Canada Hazards reproduces published agency layers and cites them by name. It does not issue flood certificates, underwrite insurance, or invent parcel scores. Method detail: methodology.
Primary sources
- Canadian Wildland Fire Information System (CWFIS) (Natural Resources Canada / Canadian Forest Service). Fire weather, hotspot, and perimeter context for wildfire exposure.
- Canada's Fire Weather Index System (Natural Resources Canada). FWI system description for interpreting landscape fire danger.
- Earthquakes Canada / seismic hazard (Natural Resources Canada). National seismic hazard model values (PGA and related metrics).
- NBC seismic hazard tool (Natural Resources Canada). Interpolated National Building Code design values for sites.
- Flood Hazard Identification and Mapping Program (Natural Resources Canada). Federal flood-mapping science context; provincial maps remain authoritative locally.
- FireSmart Canada (wildland-urban interface) (FireSmart Canada). Household and community WUI preparedness practice.
- Get Prepared (Public Safety Canada). Household emergency preparedness guidance.
Licence
Confirm Open Government Licence statements on each downloaded NRCan layer. Provincial flood maps carry their own licences and regulatory status.
Corrections
If a city figure is wrong, email [email protected] with the page URL, the field, the expected value, and a link to the official document. Verified corrections land in the next scheduled refresh.