Federal Government

Environment Canada. Flooding Events in Canada. Quebec

The following link provides summaries of floods in southern Quebec in 1974, Montréal 1987, and the problems with ice jamming along the St. Lawrence River.

Environment Canada. Freshwater Website. Flood Damage Reduction Program

The Flood Damage Reduction Program, undertaken jointly with the provinces, consists of identifying, mapping and designating flood risk areas, and then applying policies to discourage future flood prone development in those areas.

Environment Canada. Freshwater Website. The Management of Water. Floods

A substantial amount of the information in the Floods section of the Freshwater Web site is taken from the following publication: Canada Water Book on Flooding. 1993. Jeanne Andrews (ed.). Environment Canada. Ottawa, Ontario.

Government of Canada. Public Safety

The Public Safety Portal is your one-window entry to all public safety information from the Government of Canada.

Library and Archives Canada. Saguenay Floods 1996: SOS ! Canadian Disasters

Summaries of the 1996 Saguenay floods and images of the flood damage, including breached dams, can be found at this website.

Natural Resources Canada. Fraser River 1948 : Geoscape Vancouver

The last great flood of the Fraser River in the lower mainland of British Columbia occurred in 1948 and resulted in the evacuation of 9000 people. A very brief summary of this flood with several pictures can be found at this link.

Natural Resources Canada. Geological Survey of Canada. Flooding in the Saguenay Area, 1996

Geomorphic effects and impacts from July 1996 severe flooding in the Saguenay area, Quebec

Natural Resources Canada. Geological Survey of Canada. Red River Flood 1997 : Geoscientific insights into the Red River and its flood problem in Manitoba

The Red River flood of 1997 was the largest Red River flood since 1852 and the third largest since the great flood of 1826. The greatest impact of the flooding in Manitoba was to small communities and isolated farms and residences located between Winnipeg and the Canada-USA border. Severe flooding in Winnipeg was prevented by the operations of the Red River Floodway, constructed in the 1960s to prevent the recurrence of a disaster similar to that caused by the 1950 flood. This links to geoscientific work undertaken in response to the flood disaster by Natural Resources Canada.

Natural Resources Canada. Geological Survey of Canada. Saguenay Floods 1996: Geomorphic effects and impacts from July 1996 severe flooding in the Saguenay area, Quebec

The Saguenay floods involved the flooding of many rivers in southern Quebec in July 1996, but the worst flooding occurred in the general area of Chicoutimi-Lake St. Jean. This disaster is notable because of the breaching of a number of small dams. A post-disaster inquiry led to provincial legislation that improved the management and safety of small dams in Quebec.

Public Safety Canada. Is your family prepared?

Public Security and Emergency Preparedness Canada. Natural Disasters

On the Public Security and Emergency Preparedness Canada website, this site contains a comprehensive list of Canadian links for natural hazard information including floods. Many of the links are to provincial websites containing flood emergency preparedness and response information.

Provincial/Territorial Government

Manitoba Floodway Authority

This link is the site of the Manitoba Floodway Authority which is tasked with managing the construction of the Red River Floodway expansion project.

Other

Hurricane Hazel 1954

The remnants of Hurricane Hazel struck southern Ontario in October, 1954, causing a major flood disaster that killed 81 people. This link provides an overview of the disaster as well as images from the flood. Also included is information on the post-disaster efforts to improve flood control and flood management along rivers in Ontario.

Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction

Canada’s property and casualty insurers founded the Institute in 1998. ICLR is a coordinated effort to reduce disaster losses involving member insurance companies, The University of Western Ontario and other partners.

Red River Flood 1997

This link leads to material that provides an overview of the 1997 Red River flood in both Canada and the USA.

United States Geological Servey (USGS). North Dakota Water Science Center. Red River Flood 1950

The Red River flood of 1950 was a major Canadian flood disaster that resulted in 107 000 people being evacuated from Winnipeg (one-third of the city) and $1.1 billion in damage costs (1999 dollars). This disaster led to the construction of the Red River Floodway in the 1960s which is Canada's best known and most successful engineered flood control structure. Since it became operational in 1968, Floodway operations have prevented damage costs in Winnipeg that far exceed the cost of Floodway construction. The following link is to a U.S. Geological Survey website that provides an overview of the 1950 flood in both Canada and the USA.