2024 – University of Waterloo’s Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation.

This tool is intended to help Canadian municipalities to assess flood hazards, level of flood preparedness, and actions to limit future flood risk.

The Municipal Flood Risk Check-Up has been developed to support Canadian municipalities in better preparing for heavy rainfall, river, and coastal flooding. It is a self-assessment questionnaire with 50 questions designed to assess potential flood hazards (flood exposure), and implementation of actions to reduce flood risks (flood preparedness). The Check-Up helps users navigate the variety of existing standards, guidance, and tools available, and focuses on the role of municipal action at multiple levels: from the localized protection of individual homes to the management of flooding processes at the watershed scale.

The Check-Up tool was developed by 53 flood experts over two years, including representatives from all levels of government, and the municipal insurance provider Intact Public Entities.

Go to resource: Municipal Flood Risk Check-up