On 14 January 2010 , as part of Operation Hestia , following rapid outfitting '' Athabaskan '' and were deployed to Haiti to assist with disaster relief efforts after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake . This was as part of the larger multi-pronged Canadian Disaster Assistance Response Team ( DART ) . The crew of '' Athabaskan '' primarily concentrated relief efforts in the city of Léogâne where the crew assisted in triage efforts with the Canadian Medical Assistance Team , cleared rubble within Notre Dame Asylum , built three orphanages and lent aid to five others . Léogâne is a city of 135,000 that was slow to receive relief efforts and was almost completely destroyed by the earthquake . There were an estimated 20,000 – 30,000 casualties in the city
7.0 magnitude earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
HMCS Athabaskan (DDG 282)