Flood risk

You may be at risk of flooding, even if you’ve never experienced a flood before. Understand your risk and actions you can take year round to reduce potential flood damage.

Actions to reduce flood damage

Measures to reduce damage to your home and property

Prepare for floods

What to do before, during and after a flood

Flood information from provinces and territories

Flood risk and flood-related information from your province or territory

Flood readiness

Overland flood insurance

Standard home insurance may not cover overland flooding. About this coverage and why it matters

Be a flood ready renter

What renters should know about preparing for floods

Help your community be flood ready

Ways to support flood resilience in your neighbourhood

Features

Flooding: Federal Response

Government of Canada response to floods

Flood mapping

Roles and responsibilities for flood mapping across Canada

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2026-03-23