 km/h	The LONGEST LENGTH Steel: Dragon Mountain MarineLand, Ontario 1677m Wooden: Le Monstre La Ronde, Quebec 1217 m (*)
The LARGEST in AREA Steel: Dragon Mountain MarineLand, Ontario 12ha Wooden: (**) Le Monstre La Ronde, Quebec ? ha or... The Mighty Canadian Minebuster Canada's Wonderland Ontario ? ha	The MOST INTENSE Steel: Le Vampire La Ronde, Quebec 4G Wooden: Coaster Playland, British Columbia 4G
The MOST INVERSIONS Steel: EDNOR - L'attaque La Ronde, Quebec 5 Flight Deck Canada's Wonderland Ontario 5 Le Vampire La Ronde, Quebec 5 Wooden: (There are No Wooden Coasters in Canada with Inversions)	The OLDEST Steel: There are old steel coasters operating in Canada, but their manufacturing dates are currently not known. Contenders are the Spillman coaster at Chippewa Park in Ontario, the Spillman "Flyer" at Lake Ontario Park in Ontario, and The "Li'l Dipper" at Tinkertown in Manitoba. Wooden: Coaster Playland, British Columbia 1958
The LARGEST TERRAIN (***) Steel: Dragon Mountain MarineLand, Ontario Wooden: (There are No Wooden Terrain Coasters in Canada)	The PARK with the MOST COASTERS Steel: Canada's Wonderland Ontario 16 Wooden: Canada's Wonderland Ontario 3
The LONGEST TIME in USE in the SAME LOCATION Steel: Roller Coaster (1967) Chippewa Park, Ontario Wooden: Coaster (1958) Playland, British Columbia

Notes for Roller Coasters of the Present

    (*) This length figure is for the longer of the two tracks on Le Monstre. It does not combine both track lengths to make up the statistic.
    Canada's Wonderland has claimed The Mighty Canadian Minebuster has a longer length, but figures show it is two meters shorter than Le Monstre.

    (**) Both La Ronde and Canada's Wonderland claim to have the largest wooden coaster, but neither has provided area figures. If one considers "largest" to mean "massive", then Le Monstre would likely be on top, but the criteria here is how much *space* the ride encompasses. Both will be listed until accurate area figures are made available.

    (***) A "terrain" coaster is one which follows the contours of the land and is built partly, or wholly, on a hill or in a ravine.

See here for a table of
Present Roller Coasters in Canada.

THE RECORD HOLDERS
For Canadian Roller Coasters
of the Past

    Represented below are the best of past Canadian roller coasters. All categories show at least one steel and one wooden coaster. (Additional ones are given if there is a tie).

    Be aware that figures for defunct roller coasters in Canada are sketchy and may not be accurate. Parks often exaggerated them for promotional purposes and there were no facts officials or enthusiasts who checked such things back then.

    The statistics here are from the best historical resources currently available but are not to be taken as definitive. They are presented here to give some idea of which historical Canadian coasters stand out.

    It may be possible that some defunct coasters for which figures are not available might make this list. Until information becomes available, they will not be included on this web page.

(Octothorpes ( # ) Indicate Notes.
They Appear after the Table.)

