Active Floods in Canada
Flood extent polygons from the last three days in selected Canadian regions that have been designated for observation, monitored by Natural Resources Canada using satellite imagery for emergency response. Coverage is not comprehensive nationwide. In response to large flood events, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), for the provision of emergency geomatics services, may be activated by Canada’s emergency management protocols. As new satellite imagery becomes available, NRCan will extract flood extent polygons and update the dataset in near real time (4 hours). This item contains the latest flood products generated in the past three days. For any data older than 72 hours, please refer to the Floods in Canada - Current Year entry. Note that the web mapping service may not display data if flood polygons have not been published by the EGS in the past three days. The flood products generated are validated on a best effort basis. Various factors may affect the quality of the flood polygons. These factors include, but are not limited to, sensor type, image resolution, cloud cover or limitations of the flood polygon extraction method. In this layer, where possible, a symbology is applied…
- Publisher
- Natural Resources Canada
- Resources
- 9
- Catalogue metadata updated
- 2026-03-31
Data overview
- Formats
- ESRI REST, FGDB/GDB, PDF, SHP, WMS
- File languages
- English, French
Official sources and licences
Resources
- Active Floods in Canada (English, WMS) WMS
- Active Floods in Canada (French, ESRI REST) ESRI REST
- Active Floods in Canada (English, ESRI REST) ESRI REST
- Active Floods in Canada (French, WMS) WMS
- Floods in Canada - Active (English, FGDB/GDB) FGDB/GDB
- Open Water Flood Guide (French, PDF) PDF
- Open Water Flood Guide (English, PDF) PDF
- Prepackaged files sorted by year (download directory) (English, French, SHP) SHP
- Prepackaged files sorted by year (download directory) (English, French, SHP) SHP