Canadian evacuees from Haiti arrive at the Wyndham hotel in Montreal on Monday. Canadian evacuees from Haiti arrive at the Wyndham hotel in Montreal on Monday. (Graham Hughes/Canadian Press)

More than 700 Canadians have made the long journey home from Haiti after the deadly earthquake that struck the impoverished country last Tuesday.

The Canadian survivors describe the horrible rumble of the earthquake, the waves of people seeking help, the guilt over leaving loved ones and friends behind.

Here are some of their stories.

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Richard Mimeau, who was working in Haiti as an election organizer, was in a vehicle when the earthquake happened.

He recalls his driver navigating thge debris-littered streets of Port-au-Prince. Though not a doctor, Mimeau spent the next day helping at a makeshift emergency centre at his hotel.

Watch his interview with CBC's Suhana Meharchand.

Sylvie Savard, a former Yukoner, is still in Haiti, helping out survivors in Port-au-Prince, where she lives and works for a German aid organization.

She was one of the lucky ones — her home was spared in the disaster. Listen to her interview with Whitehorse's noon radio show, Midday Café.

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Christina Stewart says it's a miracle she survived when a house collapsed around her.

Stewart, who was in Haiti with a development agency, was sitting on her bed on the second floor when the building dropped.

The only thing that saved her were two cracked walls that held up the ceiling.

Watch her interview on CBC News Network.

Pastor Jim Reimer of the Kootenay Christian Fellowship was with a group of teenage students from B.C. when the earthquake struck.

The students and chaperones were rescued by the Canadian Forces from a town about 50 kilometres from Port-au-Prince. They returned to Canada on Monday.

Heidi Billington and Bernie Zebarth of Fredericton were in Port-au-Prince exploring a development program run by the World Vision charity.

The Canadians said three waves of survivors came to their hotel as night fell, seeking aid and treatment. Listen to their story.

Kim Gringhuis lived in Haiti for a year and a half, working as principal of the Adoration Christian School. She tells CBC Radio she's happy to be home in Toronto with family but says it was horrible to leave Haiti.

Melissa Demosthenes, a student from Gatineau, Que., says Haiti is almost unrecognizable, with so many of its buildings, schools and houses crushed. Suzanne Louchard, also of Gatineau, was serving as an aid worker in Port-au-Prince when the disaster struck. She tells CBC News she's having a difficult time thinking of all the people she's left behind.