projects · Apr 21, 2026
Open Building Population Layer (Canada) — v3
Open Building Population Layer for Canada - v3, derived from open-source building footprints and census data
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outputs · Jun 11, 2025
Medium Resolution Digital Elevation Model From Natural Resources Canada’s CanElevation Series (MRDEM-30)
Elevation data are a core theme provided by the Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) to Canadians as essential geographic information. Elevation data are a fundamental input for many types of studies and applications and also serve as a basemap for national maps...
outputs · May 29, 2025
From Data to Action: FHIMP and the Future of Flood Risk Governance in Canada
At GeoIgnite 2025, Maxim Fortin, Senior Engineer Advisor at Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), delivered a standout session on Canada’s evolving approach to flood hazard mapping. Representing the team behind the Flood Hazard Identification and Mapping Program...
outputs · May 14, 2025
Open Building Population Layer for Canada: A Game-Changer in High-Resolution Population Data
The Open Building Population Layer for Canada has emerged as a transformative resource in the geospatial community, providing access to population estimates at the building level across the country. Since its release, the dataset has garnered significant...
posts · Feb 1, 2025
2024 Research: Year in Review
Overview of peer-reviewed publications related to flood modelling and climate change in 2024
outputs · Dec 1, 2024
Large-scale flood modelling based on LiDAR data: a case study in the Southwest Miramichi watershed, New Brunswick, Canada
With Canada’s river basins extending over almost 10 million km2, producing flood maps sufficiently accurate to be used for planning purposes at a reasonable cost is a challenge. Bathymetric data, in particular, are difficult and expensive to obtain and...
outputs · Aug 17, 2024
Post-wildfire boreal forest vegetation cover change mapping via information fusion for secondary disaster risk assessments
Post-wildfire vegetation cover damage and loss can escalate the risks of secondary disasters such as flood, landslide, and water contamination, particularly in a major wildfire affected region where human settlements are situated. In assessments of the...
outputs · Aug 7, 2024
Pluvial flood modeling for coastal areas under future climate change – A case study for Prince Edward Island, Canada
It has been increasingly understood that pluvial flooding poses a substantial risk to numerous communities across the globe. This is especially relevant for the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island (PEI), which is susceptible to a compound flood...
outputs · Mar 14, 2024
Global Flood Partnership: Flood Hazards in Canada: Update from the National Flood Mapping Program
Since 2021, the Government of Canada has invested $63.8M in the Flood Hazard Identification and Mapping Program (FHIMP) to help Canadians better plan and prepare for future flood risks. In this presentation, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) will provide an...
outputs · Dec 21, 2023
A rapid high-resolution multi-sensory urban flood mapping framework via DEM upscaling
Urban floods can cause severe loss of economic and social assets, and remote sensing has been an effective tool for flood mapping during disaster response. Due to the complexity of high-density urban structures, high-resolution (HR) optical images can only...
posts · Mar 4, 2024
A GIS-based method for identifying gaps in building footprint coverage
This article presents a method for identifying areas where there are gaps in large-scale building footprint layers, using building population and census datasets
outputs · Mar 24, 2022
Accroître la résilience du Canada face aux inondations: introduction du nouveau Programme d'identification et de cartographie des aléas d'inondation (PICAI)
Une cartographie des inondations de haute qualité, actuelle et accessible, aidera les gouvernements, les collectivités et le public à mieux comprendre les risques d’inondation. Dans de nombreuses régions du Canada, il manque des cartes à jour qui délimitent...