Everyone In Canada Received An Emergency Alert Today And People On Twitter Are Freaking Out
The entire country jumped in collective surprise.

Everyone in Canada should have received an emergency alert from the government by now.
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Don't worry, it was just a test. But that doesn't mean it didn't catch most of us off guard.
Below are just some of the most hilarious Twitter reactions to this latest test.
I didn’t get the #EmergencyAlert but I just assume the government would likely let me die in an emergency anyways ... #PrepForYourself #BeYourOwn911
— Tracey Wilson (@TWilsonOttawa) November 28, 2018
I call Bullshit on there being "no danger to your health or safety. There is danger of giving me a Fucking Heart Attack! #toronto #ontario #EmergencyAlert pic.twitter.com/4se3l6ZvpC
— Roy Schulze (@thbthttt) November 28, 2018
For some, the alert was a threat in itself...
My phone never seems to receive the emergency alert messages. I guess I'll just die. #emergencyalert pic.twitter.com/NDOYw9QFa7
— Nick Yorke (@NickYorke) November 28, 2018
didn't get #EmergencyAlert
— 青柠海盐炸鸡 (@Chole_wxy) November 28, 2018
am i chosen to die??
It doesn't appear to have worked for everyone.
Just got this #EmergencyAlert thought it was the apocalypse. pic.twitter.com/J612DOruka
— Kadeem Maxwell (@Kadeem_Maxwell) November 28, 2018
At my job when everyone got the #EmergencyAlert without reading it. LMAO pic.twitter.com/U1EucOOCtL
— Vlazkovie (@LeGrandFraisier) November 28, 2018
People panicked.
What fuck is this #EMERGENCYALERT are we under attack or something? pic.twitter.com/ckXd0ORLTf
— Kristo_cw (@kristo_cw) November 28, 2018
Was wondering why youtube was sounding dramatic #EmergencyAlert pic.twitter.com/AqxWjXScSe
— still need ur credit score 🙃 (@llailii) November 28, 2018
When you work in Ottawa and Gatineau and get two tests of the emergency alert system. #EmergencyAlert pic.twitter.com/naI1VyA58o
— Andrew MacKendrick (@amackendrick) November 28, 2018
And when you click on the link you get nothing. I know I feel safer already #EmergencyAlert pic.twitter.com/afNbehnIh4
— Der Doppelregent (@CharlottePigg) November 28, 2018
There are clearly still some flaws that need to be addressed.
Okay so had no idea this was happening and fully expected to see incoming missiles...#EmergencyAlert pic.twitter.com/srxk2HhfvM
— Rob Bieber Ⓥ🌈 (@rob_bieber) November 28, 2018
Dropped phone in the toilet... fml #EmergencyAlert
— CryptoBhai (@BhaiCrypto) November 28, 2018
#emergencyalert just about popped the tarts outta me. Glad I wasn't driving.
— Nadine ᴎаllаↃ (@viccallan) November 28, 2018
Once again, never got it. GREAT JOB CANADA GOVERNMENT! Guess us rural folk are dead in an emergency.#EmergencyAlert
— nctzen #4450 (@t_yongie_) November 28, 2018
You're out of luck if you live in a place with spotty cell service.
Apparently I am NOT one of those people needed to re-populate the Earth after the apocalypse.
— Laina Ruff (@laina_ruff) November 28, 2018
I guess when a real emergency happens I will continue blithely meandering through my life, unaware of impending doom. #emergencyalert 🇨🇦 #Canada#nowarning #onmyown
If a zombie apocalypse was happening right now, I wouldn’t have been notified :( #dramatic #EmergencyAlert @Bell_MTSHelps
— Catherine Ryczak (@catherineryczak) November 28, 2018
Nice to see Canada surviving a co-heartattack #EmergencyAlert
— ariane. (@Ipikaboo) November 28, 2018
The whole country jumped collectively in surprise.
*1st time the #EmergencyAlert goes off*
— Kyle Skinner (@JKyleSkinner) November 28, 2018
"Ok people relax, these things get tested from time to time"
*2nd time the #EmergencyAlert goes off* pic.twitter.com/05gJAtui8i
Who gave Trudeau my number 😂😂 #EmergencyAlert
— Tarah (@tarahm) November 28, 2018
Welcome to Québec's "presidential alert" system #EmergencyAlert pic.twitter.com/h9XyxK4b4H
— Zachary Gagnon-Hartman (@joubliai) November 28, 2018
There were some reports that the alert was mislabelled a "presidential alert."
Quebec government just issued an #EmergencyAlert as well. pic.twitter.com/ICP3Q4gLhF
— Sydney Roc (@sydrocmtl) November 28, 2018
Must be ALIENS.
Hmm 3 alerts so far. It works, I guess ... Right? #emergencyalert #emergencyalertcanada #canada @MBGov pic.twitter.com/lk3DEcIZE1
— Mike Thom (@reverend_thom) November 28, 2018
Since the last emergency test failed miserably, it seems that government wanted to be extra sure you got the alert this time...