The TALLEST Steel: Scream Machine (#) (1986-1986) Expo 86 British Columbia 33m Wooden: Cyclone (1927-1946) Comet (1948-1989) Both at Crystal Beach, Ontario Both 29m (##)	The GREATEST DROP Steel: Scream Machine (#) (1986-1986) Expo 86, British Columbia 32m Wooden: Cyclone (1927-1946) Crystal Beach, Ontario 28m
The FASTEST Steel: Scream Machine (#) (1986-1986) Expo 86, British Columbia 88 km/h Wooden: Cyclone (1927-1946) Crystal Beach, Ontario 84 km/h	The LONGEST LENGTH Steel: Sky Streak (###) (1973 - 1993) Boblo Island, Ontario 762m Wooden: Giant Dipper (1919 - 1947 Happyland, British Columbia 1067m(#,###)
The LARGEST TERRAIN (*,***) Wooden: Tree Topper (1989 - 2019) Upper Clements Park Nova Scotia	The MOST INTENSE Steel: Mindbender Galaxyland, Alberta 6.5G Wooden: Unknown (Likely Crystal Beach "Cyclone")
DEFUNCT PARK with the MOST COASTERS In Total During the Park's Run: Crystal Beach (##,###) Ontario (1889 - 1989) 11 or 12 From 1902 or 1905 through 1989 At the Same Time: Boblo Island (###,###) Ontario (1898 - 1993) 4 During the mid 1970s
The LONGEST TIME in USE in the SAME LOCATION Steel: Sky Streak (#,###,###) (1973 - 1993) Boblo Island, Ontario 21 Seasons Wooden: Giant (1916 - 1989) Crystal Beach, Ontario 74 Seasons
The SHORTEST TIME in USE in the SAME LOCATION (Excluding Single-Year Fairs/Parks) Steel: (Unknown Name) (1976) Belmont Park, Quebec 1 Season ? (One-Year Concession ?) (##,###,###) Arctic Cat (1974 - 1975) Crystal Beach, Ontario 2 Seasons (Year-to-Year Concession ?) Wooden: Dip The Dips (1908 - 1909) Hanlan's Point, Ontario Just Weeks Fewer Than 2 Seasons (Destroyed by Fire)

Notes for Roller Coasters of the Past

    (#) The Scream Machine was sold when Expo 86 closed and may be ridden today at Six Flags St. Louis as Ninja.

    (##) The Comet used the lift hill from The Cyclone (hence the same height figures) because when The Cyclone was demolished, parts of it were used to build The Comet. The latter was sold when Crystal Beach Park closed in 1989 and, although it has been somewhat modified, it may still be enjoyed today in New York State at The Great Escape.

    (###) The Sky Streak, also spelled as "Sky Streek", was originally known as The Thunderbolt. It was sold when Boblo Island Park closed in 1993. It currently may be ridden at Selva Magica Park, Guadalajara, Mexico under the name El Cascabel.

    (#,###) The "Giant" at Winnipeg Beach may rate as the longest defunct wooden coaster. One report states it was 1,600 metres in length. However, another gives a length of 915 metres. Until an accurate figure is found, The "Giant" will not be listed on this page.

    (##,###) There may have actually been 12 coasters over the years at Crystal Beach because rumour is that there were two Chance "Toboggan" ("Arctic Cat") coasters in the park for at least one season as an operating pair.

    (###,###) The Sky Streak may be eclipsed by Belmont Park's Wild Mouse. However, it's not sure how long this ride was at Belmont. It went in for the 1958 season and if it lasted until the parks closure year, it would have run for 26 seasons. There is also some doubt if this was in fact a steel "Mouse" ride. For these reasons, it is not currently listed as the record holder.

    (#,###,###) It's possible that Hanlan's Point, Ontario might have tied or exceeded four coasters in one defunct Canadian park at the same time. In the 19-0s, there may have been four or five there during the 1908 and 09 seasons. However, it is unknown if The "Big Scream" and The "Switchback Railway" existed that late, leaving just three coasters that were known to be there for sure. Likely, they were gone by then, and thus, Hanlan's Point is not shown in the above table. Regardless, all the park's exisitng coasters, how ever many there were, were lost in the devastating 1909 fire in August of that season.

    (##,###,###) It's not known for sure if the coaster at Belmont in 1976 was there for just one season. As a result, The "Arctic Cat" is listed as the next shortest. It will hold the record if it turns out that the Belmont ride was there longer.

Statistics for all current coasters in Canada:
Canadian Coaster Statistics.

A complete directory of
Canadian Roller Coasters of the Present

This is a list of all
Canadian Roller Coasters of the Past.

Additional statistics and information for past coasters
may be found within the park articles at:
Closed Canadian Parks.

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