Appendix A: list of documents reviewed
A number of reports and additional background information was reviewed in developing recommendations included in this report, many of which were provided by stakeholders and individuals via email or during in-person meetings. A listing of publicly available documents received and reviewed has been provided below.
Information on current flood-related initiatives being undertaken by the Province of Ontario
- A Made-in-Ontario Environment Plan (PDF)
- ERO#013-4992: Focusing conservation authority development permits on the protection of people and property
- ERO#019-0279: Provincial Policy Statement Review – Proposed Policies
- The Municipal Disaster Recovery Assistance (MDRA) pilot program (news release)
- Provincial Flooding Task Force (news release)
- Helping Protect the Muskoka Watershed (news release)
Information on the International Joint Commission
- Lake Ontario – St. Lawrence River Plan 2014 (PDF)
- IJC GLAM (2017) Great Lakes Basin Conditions and Water Level Impacts to Support Ongoing Regulation Plan Evaluation (PDF)
Provincial acts, regulations and policies associated with flood management
- Provincial Policy Statement 2014
- The Planning Act (1990)
- Ontario Regulation 97/04 – Content of Conservation Authority Regulations Under Section 28 (1) of the Act: Development, Interference with Wetlands and Alterations to Shorelines and Watercourses
Technical guidelines prepared by the province to support municipalities and conservation authorities in managing flooding and other natural hazards
- Understanding Natural Hazards (2001)
- Special Policy Areas Technical Guide (2009)
- Technical Guide for Large Inland Lakes (1996)
- Hazardous Sites Technical Guide (1996)
- Technical Guide - River and Stream Systems: Erosion Hazard Limit (2002)
- Technical Guide - River & Stream Systems: Flooding Hazard Limit (2002)
- Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River System Tech Guide (2001)
Information on federal funding programs
Studies, reports and presentations prepared by non-OPS entities
- Intact Centre (2018) After the Flood: The Impact of Climate Change on Mental Health and Lost Time from Work (PDF)
- Intact Centre (2018) Too Small to Fail: Protecting Canadian Communities from Floods (PDF)
- Muir, Robert J. (2018) Reducing Flood Risk from Flood Plain to Floor Drain: Developing a Canadian Standard for Design Standard Adaptation in Existing Communities (PDF)
- Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority. March 2015. Metadata Inventory of Existing Conservation Authority Flood Mapping
- Intact Centre (2016) Climate Change and the Preparedness of Canadian Provinces and Yukon to Limit Potential Flood Damage (PDF)
- Insurance Bureau of Canada (2015) The Financial Management of Flood Risk (PDF)
- Insurance Bureau of Canada (2018) Combatting Canada’s Rising Flood Costs: Natural Infrastructure is an Underutilized Option (PDF)
- Conservation Ontario (2013) Dodging the Perfect Storm: Conservation Ontario’s Business Case for Strategic Reinvestment in Ontario’s Flood Management Programs, Services and Structures (PDF)
- Ontario (2008) Provincial-Municipal Fiscal and Service Delivery Review: Facing the Future Together
- Making the Most of Floodplain Buyouts
- Kenosha County Fox River Floodplain Acquisition Program (PDF)
- Are Floodplain Buyouts A Smart Investment for Municipalities? (PDF)
- Urban Flood Homeowners Hazard Perception & Climate Change(2009, PDF)
- Urban Flood Resilience in Ontario – Ready Set Rain(2019, PDF)
- Canadian Voices on Changing Flood Risk, 2017 (PDF)
Information provided to the Special Advisor during the community tour, section 1
- Limits to the Regulation of the Ottawa River – 2019 Spring Flood Overview (ORRPB, PDF)
- Agreement Respecting Ottawa River Basin Regulation, 1994 (ORRPB, PDF)
- Recommendations and Guiding Principles, 1989 (ORRPB, PDF)
- Board Policies, 1990 (ORRPB, PDF)
- The Quebec government unveils its flood action plan (news release)
- 18 homes evacuated as Ottawa River floods, Chaudiere Bridge closing due to ‘high water levels’ (news article)
- Some in flooded Quebec town angry new dike will block their waterfront views (news article)
- Longitudinal Profile of the Lower Ottawa River (PDF)
