Flood
Extreme rainstorm events can overwhelm municipal infrastructure and lead to flooding. More often than not, basement flooding is a result of overland flooding, infiltration flooding or sewer backup, or a combination of two or all three of these types of flooding.
Explore the resources below to learn more about flood risk in Canada, including interactive maps, historical loss data and the latest flood news and science.
CATview.ca
CatView is ICLR’s natural hazard GIS portal that provides interactive hazard map layers and other related data.
Confluence Flipboard Magazine
Riverine and urban flood-related news from the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR)
iclrhistory.ca
ICLR CatHistory is an interactive resource that provides data on monetary and non-monetary catastrophe losses in Canada by year.
