Manage flood risks to avoid disasters Save article Remove saved article

Flood risk is on the rise and, as a general trend, Canadian cities remain ill prepared. More specifically, Canada’s largest 16 cities received a grade of C+ in flood preparedness in 2019/2020, which was the same score a near-identical study found in 2015.¹ These studies suggest that municipalities must do more to adapt in anticipation of irreversible extreme weather.² Lack of preparedness was well in evidence in November 2021, when flooding overwhelmed large regions of