- Ottawa River Nomination Document – Chapter 3 – Natural Heritage Values (PDF)
- Britannia’s berm faces its greatest test yet (news article)
- Floods: Critical berm in Britannia showing signs of leaking (news article)
- Flooding adds urgency to disaster planning and damage mitigation (news article)
- Under water, again (news article)
- Flood Warning – Ottawa River-Arnprior to L’Original (news release)
- Ottawa River Flood Activation Area Map (Alfred and Plantagenet)
- Ottawa River Flood Activation Area Map (Champlain)
- Ottawa River Flood Activation Area Map (Clarence-Rockland)
- Ottawa River Flood Activation Area Map (City of Ottawa, east)
- Ottawa River Flood Activation Area Map (City of Ottawa, west)
- Lanark County Flood Activation Area Map (PDF)
- This new mapping tool helped Ottawa handle 2019 floods (news article)
- Ottawa River Flood Risk Map – Constance Bay – Map 25 (PDF)
- Ottawa River Flood Risk Map – Constance Bay – Map 31 (PDF)
- Ottawa River Flood Risk Map – Constance Bay – Map 32 (PDF)
- Ottawa River Flood Risk Map – Constance Bay – Map 33 (PDF)
- Ottawa River Flood Risk Map – Constance Bay – Map 34 (PDF)
- Townships of McNab/Braeside and Horton declare states of emergency due to flooding (news article)
- ‘You guys are responsible’: Anger, frustration in Westmeath at flood meeting(news article)
- ‘The 500-year flood’: Dozens forced from homes in Whitewater Region (news article)
- Westmeath Spatial Context Map – 1/2
- Westmeath Spatial Context Map – 2/2
- Residents displaced from nearly 40 properties in Laurentian Valley (news article –Pembroke Observer)
- Update on the current state of flooding in County of Renfrew (news article)
- Renfrew County Flood Activation Area Map
- County of Hastings Flood Activation Area Map – Municipality of Hastings Highlands
- District of Nipissing Flood Activation Area Map – Town of Mattawa (PDF)
- High and dry – the maddening story of the upper Ottawa River (news article)
- Flood damage in the millions – Backer (news article)
- Flooding’s worst still to come (news article)
- OPG gives reasons for high water levels near Mattawa (news article)
- North Bay-Mattawa Conservation Authority Jurisdictional Map
- District of Nipissing Flood Activation Area Map – Town of Mattawa
- Municipality of French River Flood Activation Area Map (PDF)
- French River state of emergency, province needs more flood funding (news article)
- Several areas in northeastern Ontario declare a state of emergency (news article)
Information provided to the Special Advisor during the community tour, section 2
- After the flood: can Toronto Islands be saved from the next disaster? (news article)
- Environmental Impact of 2017 – Flooding At Toronto Islands (news article)
- Humber River flood waters force 200 people from their homes in Bolton (news article)
- Major Flooding: Rising flood waters force residents from homes in Caledon (news article)
- Members of Ontario’s Muskoka Watershed Advisory Group (OPS news release)
- Ontario Helping Protect the Muskoka Watershed (OPS news release)
- Ontario Takes Next Steps to Protect Muskoka Watershed (OPS news release)
- District of Parry Sound Flood Activation Area Map
- District of Muskoka Flood Activation Area Map
- Drone footage shows extent of flooding in Ontario cottage country as further rain looms (news article)
- Kingdom of the Netherlands Water Management
- Great Lakes Action Plan, Full Report
- Great Lakes Action Plan, Summary
- Work on Brantford dike to resume on August 19 (news release)
- Preparing for Flooding – A Guide for Residents of Ayr (PDF)
- City proceeding with dike land expropriation (news article)
- Ice jam, rain forecast has Chatham bracing for possible widespread flooding (news article)
- Helping Canadians Adapt to Extreme Weather (PDF)
- Agriculture minister visits flood damage in Chatham-Kent (news article)
- Chatham-Kent mayor declares localized state of emergency amid flood fears (news article)
- Lake Erie Shoreline (news article)
- Erosion, flooding trigger revision of Erie shoreline development policy (news article)
- New floodplain map may stall south London development (news article)
- Strong winds could bring more flooding to Erie Shore Drive (news article)
Updated: December 06, 2023
Published: December 30, 2019