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Provincial / Territorial

This archive contains details of all BC Emergency Alerts, issued by the Province of British Columbia and beginning in 2021. …

Record Modified: Apr 17, 2026
Record Released: Jun 26, 2024
Publisher: Government of British Columbia
Formats: CSV HTML
Keywords: BC Wildfire EEW EMCR Earthquake Tsunami alert amber alert bc emergency alert broadcast intrusive earthquake early warning emergency alert flooding ...

The Canadian Disaster Database (CDD) contains detailed disaster information on more than 1,000 natural, technological and conflict events (excluding war) …

Record Modified: Feb 10, 2026
Record Released: Sep 24, 2016
Publisher: Public Safety Canada
Formats: XLSX
Keywords: Disaster risk hazard emergency catastrophe epidemic infestation pandemic biological natural man-made meteorological tsunami ...
Provincial / Territorial

The Tsunami Notification Zone classifications are used to differentiate the notification areas along the coast of BC. These Zones are …

Record Modified: Jan 28, 2026
Record Released: Jun 5, 2020
Publisher: Government of British Columbia
Formats: HTML KML WMS
Keywords: EMCR PEP emergency management emergency planning incident management land management risk tsunami Government information

Contained within the 3rd Edition (1957) of the Atlas of Canada is a plate that shows maps of earthquakes, magnetism …

Record Modified: Mar 14, 2022
Record Released: Sep 25, 2016
Publisher: Natural Resources Canada
Formats: JPG PDF
Keywords: coastal waters earthquakes natural disasters tides tsunamis
Federal

A tsunami is a sea wave or series of waves produced by large disturbances of the sea floor that are …

Record Modified: Mar 14, 2022
Record Released: Sep 25, 2016
Publisher: Natural Resources Canada
Formats: JP2 ZIP Other
Keywords: environment map tsunamis

Major Canadian natural hazards including earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, avalanches, tornadoes and floods are documented graphically from 1663 until 1991.

Record Modified: Mar 14, 2022
Record Released: Sep 25, 2016
Publisher: Natural Resources Canada
Formats: JPG PDF
Keywords: avalanches earlthquakes landslides natural hazards tornadoes tsunamis