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On February 18, Sécurité publique Québec announced that disaster victims from several Quebec municipalities may be eligible to financial aid following floods on December 3, 2009, and January 25-26, 2010; a landslide in June 2009; heavy rains, floods, thunderstorms and violent winds occurring in June, July and August 2009; and a benzene leak in Québec […]

On February 20 and 22, media reported that the Government of New Brunswick announced a recovery program for residents, small businesses and municipalities that sustained damage from a severe storm surge on January 2 and 3 on the southeast coast of Westmorland County. The storm caused water levels to increase by 1.7 metres and resulted […]

On February 22, Manitoba’s Water Stewardship issued its first flood outlook for spring 2010. The first outlook calls for significant flooding on the Red River in southern Manitoba, but anticipated levels of 0.3 to 0.9 metres (one to three feet) lower than last year. The run-off on the Red River in Manitoba is expected to be […]

Further to Daily Infrastructure Report DIR10-008, later on January 12, CTV reported that the flood danger appeared to have passed for communities on Vancouver Island hit by a rain and melting snow. The B.C. River Forecast Centre downgraded the flood warnings for the Courtenay, Comox, Nanaimo and Campbell River areas to high streamflow advisories. The […]

CTV reported that the Mayor of Courtenay, B.C., declared a state of emergency late on January 11 due to flooding of the Browns, Tsolum and Puntledge rivers on Vancouver Island. The area was pounded with heavy rains on January 11 from a tropical weather system originating from Hawaii that hit Canada’s west coast. A total […]

On December 2, the Government of Alberta announced that it has approved $1.8 million in disaster-recovery funding to help residents, small businesses and municipalities in southcentral Alberta recover from severe rainstorms that occurred last July. Residents were impacted by flooding while municipalities incurred significant emergency operation costs as a result of the storms. The storm […]

On November 16, media reported that eight rivers on Vancouver Island were placed on a flood warning after heavy rain swept over the B.C. coast.  The City of Courtenay declared a local state of emergency, and had to implement some minor evacuations.  The River Forecast Centre indicates that rivers in central Vancouver Island are at […]

Post-tropical storm Danny caused havoc through many parts of southern New Brunswick over the weekend as heavy rains pounded the area and flooded dozens of basements.
In Moncton, the Canadian Red Cross says at least 14 people were forced from their basement apartments in three buildings.
The storm also resulted in boil water orders for the communities […]

On July 27, CTV News reported that a local state of emergency remained in effect in the Arnprior region of eastern Ontario, after weekend flooding damaged homes and forced some evacuations. Heavy rainfalls on July 25 and 26 caused major flooding that also damaged roads in the McNab/Braeside Township where some rural roads are still […]

On July 8, Minister of Public Safety Peter Van Loan, Minister of Health and Minister responsible for the Territories Leona Aglukkaq along Nunavut Premier Eva Aariak announced on behalf of their respective governments that they will share eligible territorial expenditures incurred by Nunavut through the Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements (DFAA) for flood damage caused by […]