Flood Maps

• City of Calgary prepares for 2023 flood season

  Conditions and forecasts can change dramatically and quickly for mountain-fed rivers, and Sandy Davis is reminding Calgarians that flooding can’t be completely prevented.

  Canada

  May 15, 2023
  
• Montreal Metropolitan Community introduces new flood plain mapping

  New measures are being introduced to better prepare cities and towns for flooding.

  Environment

  Mar 13, 2020
  
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• West Island Association for the Intellectually Handicapped scrambling to find new location

  Plans to expand a nursing school for children with developmental delays or autism are on hold, because the centre sits in a flood zone.

  Canada

  Nov 20, 2019
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• Beaconsfield adopts resolution opposing provincial flood maps

  Beaconsfield continues to fight to have properties removed from revised provincial flood maps.

  Canada

  Jul 17, 2019
• ‘I’m angered’: Frustration growing in Beaconsfield over revised flood maps

  Both the city and residents say they will fight to have their properties removed from the province's updated flood maps and are threatening to take legal action. 

  Canada

  Jul 16, 2019
• West Island residents, mayors furious over Quebec’s updated flood maps

  The map now puts 813 municipalities and thousands of homes in flood zones.

  Canada

  Jul 4, 2019
• Quebec floods: Improving flood mapping is first step in future mitigation, expert says

  Quebec Premier François Legault promised to do a post-mortem and earlier this week announced the creation of a ministerial committee to come up with a flood action plan.

  Canada

  May 2, 2019
• Canada is the only G7 country without a national flood forecasting system. Experts say there’s a cost to that

  Canada is the only G7 country without a national flood forecasting system. According to researchers, this absence has come at a cost.

  Canada

  Apr 30, 2019
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• Bad, confusing flood maps leave homeowners blindsided when water rises: expert

  Flood maps across Canada are of poor quality and hard for ordinary homeowners to understand, a study found.

  Environment

  Apr 26, 2019